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W H O R E S P O N D E D ?

Academic: 3 Intergovernmental: 3 National government: 13 NGO: 6 River basin organization: 4

W H A T S H O U L D W E D I S C U S S H E R E ? • Institutions and processes providing climate finance

• How do I develop a project suitable for climate finance?

• Ecosystem-based Adaptation funding (EBA), flood risk maps and early warning systems, groundwater, irrigation

• How to fund transboundary adaptation projects?

• Can we fund mainstreaming processes for adaptation? Can climate finance help to institutionalize adaptation?

• Does corruption / weak governance play a role in suitability?

• Who can receive climate finance: basin, national, regional, local levels?

• How can the private sector join forces with the public sector with shared goals?

• Project sizes most amenable to climate finance sources: pilot, small, large? basin, administrative, technical, legal aspects?

E X P E R I E N C E I N F U N D R A I S I N G?

No: 11

Yes: 20

Not sure: 1

M O S T C O M M O N S O U R C E S O F F U N D I N G

National & local budgets: 14 Water use / pollution fees: 1 Bilateral assistance: 6 Funding from international organizations: 10 RBO budget: 1 International formal climate funds: 6 Private sector: 2 Innovative sources (e.g., crowdfunding): 0 Public-Private Partnerships: 4 Green / climate bonds: 0 Insurance: 0 NGO: 1

S A M P L E P R O J E C T S

Funding across multiple institutions: In order to promote water and forest management cooperation across borders in Coatán river basin, organized by the Council of the Microcuenca Esquichá of Guatemala and the Committee of the Microcuenca Buena Vista, Mexico. Also through the Biosphere Reserve Tacana Volcano, by Guatemala has there been a funding from the National Institute of Forests and by Mexico by National Forestry Commission, within the benefits together that were achieved were encouraged to protection, conservation, restoration and forest management and conservation of soil and water through multiple works and practices.

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Funding from international institutions: ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION AND INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE MANO RIVER UNION. This union has the following countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone). I participate in this project as a representative of civil society in Côte d'Ivoire. The project is to preserve forest ecosystems of the Upper Guinea, through the adoption and implementation in multiple areas (water, forest management land and biodiversity) and a combination of corporate governance reform, strategic planning and cross-border cooperation, capacity building, awareness raising, demonstration of best practices, learning and knowledge exchange. The project was launched in Côte d'Ivoire on 18 and 19 February 2016 and brought together the focal points of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the representatives of four (4) countries covered by the project, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the relevant national and regional partners and consultants in charge of the project.

S A M P L E P R O J E C T S

Funding from international institutions: Our "Climate change and security in the Dniester River Basin" project is implemented in the framework of the "Environment and Security" with the financial support of the European Commission and the Government of Austria. The project is also a part of the UNECE pilot projects on adaptation to climate change in transboundary water basins.

S A M P L E P R O J E C T S

Funding from national + international institutions: The Tisza River Basin riparian countries: Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary have funded joint flood protection, an automated control system for flooding, common to all the riparian countries. In recent years it has had a positive effect and led to a decrease in losses from floods. The establishment of the system were involved national funds and international aid. Each country performed activities on its territory for a single coherent project in the Tisza River Basin countries.