China Europe Water Platform CEWP Seppo Rekolainen Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland Meeting of EU Water and Marine Directors Tallinn, Estonia, 4-5 December 2017 22.2.2019
CEWP High-Level Conference Turku, Finland 21-22 September 2017 More than 350 participants High-level delegations from China, EU Commission and13 EU MS: Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Sweden 50 Enterprises from China, about 70 from Europe More than 200 B2B meetings Outcome: Turku Declaration -> political backbone for future CEWP activities Follow-up business contacts Research & Innovation, funding opportunities and possible cooperation identified 22.2.2019
CEWP Future activities Strategic developments more EU MS, also Chinese provinces active participation closer links to international water-related processes: Agenda 2030, Arctic Strategy, UNFCCC (Adaptation!) more cooperation with international financing institutes (WB, EIB, ADB, AIIB) cooperation with other international organisations (UN, OECD, GGGI, … Business cooperation (e.g. EU SME Centre in China, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China)
CEWP and Partnership Instrument More funding for the coming four years (2018-2021): 6 M€ Channelled through EU Delegation in Beijing Consists of 4 thematic (vertical) Lots: Rural Water and Food Security Water and Urbanisation Water Management and Ecological Security Water and Energy Security And a Horizontal Activity: Coordination, Support to the Secretariat, Cross-cutting issues (SDG, Circular economy, Source2Sea)
CEWP Secretariat Chinese Secretariat: Ministry of Water Resources, P.R. China European Secretariat: 2012-2017 Ministry for the Environment and Food, Denmark 2018-2019 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland 2020-2021 Ministry of Environment, Portugal Contact 2018-2019: Seppo Rekolainen (seppo.rekolainen@mmm.fi) Olli-Matti Verta (olli-matti.verta@mmm.fi) Johanna Lantto (johanna.lantto@ely-keskus.fi)