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Highlights from Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Cooperation - DALC Sergio Pérez León Programme Manager, Water and Climate Change Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Division Latin America and Caribbean Bern, 23.06.2014
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2 CENTRAL AMERICA AGUASAN PROGRAMMES (HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, REGIONAL): WASH in rural areas Local Governance: Policy → Municipal Plans → securing municipal investments in WASH Human Rights Based Approach: agreement with FOPREL (Regional Forum of Legislative Bodies) Gender Sensitive Approach 64 000 persons with access to water and sanitation (2008-2012)
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3 CENTRAL AMERICA Switzerland Brazil Nicaragua ALCANTARILLADO CONDOMINIAL Honduras TRIANGULAR COOPERATION PCE – PEQUEÑAS CIUDADES Y ESCUELAS (SMALL TOWNS AND SCHOOLS) Water!
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4 HAITI EVALUATION OF SWISS WASH PROGRAMMES 1996 – 2014 Drinking water: 268 000 persons Improved sanitation: 27 500 persons (Helvetas PADL/EPA) SUPPORT TO DINEPA Water quality: chlorination system, monitoring, communication. (PAISEP-MIR) Way to go? Medium term strategy for involvement in WASH
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5 BOLIVIA WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE New programmes: GESTOR 2 - Sustainability of watershed protection infrastructure - Institutional strengthening - Watershed management plans in “strategic rural-urban watersheds” MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Waste water management - Solid waste management CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN WATERSHEDS (with World Bank)
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6 REGIONAL - MULTILATERAL Review of the Swiss Contribution (SDC / SECO) to AquaFund: Relevant instrument for IDB and governments to work towards achieving the MDGs Congruence between IDB’s W&S strategy and Swiss cooperation’s strategic priorities in the LAC region. Inter-institutional collaboration takes time, current collaboration trajectory is perceived as encouraging from IDB, SECO and SDC side. Large potential in terms of SDC’s possible contribution to IDB’s W&S operations. Sharing of Swiss know-how: SABA (Perú), PCE (Nicaragua, Honduras), SWASH(IDB)–Blue Schools(SDC), HR2WS.
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7 WORRYING TENDENCY: INVISIBILITY OF WATER WASH IWRM LOCAL GOVERNANCE, DECENTRALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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