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The European Union agreed on Monday 22nd of March to set up a special Water Facility to permit access to clean water and sanitation for ACP countries.

This agreement, reached on World Water Day, was based on the Commission initiative to boost the delivery of water and sanitation infrastructure in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP countries), launched on 2003.

The Water Facility focuses on governance, ownership and access to flexible sources of funding.

The EU Water Initiative was launched in Johannesburg 2002.

- Read more about this on the European Commission press release.

- Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Water Management in Developing Countries, Policy and Priorities for EU development cooperation, SEC(2002)288, COM(2002) 132 final, 12.03.2002

Last modified on March 24 2004.

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