The ACWA Platform aims to align and coordinate donor funding for supporting the various components of urban water resilience through the ACWA Fund, the key funding and financing instrument of the platform.

• How is the Platform financed?

Launch of the ACWA Fund at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh

How to become a funding partner?

Follow 4 steps:

• Step 1: Review the ACWA Fund webpage to understand the objectives of the fund: https://www.wri.org/initiatives/urban-water-resilience-africa/acwa-fund

• Step 2: Once you have reviewed the concept, self-identify on how you could support the fund:

  • If you are a funder and are interested in investing in water resilience projects in Africa, please identify country and project types of interest.
  • If you are a funder interested in investing in the fund, please identify interest areas of investment and amount of investment - flexible investment, grants, concessional or non-concessional investment.
  • If you are a fund that could be a downstream or upstream partner to the fund- please identify regions of operations and type of fund you are currently operating.
  • If you are an advisory firm/fund manager with expertise in managing a fund are interested in learning about the different components of the fund and have an interest in supporting with technical advice or providing management services. please share a key point of contact, details of the organization and areas of expertise.

• Step 3: Fill out your interest in the “Get Involved” form if you have not already done so

  https://forms.office.com/r/b59CArxTEX

• Step 4: Endorse the fund in the form below:

  ACWA Fund Endorsement Statement

Please contact [email protected] for questions on “Funding Partners”