Mapping european Aid to Africa

A mapping exercise was conducted to obtain an overview of how the European Union Member States and the European Commission are allocating current and future official development assistance (ODA) to Africa among water supply, sanitation & hygiene and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The exercise takes into account the proportion of aid allocated to infrastructure against aid directed to sustainability components, as well as issues related to the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness, alignment and harmonisation.
A full report is being prepared jointly with UN-Water Global Annual Assessment on Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS), planned to be launched at the Stockholm World Water Week 2008.
However, this summary of preliminary findings was prepared to be delivered at the Conference on Sustainable Development (CSD16) held in New York during May 2008.