Highlights from Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional Cooperation - DALC

Sergio Pérez LeónProgramme Manager, Water and Climate Change

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Division Latin America and Caribbean

Bern, 23.06.2014

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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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CENTRAL AMERICA

Switzerland Brazil

Nicaragua

ALCANTARILLADO CONDOMINIAL

Honduras

TRIANGULAR COOPERATIONPCE – PEQUEÑAS CIUDADES Y ESCUELAS (SMALL TOWNS AND SCHOOLS)

Water!

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HAITIEVALUATION 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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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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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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WORRYING TENDENCY: INVISIBILITY OF WATER

WASH IWRM

LOCAL GOVERNANCE,

DECENTRALIZATION AND HUMAN

RIGHTS

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE