1. 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

2. 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)

3. 3 CENTRAL AMERICA Switzerland Brazil Nicaragua ALCANTARILLADO CONDOMINIAL Honduras TRIANGULAR COOPERATION PCE – PEQUEÑAS CIUDADES Y ESCUELAS (SMALL TOWNS AND SCHOOLS) Water!

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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.

7. 7 WORRYING TENDENCY: INVISIBILITY OF WATER WASH IWRM LOCAL GOVERNANCE, DECENTRALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE