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WWW2021 Session: Blended finance for water and climate: when theory meets practice

27.08.2021

August, 27 : 2:30 – 3:55 PM CET 
Blended finance for water and climate: when theory meets practice

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Session :

Vast additional public and private funds will be required to deliver the Paris Agreement and achieve the SDGs. Converging with the ongoing climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is further exacerbating this financing shortfall and underlining the critical importance of WASH. In this context, blended finance (the strategic use of development finance to mobilize additional finance toward sustainable development in developing countries) is emerging as an important financing solution to accelerate action for water-related investments, but it has failed so far to reach scale.

Understanding the barriers in the enabling environment at country level is key. This session will allow you to learn more about water-related investments as an essential means to enhance climate resilience and achieve the SDGs, as well as to understand the role that blended finance can play in helping to bridge the financing gap in water-related investments (with a focus on its potential to shift funds that are currently not directed to sustainable development in countries and sectors where they are needed the most). This will be achieved through concise case studies; by facilitating the exchange of experiences, best practices, and lessons learned; and by identifying actionable recommendations for policy, practice, and research.

Programme

Overall moderation: Franz Rojas, Development Bank of Latin America and World Water Council Task Force on Financing Water for All

Brief welcoming/opening remarks
Marie-Laure Vercambre, Director-general, French Water Partnership
Franz Rojas, Development Bank of Latin America, World Water Council Task Force on Financing Water for All

Setting the stage
Blended finance for water-related investments : A brief introduction by Kathleen Dominique, OECD

PART 1: Sharing case studies and perspectives

CASE STUDY 1: How can blended finance structure private ecosystems for the delivery of water and sanitation services?

  • Clément Frenoux, French Development Agency

CASE STUDY 2: Leveraging blended finance to scale up WASH social businesses

  • Julien Ancele, CEO, 1001fontaines
  • Aart van den Beukel, Safi Sana

CASE STUDY 3: Blended finance for Nature-based Solutions to achieve water security: the case of Cape Town

  •  Louise Stafford, Africa Funds Director, The Nature Conservancy

PART 2: Interactive, parallel, and thematic break-out groups

BREAK-OUT GROUP 1: Scaling-up blended finance for water-related investments by strengthening the enabling environment at country level (1) : Policy and regulatory considerations

  • Moderator: Almotaz Abadi, UfM Water
  • Rapporteur: Chris Severin, Global Environment Facility (tbc)

BREAK-OUT GROUP 2: Scaling-up blended finance for water-related investments by strengthening the enabling environment at country level (2) : capacity building, knowledge, and stakeholder coordination and mobilization

  • Moderator: Julien Ancele, CEO, 1001fontaines
  • Rapporteur: Brieux Michoud, Waterpreneurs

BREAK-OUT GROUP 3: Scaling-up blended finance for water-related investments : The way forward to improve investment conditions and attract more commercial finance

  • Moderator: Chris Clubb, Convergence Finance
  • Rapporteur: Kathleen Dominique, Financing water OECD

Main outcomes / wrap-up and concluding remarks

  • Moderator: Franz Rojas, Development Bank of Latin America and World Water Council Task Force on Financing Water for All

Final remarks from co-convenors

End of session

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