About the Partnership

The Project Preparation Partnership for Climate Resilient GCF Water Projects is an Africa-wide coalition of Direct Access Entities and National Designated Authorities from countries; African sub-regional accredited entities to the GCF; regional institutions; climate and development financiers; the private sector and other entities working together to enable countries to access the support they need to prepare and implement climate resilient water projects

The Partnership is voluntary and open to governments, regional, national, and local entities accredited to the GCF and other global climate funds, regional development finance entities, knowledge institutions, the private sector, and other entities committed to supporting countries in preparing high quality water projects for climate-resilient development.

Founding members of the Partnership are the convening organizations of the 1st Africa wide Technical Workshop on Project Preparation: Transformational Climate Resilient Water Project Concepts in Africa for the Green Climate Fund, as follows:

  1. Africa Climate Change Fund
  2. African Development Bank
  3. Africa Water Facility/AfDB
  4. Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF),
  5. Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
  6. Global Water Partnership Africa
  7. Infrastructure Consortium for Africa/African Development Bank

GCF National Designated Authorities (NDAs), GCF Direct Access Entities (DAEs), and Water Ministries/agencies present at the Inaugural Africa workshop