Networking & Collaboration
Technologies are vital to building climate-resilient, low-carbon societies. Many essential technologies already exist — the challenge is to get them deployed where they are needed, and to build the enabling environments to support technology innovation, adaptation and scale-up. An overwhelming number of developing countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement indicate a requirement for technology support and capacity building in order to achieve their commitments. To meet this need, the CTCN serves as a demand-driven and trusted partner, matching developing countriy needs for climate change-related equipment, methods, capacity development and policy advice with the world-class expertise of its Network and our collaborators.
Cowater International Inc.
Cowater International Inc. is a management consulting company with over 31 years of experience implementing government modernization and capacity building projects around the world. Clients include governments, utilities, bilateral and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, DFAT Australia, the Department for International Development (DFID), and Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Cowater possesses a broad multidisciplinary capacity with a staff that includes engineers, environmental scientists, climate change specialists financial and utility experts, IT specialists and social scientists. Since 1985, Cowater has completed more than 400 projects worldwide, in more than 70 countries. Cowater offers services at the policy, program and project levels, developing and managing major projects as well as undertaking studies, sector reviews, evaluations, training and change management activities. Cowater emphasizes human, community and institutional capacity building using a structured approach to change, which links our technical expertise to the needs of our clients. Cowater strongly believes in participatory approaches to reform, which encourages stakeholder buy-in to better ensure the sustainability of our interventions.
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