EU DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WATER QUALITY
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is launching a call for proposals this week from water specialists to secure grants from a Euro 178 million-fund earmarked for improving water supplies in developing countries. Past projects involving money drawn from the Commission's 'water facility' have included rehabilitating water collection and distribution in north Africa and Middle East countries, and improving water management in growing cities in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
*http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/water/index_en.htm
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THE EUROPEAN Commission is launching a call for proposals this week from water specialists to secure grants from a Euro 178 million-fund earmarked for improving water supplies in developing countries. Past projects involving money drawn from the Commission's 'water facility' have included rehabilitating water collection and distribution in north Africa and Middle East countries, and improving water management in growing cities in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
*http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/water/index_en.htm
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