1. 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

2. CEWP High-Level Conference
Turku, Finland 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

3. 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)

4. CEWP and Partnership Instrument
More funding for the coming four years ( ): 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)

5. CEWP Secretariat
Chinese Secretariat: Ministry of Water Resources, P.R. China
European Secretariat:
Ministry for the Environment and Food, Denmark
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Ministry of Environment, Portugal
Contact :
Seppo Rekolainen
Olli-Matti Verta
Johanna Lantto