New funding call open for all non-European low-and middle-income countries: Water and Development Partnership Programme

This call will follow a two-stage selection process. To participate in the first stage, teams must submit their preliminary ideas, using the provided templates and guidelines, before 12.00 CEST on 22 May 2023. The programme will provide feedback on the ideas, and teams that continue with second stage will use this feedback as they develop their project ideas. Final proposals must be submitted before 12.00 CEST on 3 July 2023.

This call will prioritize projects that:

• Are led by women and/or led by partners that are not part of IHE Delft
• Invest in developing open education
• Aim to redress issues related to inequities and ecological degradation in water-related developments in one or more of the following thematic areas:

• Water and Health

This theme focuses on developing viable pathways to improve and upscale the provision of adequate, affordable, and inclusive water and sanitation services, particularly to marginalized groups and/or underprivileged areas. Preference will be given to proposals that address challenges related to water supply for domestic use and/or bulk water supply.

• Water for Food

This theme focuses on developing viable pathways to more sustainable, equitable, and climate-change-resilient irrigation practices and agro-ecosystems to support the livelihoods of actors involved in small- and medium-scale agriculture as well as to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services.

• River Basins and Deltas

This theme focuses on developing viable pathways to more secure, equitable, and ecologically sustainable governance and management of (transboundary) river basins and delta regions, including coastal areas and aquifers. Preference will be given to proposals that address challenges related to flooding and/or stimulating transformations in governance and management of river basins and/or delta areas.

A more detailed description of the themes, challenges and priorities that the call aims to address can be found here under ‘Programme guidelines and templates’.

More about the partnership programme

The programme envisions a world where inclusive and diverse partnerships and marginalized knowledges transform the ways we know, use, share and care for water. To achieve this, the programme funds bold, creative and transdisciplinary projects that combine research, education and capacity strengthening activities aimed at creating a peaceful, just and sustainable world.

The Water and Development Partnership Programme 2022-2027 is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

More information
If you need assistance finding partners with whom to form a consortium or have any other questions, please contact us at secretariat_dupc3@un-ihe.org. An Information session will be organised on 25 April 2023 at 13.00 CEST, for details check the programme Twitter and visit our FAQs page.