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4 Preliminary climate screening of selected
development cooperation projects in Ethiopia
4.1 Overview of the selected projects and screening process
While the previous chapters have provided a strategic overview of the national and sectoral level
climate vulnerabilities and adaptive capacity (applying the “climate lens” on national and sectoral
levels), this chapter focuses on an initial climate screening of selected Finnish development
cooperation projects in Ethiopia.
Finnish development cooperation in Ethiopia has a strong focus on the education and water sectors.
Finland has already a long history of development cooperation in the water sector, which in many
aspects is at the nexus of climate change and Ethiopian development challenges. Consequently, at
the project level, the initial climate screening covers 3 development cooperation projects in the
water sector funded or co-funded by the government of Finland. Selection of the projects for this
initial climate screening was done in consultation with the representatives of the MoFa. 48
Two of the selected projects focus on water supply and sanitation (and hygiene/environment) in
local communities as well as on the communities’ ability to implement and maintain sustainable
community managed water supply facilities. One of the selected projects has its focus on watershed
monitoring and evaluation as a part of an integrated water resources development project. The
selected projects are summarized in the following table (table 3).
Table 3. Projects selected for preliminary climate screening.
Project Timing and Phase Notes
Rural Water Supply and
Environmental Programme in
Amhara Region, Phase IV (RWSEP)
Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and
Hygiene Programme in
Benishangul Gumuz Region
(FinnWASH BG)
Technical Assistance to the
Watershed Monitoring and
Evaluation (WME) Component of
the Tana Beles Integrated Water
Resources Development Project
(TBIWRDP) in Ethiopia
July 2007 - June 2011 (5 years).
Continuation from phases I-III.
Phase IV is a phase-out phase.
Planning Phase April 2008 - June
2009. Implementation Phase
July 2009 - June 2013 (5 years)
June 2009 - October 2013 (4
years 4 months).
Total € 11,3 m of which 9
M from Finland
Total € 12,8 M of which
11,4 M from Finland
Implemented as a M&E
component of TBIWRDP.
Total grant from the
Government of Finland €
1,5M (WME) + € 3,5M for
TBIWRDP
48 The water sector portfolio, which is supported by the Finnish Government in Ethiopia, is presented in Annex II.
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