CAEWDP is a World Bank-administered Multi-Donor Trust Fund and promotes energy and water security and operates under three main pillars: (1) the Energy Security Pillar (2) the Water Security Pillar (3) the Energy and Water Linkages Pillar. National and cross-border activities are implemented under each pillar including diagnostics, capacity building of national and regional organizations and technical support to investments. Other donors to the Trust Fund include the Swiss’ State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and UK’s department for international development (DFID). The EU joined CAWEP (then called CAWEDP) for the first time in 2012 with a contribution of EUR1 million, when the Programme was already in its second phase).