AMMAN — A meeting was held at the
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on Wednesday to brief
financers on the latest developments of the National Water Carrier Project and
to mobilize additional funding, according to a statement by the ministry.
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The meeting was attended by the Deputy
Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, the Minister of State for Public Sector
Modernization, the Minister of Water and Irrigation, and the Secretary General
of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, as well as ambassadors and
representatives of donor countries, banks, and international financial
institutions.
The National Water Carrier Project is
considered the highest-priority project for water security on the agenda of the
government's Executive Program for its Economic Modernization Vision 2023–2033.
The meeting aimed to highlight to development partners and financing
institutions the importance of providing further grant support for this vital
project, which will provide approximately 300 million cubic meters of
desalinated water annually to the various governorates of the Kingdom in a
sustainable manner.
Water-related strategies, actions
During the meeting, Minister of Planning
and International Cooperation Zeina Toukan reviewed government efforts in the
water sector, including the new Water Security Strategy 2023–2040, the road map
for financial sustainability of the water sector, and the National Water Loss
Strategy 2022–2040.
She also reviewed government efforts to
implement vital projects to address the challenge of water loss, key challenges
currently facing the sector as a result of the pressures of the Syrian refugee
crisis, and the effects of climate change and the population boom.
Toukan called on the international
community to provide more grants in order to increase the feasibility of the
project. The meeting, she said, aimed to ensure that all possible support is
secured in order to reduce the cost of water for Jordanian citizens.
Pledges and studies
The minister renewed her thanks to the
countries and international institutions supporting and donating to the Kingdom
for the pledges made since the project’s pledge conference in March of last
year. Pledges towards the project, she said, total $2.4 billion in grants and
development and investment loans.
She also expressed appreciation to the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European
Investment Bank for technical support for the project from its early stages,
especially in terms of developing studies, project blueprints, and documents.
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