Lead country
Albania
Participating countries
Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From August 6, 2015 to July 31, 2021
Project ID: 4482
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Technical team
- Oceans and Water Programme
Technical area(s)
- Cross cutting governance and learning
Landscape(s)
- Conserved areas
- FreshWaters
Sub-landscape(s)
- Locally managed marine areas
- Transboundary conservation areas
- Lakes
Transformed sector(s)
- Fisheries
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Data collection and analysis
Strategy
- Enabling
- Governance
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Community engagement
- Mainstream
- Institutional framework
- Transboundary governance
- Partnerships
- Ecosystem and ecosystem services conservation/restoration
Social inclusion
- Women
Gender equality
- Women decision making
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- People pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
- 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
- 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
About this project
Description
The proposed project is fully consistent with the long term goal of the International Waters focal area, i.e.: the promotion of collective management for transboundary water systems and subsequent implementation of the full range of policy, legal, and institutional reforms and investments contributing to sustainable use and maintenance of ecosystem services. Its specific objectives fall under Objective 3 of the IW Focal Area: Support foundational capacity building  for ecosystem-based, joint management of transboundary water systems, which includes dialogue, capacity building for legal reforms, and potential agreement for improved legal and governance matters at multiple levels from the transboundary to sub-basin, national, and local. Finally, the project, with its consideration of climatic variability and change, role of groundwater, and gender mainstreaming, responds to specific requirements of the GEF IW Strategy.
Objectives
To foster the joint management of the shared water resources of the extended transboundary Drin River Basin, including coordination mechanisms among the various sub-basin commissions and committees (Lakes Prespa, Ohrid and Skadar).
USD $4,600,000
Grant amount
USD $221,949,721
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,600,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- GWP
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