The Road to Green takes you to Jordan, where the European Union, the European Investment Bank and development agencies are playing a crucial role in supporting one of the most water-deprived countries in the world towards water resilience.
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00:00Ines Martin, Senior Portfolio Manager at KFW office in Amman for the water sector.
00:05Guillaume Merer, responsible du pôle eau énergie pour l'AFD à Amman en Jordanie.
00:10Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world.
00:13Depending on where you live, you may have water once per week,
00:16once every two weeks or once per month.
00:19AFD in Jordan participated, amongst others, in the Wadi Al Arab treatment plant project,
00:24which has a capacity of 80,000 cubic meters per day of potable water,
00:28which is sent to Irbin.
00:30From KFW, we support the Jordanian partners in rehabilitating the King Abdullah Canal
00:35so that less water is being lost and can be used for the Jordanian population
00:41for drinking water purposes.
00:42We do mostly loans to the government and some grants in addition.
00:48We provide also technical expertise.
00:51We also give concessional loan financings,
00:54which means that the loan is a bit less expensive than a market loan
00:59and therefore more attractive.
01:00We propose projects to the European Union.
01:04If they are consistent with the strategies of the Union,
01:07then we can propose the financing to our Jordanian partners
01:11who will implement the project.
01:12We also exchange on our challenges,
01:14which really helps to become better and to support each other.
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