Listen, learn and share - 20.02.2013 Who pays ? what funders want and how to leverage ressources Maggie White, associate secretary general of the International Secretariat for Water, representing the GWS and the European Platform for Decentralised Solidarity Financial mechanisms Yet even with an MDG (7C) that targets to halve the number of people that don’t have access to water and sanitation Presently : • 783 millions people still have no access to drinking water • 2.6 billion people don’t have access to basic sanitation • 1.8 million children under 5 of age die each year because of this unbearable situation • Important gap between countries and inhabitants of urban, peri urban and rural areas Even in Europe: • 5% of Europeans don’t have access to drinking water and 10% to basic sanitation. And in some rural areas in Europe this figure jumps up to 12% and 40% respectively. > Main blocages : funding, capacities and governance The Human Right to Water and Sanitation • Recognition in July 2010 by General Assembly of UN • Yet this has a cost  additional costs to meet MDG7C: USD 9.5 billion  to achieve universal coverage: USD 30 billion  Current bi-/multilateral assistance: USD 6.2 billion • In order to attain this objectif there needs to be more important and effective means to complement the ongoing aid. .. And that also relies on solidarity mechanisms between citizens, towns, regions in order to enable an equitable access of all to water and sanitation services. Developping sub-sovereign and non governmental cooperation and partnerships to respond to these stakes Why?  Because bi and multilaterales funding is not sufficient,  Because in most countries the responsability of delivering water and sanitation services are in the hands of sub sovereign bodies and local authorities,  Because acting at the decentralized and local level is complementary and more direct. It also enables to directly reinforce the technical and financial capacities of the local actors. Advantages of decentralised cooperations : proximity, sustainability, synergie, sharing of know hows, Yet decentralized programs and funding are not mainstreamed Developping sub-sovereign and non governmental cooperation and partnerships to respond to these stakes Innovative approach but not developed enough Reasons :  inadequate legal framework  absence of political will  absence of specific capacities or recognition in international relations and organizations  lack of information on partnership opportunities Yet : there are many mechanisms, partnerships, programs, activities that are undertaken with very positive outcomes Global Water Solidarity : An international plate-form for the development of decentralized solidarity mechanisms = coalition of local, regional, national governments, public&private institutions, civil society organization from Europe, Asia, Africa, … • Host: UNDP • Supported by: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation French Foreign Affairs Ministry UNDP Members of the Steering committee of GWS Global Water Solidarity : An international plate-form for the development of decentralized solidarity mechanisms Objectives :  Development  Replication  Scaling up ... of existing  Creation … of new water and sanitation DSMs In order to : - Develop partnerships among actors in the North and South/East, SouthSouth, East-East, .... - Empower decentralized public institutions as direct responsible actors Financing water and sanitation through DSMs     Decentralized Solidarity Mechanisms (DSMs) = means to facilitate access to additional financial resources, local capacity building and technology transfer; under voluntary bases; as a gesture of solidarity; and support to sub-sovereign bodies and local governments’ efforts Financing water and sanitation through DSMs Promote existing mechanisms in order to enable the development of new and innovative financial tools: • Institutional cooperation between similar organisations : peer to peer partnerships, sharing know hows and human ressources, …. • Additional and leverage funds : 1% (ex. France, Netherlands, Belgium) • 3T (Tax, Tarif, Transfer), perequation, social and progressive tarif, rural solidarity fund Solidarity mechanisms are developed at different territorial levels : • Local and national solidarity • Within regions : ie Europe • International solidarity Financing water and sanitation through DSMs  GLOBAL WATER SOLIDARITY builds on existing experiences , many of which are undertaken by European actors :       “Oudin-Santini” law, France “Motie Koppejan”law, Netherlands “Solidarit’eau”, Switzerland “L’Acqua è di tutti”, Italy “Flemish Partnership Water for Development”, Belgium “Canon del Agua”, Spain A necessity to reinforce partnerships and actions in Europe to : Identify Advocate Share knowledge and information Accompany and Develop  Creation of the European platform for the promotion of decentralized and solidarity financial mechanisms.  Recognized as a regional platform of GWS.  Other regional platforms : Africa, Mediterranean The European platform platform for the promotion of decentralized and solidarity financial mechanisms. - coordinated by Solidarity Water for Europe (SWE) - www.water-1percent.org - Encouraging declarations : - Local and regional authority Congress of the European Council, October 2011 - The Commission on social issues of the Parlemantarian assembly of the European Council, January 2012 - European Parlement, March 2012 - High level panel disucssions during the 6th World Water Forum Progress since the official launch at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille (March 2012) - Constitution of an international tool for the promotion and to support the processes related to the development, replication + scaling up of DSMs - Promotion of DSMs in the water and sanitation international agenda + achievement of concrete commitments from local authorities, national governments, specialized public agencies, private institutions and civil society organizations from the water and sanitation sector - Development of regional platforms and demands to conduct studies and accompany the development of DSM’s in different countries/towns (Moldova, Niger, Senegal, Marrocco, ...) - Membership to GWS has increased FIND OUT MORE AND JOINS US IN THE LEARNSHOP 8 ON Thursday 21 February 2013 – 13:00-14:00 p.m, Hall 3 Case studies for Decentralized Solidarity Cooperation : Innovative financial solidarity mechanisms for the improvement of the local level access to water and sanitation services ‘Without water there is no dignity and no escape from poverty’ Ban Ki-moon THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION