The Global Water Partnership Eastern Africa (GWPEA), whose Secretariat is hosted by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in Entebbe, is implementing the African Union's Action Plan on Climate Change (AU-AP) through the Multi-Country Readiness Program in Burundi. This initiative is part of a broader continental effort to strengthen climate resilience in the water sector. GWPEA's role includes providing technical support, mobilizing resources, and coordinating stakeholder engagement to ensure that Burundi's National Investment Program aligns with AU strategic priorities and meets the requirements of climate finance mechanisms such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF). 

The Republic of Burundi has initiated, as part of the implementation of the AU AIP Multi-country GCF Readiness project for the year 2025, the development of the Water Sector Investment Program (WIP) and two (02) project concept notes to be submitted to the Executive Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund in order to mobilize the necessary financial resources to meet the water needs of communities for all uses and better management of water-related climate risks.

A WIP financing strategy to significantly improve the country's capacity to mobilize adequate financing and implement structuring projects to ensure water security and climate resilience of communities, production systems and ecosystems. 

It is in this context that GWP SA plans to recruit an international consultant to support the development of a financing strategy for the WIP.