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New match-making website for PUPs onlineThis EU-funded website set up by PSIRU helps water utilities, local authorities and civil society organisations identify partners and use EU aid to build not-for-profit water partnerships for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.This EU-funded website set up by PSIRU helps water utilities, local authorities and civil society organisations identify partners and use EU aid to build not-for-profit water partnerships for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
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This EU-funded website set up by PSIRU helps water utilities, local authorities and civil society organisations identify partners and use EU aid to build not-for-profit water partnerships for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. In an initiative welcomed and supported by CEO and several other organisations, the EU earmarked 40€ millions intended to “develop capacity in the ACP water & sanitation sector, leading to better water and sanitation governance and management, and to the sustainable development and maintenance of infrastructure”. Don't hesitate to use it to try finding a potential partner!
 

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