GWP-MED Making Water Cooperation Happen           in the Mediterranean. - GWP-MED Making Water Cooperation Happen GWP-Med Skapa vattenresur samarbeten              vid medelhavet GWP-MED har ansökt om 25 miljoner kronor för insatsen "Making Water Cooperation happen in the Mediterranean" under perioden 2015-2018. Insatsen syftar tll att förbättra och stärka ett hållbart nyttjande av regionala och gränsöverskridande vattenresurser med ett fokus på MENA regionen för att därigenom stärka regional stabilitet och fred. 
Annan finansiering för insatsen har säkrats i storleksordningen 9 miljoner kronor. GWP-MED has applied for funding of 25 MSEK to carry out the programme "Making Water Cooperation happen in the Mediterranean" during the period 2015-20198. 

The project aims at making tangible advancements on priority issues of sustainable water resources management, at regional and transboundary levels in the Mediterranean with a focus on the MENA region, as means for enhanced regional cooperation among countries and towards meeting sustainable development objectives and strengthening regional stability and peace.

In addition to the funding applied for from Sida an additional 9 MSEK in co-financing has been secured so far and additional co-financing will be sought during the project period. The Project ‘’Making Water Cooperation happen in the Mediterranean” aims at making tangible advancements on priority issues of sustainable water resources management, at regional and transboundary levels in the Mediterranean with a focus on and for the benefit of MENA countries. Through targeted, multi-purpose activities, the Project is expected to enhance regional cooperation towards sustainable development objectives shared among countries of the region.The expected outcomes of this intervention can be summerized as follows:
- The Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus agenda would be better understood in the region;- Cooperation on the North Western Sahara Aquifer System would be advanced and a shared vision for the management of the joint resource would be agreed upon;- Two major political processes on climate change, led by UfM and MAP UNEP, would be assisted in advancing and aligning, as appropriate;- A range of actors would be more aware about the Nexus and the climate change-related political processes and selected stakeholder groups i.e. Parliamentarians, Media, Women/Gender and Youth would be more able to contribute towards water security and water cooperation issues in the region.