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neue,helvetica,sans-serif;">EU Water Initiative Africa Working Group Newsletter December 2013</span></span></span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </table> <!-- // END HEADER --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <!-- BEGIN BODY // --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #F2F2F2;"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="390" class="sectionContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="templateBodyInner" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="bodyContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="396" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 9px 18px;text-align: left;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;" valign="top"> <strong><span style="font-size:15px;">Word from the co-chairs</span></strong> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11px;">The last newsletter of the year is always a good opportunity to reflect on the work accomplished and to look towards new challenges. For the EU Water Initiative Africa Working Group, the past year has been dominated by two separate key processes which will continue next year: the definition of a post-2015 development agenda and the preparation of the next Africa-EU Summit in 2014.<br> <br> The AWG made important contributions to support the provision of an Africa-EU input to the post-MDG/SDG process. The AWG co-convened a full day consultation session on water in the post-2015 development agenda in January in Monrovia. The result of this consultation, the  Monrovia Declaration was presented by Bai Mass Taal, executive secretary of AMCOW, to the UN Secretary General s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 development agenda at their meeting in Monrovia. From February to May 2013, the Africa Working Group supported financially a series of consultations on water in eight African countries.&nbsp; The results of these consultations have been fed into all other parallel processes towards a new post-2015 agenda.<br> <br> The Africa-EU Summit due to take place in April 2014 is the next important milestone and a rare opportunity to push water up the Africa-EU partnership agenda. Ensuring that water is addressed more comprehensively in the next Joint Africa EU Strategy would most likely, apart from increasing the political endorsement for water in Africa-EU relations, also have implications on future financial support for the African water agenda.<br> <br> The AWG holds a unique position to influence discussions as an already established network of stakeholders from EU and Africa. Looking back at the AWG meeting in Cairo in June as well as the meeting held in Stockholm last September, we feel confident that the platform of the AWG has been a useful tool for stakeholders to remain informed on the on-going political processes. We hope we can make this cooperation even more effective in the years to come</span>.<br> <br> <span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>André Liebaert</strong><em>, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation of the European Commission (Europe co-chair)</em></span><br> <span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>Lotfi Ali Madi Farag</strong><em>, Ministry of Agriculture, Marine and Animal Wealth, Libya (Africa co-chair)</em></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnDividerBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="padding: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #999999;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <span></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="396" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <span style="font-size:15px;"><strong>AMCOW Receives 2 million Euros AWF Funding for Water Sector Reporting</strong></span><br> <a href="http://www.amcow-online.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=321%3Aamcow-receives-2-million-euros-awf-funding-for-water-sector-reporting-&amp;catid=44%3Ademo-content&amp;Itemid=69&amp;lang=en" target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/images/AMCOW.2.jpg" style="width: 300px;height: 197px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" align="none" height="197" width="300"></a><br> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><em>AMCOW Executive Secretary, Bai Mass Taal receives the grant documents from AWF Coordinator, Akissa Bahri</em></span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) a ¬ 2 million grant to establish a monitoring and reporting system for the water sector in Africa. The project is in line with the Africa Water Vision call for action for the creation of a sustainable system for monitoring and sharing of information on all aspects of water use in the continent.<br> <br> Its objective is to develop a harmonised national, basin and regional water sector monitoring and reporting system in Africa to enable AMCOW to report annually to the African Union (AU) Summit on the state of water in Africa. The project will also assist AMCOW and AU to establish a data management system that will drive continuous credible reporting on the sector on the state of water development and use for decision making at the level of heads of state and governments.</span></span></div> <a href="http://www.amcow-online.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=321%3Aamcow-receives-2-million-euros-awf-funding-for-water-sector-reporting-&amp;catid=44%3Ademo-content&amp;Itemid=69&amp;lang=en" target="_self" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Read more</span></span></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnDividerBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="padding: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #999999;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <span></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="396" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <strong>Budapest Water Summit: New call for a sustainable development goal on water<br> <a href="http://www.budapestwatersummit.hu/data/images/Budapest_Water_Summit_Statement___Final___11_October_2013.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/images/budapest_water_summit_oct.jpg" style="width: 300px;height: 172px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" align="none" height="172" width="300"></a></strong> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11px;">In October 2013, the Government of Hungary hosted the last major event of the International Year of Water Cooperation. In the final statement, the international water community present in Budapest calls for a single dedicated SDG-goal on water to develop a water-secure world and for a robust intergovernmental institutional mechanism.</span></div> <span style="font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.budapestwatersummit.hu/data/images/Budapest_Water_Summit_Statement___Final___11_October_2013.pdf" target="_self" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;">Read the Budapest Statement</a></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnDividerBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="padding: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #999999;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <span></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="396" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Infrastructure development at the heart of EU-Africa cooperation on water<br> <a href="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/files/Draft_Joint_Statement_of_the_5th_Steering_Committee_of_the_Africa_EU_partnership_for_infrastructure.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/images/Afr_EU.jpg" style="width: 350px;height: 60px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" align="none" height="60" width="350"></a></strong></span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11px;">The support team of the Africa Working Group participated in the 5th Steering Committee Meeting of the Africa-EU Partnership on Infrastructure (PSC) in Brussels at the end of October. Water is one of the four sectors discussed in this framework, together with transport, ICT and energy. Participants from the African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities, EU Member States, the African Development Bank and EC services took stock of the achievements made in infrastructure related areas under the thematic partnerships.<br> <br> The final <a href="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/files/Draft_Joint_Statement_of_the_5th_Steering_Committee_of_the_Africa_EU_partnership_for_infrastructure.pdf" target="_self" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;">Joint Statement</a> issued by the European and the African Union Commissions charts the way forward to further enhance the impact of the partnership as well as the best suited coordination mechanisms.