Netherlands grants ECA US$ 1.8 million to strengthen water work
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and The Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation, Mrs Eveline Herfkens, today entered into an agreement which provides for support to ECA of US$ 1,829,478 for the coming three years. The agreement was signed at the ECA headquarters here by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA and by Mr. Rob Vermaas, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Ethiopia. The new Netherlands Government grant comes in the form of fully unearmarked support to the annual extra budgetary programme of ECA. It is intended to support the ECA activities on strengthening the Inter-Agency Group on Water in Africa for implementing the African Water Vision 2025, which form part of this extra budgetary programme.
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| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2002-04
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32382 |
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