GEF International Waters
Portfolio Learning Mechanism
Andrea Merla
GEF IW Learn, UNDP
Diversions of water for irrigation, bulk
supply, and potable use, together with the
pollution of our shared water bodies are
creating cross-border tensions.
The GEF International Waters Focal Area
was established to help countries work
together to overcome these tensions in
large transboundary water systems and
share the benefits from them.
In 20 years: an investment of 1.5 billion
USD of GEF resources in over 200
projects. Many in river and lake basins.
GEF
IW LEARN
a program that promotes experience sharing and
learning among GEF International Waters projects
not just
a
website
IW LEARN 3
It includes:
the achievement of
increased awareness
of GEF IW experiences
and partnership with
non-GEF interventions
focus on
transboundary
surface and
groundwater
management
just started,
will last
four years
GEF IW Surface and Groundwater
Communities of Practice
This activity will respond to the special focus of IW LEARN
3 on integrated land and water management, and on
groundwater, and involve the entire GEF portfolio of
groundwater and river basins projects.
Linking groundwater
and surface water
within a river basin
context to set the
basis for cooperative
approaches and
conjunctive
management of
surface and
groundwater.
Groundwater CoP
Facilitated by
UNESCO
How will it
work?
Rivers/lakes CoP
Facilitated by
IUCN
The facilitation will consist in structured
targeted dialogues, dissemination of
introductory guidelines, documents and
learning materials………
….and regional dialogues
Niger River Basin
Senegal River Basin
Lake Chad Basin
Aquifers of the
Sahel: Iullemenden,
Tadoueni
La Plata River Basin
Project
Upper ParaguayPantanal Project
Bermejo River Project
Guarani’ Aquifer
Project
Ridge to reef
River and lake
basins
Groundwater
Coastal
areas
Dinaric Karst Project
An environmental
continuum
Large
marine
ecosystems
MedPartnership
Thank you!
Grazie!
www.thegef.org
http://iwlearn.net
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