Sustainable Water Fund - FDW

Consult our advisors

Would you like to learn more about FDW or one of its projects? Although the facility is closed, we are happy to share relevant information and advice. Please email fdwcoms@rvo.nl, and one of our advisors will contact you.

FDW in practice

Let our water security and water safety projects in developing countries inspire you. Watch the following videos, or read user stories about our projects via

• our showcases and
• the Development Cooperation Projects database.

For inspiration, watch our videos on YouTube:

• A coastal protection project in Java, Indonesia;
• An integrated water resource management project in Ethiopia;
• A drinking water project in Mali;
• A sanitation project in Kenya;
• A water supply project in the Philippines.

Sustainable development

FDW contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

• SDG 6: clean water and sanitation;
• SDG 8: decent work and economic growth.

To achieve these goals, we need to cooperate. FDW works through public-private partnerships between governments, businesses, NGOs, and knowledge institutes. All partners contribute to inclusive, sustainable and scalable projects. Through PPPs, FDW projects contribute to sustainable economic growth, self-reliance and poverty reduction.

We call upon those working towards SDGs, especially governments, businesses and investors, NGOs, and knowledge institutes, to further explore joint public-private collaboration in the water domain.

Driving sustainable water management

Are you interested in finding out more about our results on water management? See our infographic Driving Sustainable Water Management below. Download the infographic for more information.

Project partner community

Are you an FDW project partner? Would you like to share knowledge and cooperate with others? Then, join the Partners in Sustainable Development Community. This community is for entrepreneurs, NGOs, knowledge institutes and government organisations that want to expand their networks, share knowledge and best practices, learn from others and create future partnerships. All with the same goal: to work together to increase their impact and reach the SDGs. Sign up for the Partners in Sustainable Development Community.

Project management

Every year, the organisation that leads the project has to report on the progress. We will reimburse the subsidy contribution in predetermined instalments. Initially, all payments are advance payments. Read more about reporting:

• Report on R1 - inception phase
• Annual progress report
• Request for a change
• Buying hardware
• Final report

Laws, regulations and publications

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency set up the FDW programme. Read about the FDW policy framework and Dutch policy rules in the publications below:

• Official notices;
• Publications.

FDW Administrative Rules

Official notices FDW

You can download the Official Notices of the FDW calls for 2021, 2017, 2016, 2014 and 2012 below.

2021

Official notice in the Government Gazette 'Staatscourant' (in Dutch).

2017

Official notice in the Government Gazette 'Staatscourant' (in Dutch).

2016

2014

2012

References

The policy frameworks and rules refer to various other documents. These references can be found under the following links:

• A world to gain
• FMO exclusion list
• ILO convention
• Multi-annual Strategic Plans embassies (in Dutch)
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 2011 (pdf)
• Small enterprise: an enterprise in the private sector as described in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ 2003 L 124/36)
• World Bank exclusion list

Communication and using logos

Cooperating partners that publish articles, videos, and projects can use the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' logo. Contact your programme advisor for more information.