</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnDividerBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="padding: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #999999;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <span></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="396" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <strong><span style="font-size:15px;">Financing of transboundary water resources management and development</span></strong> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/images/Theme_widget_transboundary.jpg" style="width: 290px;height: 150px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" align="none" height="150" width="290"><br> A report by the EUWI Africa Working Group in May 2013 identified imbalances created by an uneven application of development assistance to transboundary water management (TBWM). Persistent under investment in TBWM in Africa results in large numbers of people being unserved, benefits from water use not developed, and the continued degradation of water based ecosystems.<br> <br> To address these issues, the Africa Working Group is taking forward the work of the EUWI Finance Working Group by providing two trainings on financing TBWM. The trainings will be jointly conducted early 2014 in partnership with the African Development Bank, the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), the WACDEP Programme (Water, Climate and Development Programme of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), the EU-funded SITWA Project ( Strengthening the institutions for transboundary water resources management in Africa ), the United Nations Development Programme CapNet and the African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO).</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="200" class="sectionContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="templateSidebar" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;border-left: 0;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="templateSidebarInner" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;border-left: 1px solid #CCCCCC;"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="sidebarContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="202" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 13px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <span style="font-size:15px;"><strong>Strategic Partners</strong></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnCaptionBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" valign="top"> <table class="mcnCaptionBottomContent" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="false" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnCaptionBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0 9px 9px 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" align="left" valign="top"> <a href="http://www.euwi.net" title="" class="" target="_self" style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"> <img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/images/EUWI_Water_Initiative.jpg" style="max-width: 305px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: bottom;height: auto !important;" class="mcnImage" width="166"> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0 9px 0 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 13px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;" valign="top" width="166"> <p style="font-size: 11px;text-align: justify;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;line-height: 125%;"> <span style="font-size: 11px;">The EU Water Initiative was launched in 2002 with the goal of creating the conditions for mobilising all available EU resources (human &amp; financial), and to coordinate them to achieve the water-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in partner countries. The Africa Working Group is one of its regional working groups.</span><br> <br> <a href="http://www.euwi.net/" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><strong>www.euwi.net</strong></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnCaptionBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" valign="top"> <table class="mcnCaptionBottomContent" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="false" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnCaptionBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0 9px 9px 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" align="left" valign="top"> <a href="http://www.amcow-online.org" title="" class="" target="_self" style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"> <img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/images/Every_drops_countsb4fe219c513d.jpg" style="max-width: 100px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: bottom;height: auto !important;" class="mcnImage" width="100"> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0 9px 0 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 13px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;" valign="top" width="166"> <p style="font-size: 11px;text-align: justify;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;line-height: 125%;"> <span style="font-size: 11px;">The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) provides political leadership, policy direction and advocacy in the provision, use and management of water resources for sustainable social and economic development and maintenance of African ecosystems. AMCOW is the prime African dialogue partner in the EU Water Initiative - Africa Working Group.</span><br> <br> <a href="http://www.amcow-online.org" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><strong>www.amcow-online.org</strong></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnTextBlock" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="202" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 13px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p style="font-size: 11px;text-align: justify;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;line-height: 125%;"> <a href="http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org" target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/files/Africa_EU_logo.1.gif" style="border: 0px solid;-moz--moz--moz--moz-width: 114px;height: 132px;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" align="left" height="132" width="114"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Africa-EU Partnership aims to improve the Africa-EU political partnership in a number of key areas, one being the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The EU Water Initiative - Africa Working Group is responsible for implementing the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership on water affairs and sanitation.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org" target="_self" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><strong>www.africa-eu-partnership.org</strong></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="mcnTextBlock" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <table class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="202" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 13px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p style="font-size: 11px;text-align: justify;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;line-height: 125%;"> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1670ed7dfacd0b6a61d525a16/files/APC_EU_logo.gif" style="width: 105px;height: 74px;float: left;border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="105" align="left" height="74"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The work of EUWI and its Africa Working Group is supported by the European Commission. In addition, the ACP-EU Water Facility was set up in 2004, with the principal objective of providing water and basic sanitation to the poor, and to improve water management governance in African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.<br> <br> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><strong>http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/</strong></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- // END BODY --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <!-- BEGIN FOOTER // --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateFooter" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="footerContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"><table class="mcnTextBlock" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </table> <!-- // END FOOTER --> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- // END TEMPLATE --> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>