UNESCWA Stärkande av mat och vattensäkerhet MENA UNESCWA Promoting food and water security MENA - UNESCWA Promoting food and water security through UNESCWA har ansökt till Sida om finansiering uppgående till 20 miljoner kronor för ett projekt för att förbättra vatten och matsäkerhet genom samarbete och förbättrad kapacitet i den arabiska regionen. 

Regionen befinner sig i en situation av ökande vattenbrist med påföljande risker för matsituationen i regionen. UNESCWA har identifierat möjligheter att förbättra denna situation genom mer koordineraing och regionala ansatser för att finna synergier mellan länderna i regionen. Insatsen syftar till att förbättra mat- och vattensäkerhet i regionen genom att förbättra gemensam policy- och strategi utveckling inom området. Detta avses göras genom nationell och regional kunskapsutveckling  och utökat regionalt samarbete inom vatten och matomdrådet. UNESCWA has applied for 20 MSEK for implementing a project on improving water and food securities in the Arab region during the period of 2014-2018. 

UNESCWA is proposing a projekt to address increasing food and water insecurities in the ESCWA region. The intervention is aiming to enhance food and water securities in the Arab region through improved and coordinated policy design, strategy development and programme implementation. This is to be done through strenghtening the national and regional knowledge base as well as promoting regional cooperation on the issue. 

Sida is the main financier of the project. UNESCWA will provide in-kind contributions to the project. The Sustainable Development Policies Division (SDPD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA)  launched in 2014 the project “Promoting Food and Water Security Through Cooperation and Capacity Development in the Arab region”. The project was funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) with a total budget of 20 Million SEK. The project aimed to strengthen food and water security in the Arab region through improved and coordinated policy design, strategy development and programme implementation. The project was implemented in partnership with The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), League of Arab States (LAS), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) and the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) with contribution from research institutes. The project ended in December 2019.
The project aimed to realize the following Expected Accomplishments (EA):
(EA-1) Strengthening the capacity to assess the impact of changing water availability on agricultural production in the Arab Region,
(EA-2) Enhancing the capacity of intra-regional coordinated policy development on food & water security in the Arab region,
(EA-3) Enhancing the capacity for efficient food production in the Arab region,
(EA-4) Enhancing the assessment capacity of the status of food security in the Arab countries.