UNU-INWEH - United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health

$10,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $0.24 for every person in Canada ≈ 129 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
International Development Assistance Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2020-2021
Agreement period
June 22, 2020 – March 31, 2025
Reference
dfatd-maecd:064-2020-2021-Q1-00124

Published purpose

This grant represents Canada's institutional support to the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). UNU-INWEH uses these funds to achieve its mandate, which is to contribute, through capacity development and directed research, to efforts to resolve pressing global water problems that are of concern to the United Nations, its member states and their peoples. UNU-INWEH is an international think-tank on water that aims to improve global water governance in developing countries through applied research and delivery of education and training services. UNU-INWEH works across four thematic areas: (1) data collection for policy-making, monitoring and reporting on SDG 6; (2) unconventional water resources and disruptive technologies; (3) gender equality in water management; and (4) health and climate-related water risks. UNU-INWEH is strengthening the integration of gender equality and climate change adaptation across all thematic areas.

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Canada provides $10 million in institutional support to the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), a global water think-tank that conducts research, education, and capacity development to improve water governance in developing countries, including work on SDG 6, unconventional water resources, gender equality, and climate-related water risks.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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