Financing

This round table aims to bring together technical and financial partners in the water sector to discuss Mali's investment needs in the area of drinking water.
The main objective of the round table is to mobilize funds to ensure the proper and sustainable supply of drinking water to localities in Mali.
It will provide an opportunity to present investment needs, identify potential partners and obtain funding commitments.

The session will be an opportunity to analyze and discuss in depth the constraints related to the large financing gaps to support the 2030 roadmap. A review of the weaknesses related to the classic 3T model will also be posed to highlight the weak points that require conceptual and practical adjustments. Most exciting, however, will be the presentation of concrete initiatives for innovation in water and sanitation and IWRM financing, including those based on testing and scaling up solutions involving private sector actors and other non-traditional sources of finance.

Despite the progress made in recent years, more than 2 billion people in the world still lack access to water safely managed, and almost half of the world population do not have access to safe sanitation. The Covid-19 pandemic has evidenced even more the imperative need for such basic services and the insufficiency of funds committed to that matter. Finance is a decisive mean to increase Water Security and to provide water services to all.

This High Level Panel focused on financing water will contribute to the preparation of the UN 2023 Water Conference. It will highlight key guiding questions that can contribute to advancing the global discussion on water economics and financing that will be explored in a major forthcoming review to be prepared for the UN 2023 Water Conference.

"Growing, and maximising the impact of urban sanitation investments and services in Africa."

The session seeks to engage to the voices of rural communities, youth, mayors and other local actors, as well as the financial sector in order to include their perspectives into the dialogue on financing water.

These shared perspectives can help shape and influence global initiatives, including the Roundtable on Financing Water and the OECD Global Observatory on Financing Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Security

Scaling up water financing is needed, especially in emerging and developing countries. Blended Finance can play an important role in that matter. This session sheds light on the main attributes that are commonly associated with successful Blended Finance projects in the water sector, distinguishing between grid systems under scope of water utilities and off grid ones, while looking to identify how the different actors can contribute to scale it up in the sector.

Water, sanitation and hygiene are at the heart of the balances of ecosystems and societies, an essential factor of biodiversity, food security, health and peace. Public Development Banks have in many contexts proven they can have a catalyst role, not only to finance water and sanitation investments but also to enhance cooperation. This session will be an opportunity to explore their unique mandate and see how they can help bridging the funding gap towards sound WASH investments and achieving SDG6.

This session will present successful cases in which knowledge and tools are fostering transboundary cooperation on surface and groundwater resources worldwide, for improved management, collaboration and shared benefits.

This session provides an overview of how countries are financing the protection of their water resources (river, lakes, groundwater) from multiple funding sources. The session will share specific experiences in national and sub-national financing mechanisms from East and West Africa and Latin America. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences related to fimancing during the discussion session to enhance the common understanding.