Action on finance under the EU4Environment Water & Data programme is focussed on the implementation of RBMP Programs of Measures (PoMs), including Nature-based Solutions (NbS). This includes developing recommendations on domestic finance mobilisation through instruments such as water tariffs and taxes, assessing national enabling environments for water finance, and identifying innovative and cost-effective approaches.

Held back-to-back with Moldova’s annual National Policy Dialogue on Water, this workshop will discuss the ongoing work on the OECD Assessment of the Enabling Environment for Water Finance in Moldova and work on water tax reforms. While each piece of work is distinct, and the discussions will be driven by the specific findings and recommendations, the workshop will embody the holistic approach taken by the EU4Environment Water & Data Programme, as well as the complexity of financing water security from both domestic and international sources of finance.

This is the 8th meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management in Moldova. This meeting marks further development of the reforms in the water sector: development of secondary legislation to the Water Law and of the Information System on Water (Water Cadastre). NPD facilitates policy discussions where stakeholders meet to advance water policy reforms. NPDs are driven by the demand from the host countries and are usually chaired by heads of respective government agencies. A variety of stakeholders participate in the meetings, such as ministries and government agencies and institutions, as well as non-governmental organisations, the business community, parliamentary bodies, academia. Participants typically include international organisations and EU Member States active in water policy reforms in each country. Under the EU-funded EU4Environment Water Resources and Environmental Data Programme, NPDs are supported in the five Eastern Partner countries.