Lead country
Regional - Africa
Participating countries
Uganda
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From June 17, 2020 to June 17, 2025
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
- 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems
- 6.5 Implement integrated water resources management
Project ID: 5783
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Technical team
- Oceans and Water Programme
Technical area(s)
- Protection of transboundary surface & groundwater resources in a changing climate
Landscape(s)
- FreshWaters
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Aquifers
- Industrial site
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Innovative approaches
Strategy
- Governance
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Transboundary governance
- Institutional framework
- Institutional 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)
- 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
- 15.1 Conserve, restore, sustainably use terrestrial, freshwater ecosystems
- 6.5 Implement integrated water resources management
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Structural/system transformation
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
Project description
Project Objective: Project Objective: To strengthen knowledge base, capacity and cross-border institutional mechanisms for sustainable use and management of selected transboundary aquifers in the Nile Equatorial Lakes and Easter Nile sub-basins.The transboundary aquifers that will be covered by the study and beneficiary countries sharing these aquifers are given in section describing the ‘alternative'. Final selection of the aquifers will be made during the PPG phase of the project.
USD $5,479,452
Grant amount
USD $25,850,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($5,479,452)
Implementing partner(s)
- Nile Basin Initiative (IGO)
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