Project

Enabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management in the White Drin and the extended Drin Basin

Lead country

Kosovo

Participating countries

Kosovo

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From August 6, 2015 to February 6, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 6.4 Increase water-use efficiency, sustainable water withdrawals
  2. 6.5 Implement integrated water resources management
  3. 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems

Project ID: 5510

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Technical team

  • Oceans and Water Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Climate resilient integrated water resource & coastal area management

Landscape(s)

  • FreshWaters

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Rivers and river basins

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Energy
  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Partnerships
  • Transboundary governance
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Technical capacity building

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 6.4 Increase water-use efficiency, sustainable water withdrawals
  • 6.5 Implement integrated water resources management
  • 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The project goal is to promote the joint management of the shared water resources of the White Drin Basin as part of the planned activities to foster joint management of the transboundary Drin River Basin. This project will complement the recently approved GEF Full Size Project ÂEnabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management in the extended Drin River Basin (Drin GEF FSP) by fully integrating Kosovo, and the White Drin sub-basin, into this multi-country effort. The MSP project will hence adopt the same strategy and approaches of the Drin GEF FSP assisting the implementation of the aforementioned goal by (i) building consensus among Kosovo and the other Drin Riparians on key transboundary concerns and drivers of change, including climate variability and change, through joint fact finding; (ii) facilitating the agreement on a shared vision and on a program of priority actions deemed necessary to achieve the vision; (iii) strengthening technical and institutional capacities.

Objectives

To promote joint management of the shared water resources of the White Drin Basin contributing to the activities to foster joint management of the extended transboundary Drin River Basin.

USD $1,000,000

Grant amount

USD $7,853,371

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,000,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • GWP

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