Contact Estrellita Fuentes Water Planning Manager National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) Tel: +52 555 174 4461 / 4462 [email protected]Why should take part? Organizers www .aguaaaa.org YOU The PrizeWAA is an excellent platform to promote the actions that your organization is carrying out. Signing onto the WaterAAA Inventory means sharing information, experiences and lessons learned with different people and organizations from all over the world. Getting to know and joining up with organizations that work on water and adaptation provides you with the opportunity to generate new strategic alliances which could benefit your activity. Winning the PrizeWAA implies greater international exposure for your action, and presenting it in the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles, France, one of the most prestigious global venues for water issues. Adaptation Actions Prize Water and for
YOUThe PrizeWAA is an excellent platform to promote
the actions that your organization is carrying out.
Signing onto the WaterAAA Inventory means
sharing information, experiences and lessons
learned with different people and organizations
from all over the world.
Getting to know and joining up with organizations
that work on water and adaptation provides you
with the opportunity to generate new strategic
alliances which could benefit your activity.
Winning the PrizeWAA implies greater
international exposure for your action, and
presenting it in the 6th World Water Forum in
Marseilles, France, one of the most prestigious
global venues for water issues.
Adaptation ActionsPrize Waterandfor
2011
El igibi l ity
Evaluation
Award
December 14, 2011 Launch of the PrizeWAA and opening of candidatures
January 30, 2012Closing of candidatures
February 24, 2012Notification of the Jury’s decision
March 12 to 17, 2012Prize ceremony during the 6th World Water Forum
• Municipal government organizations
• Civil society organizations or non-governmental organizations
• Research centers or universities
Dates to remember
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• Stimulating the exchange of experiences and promotion of adaptation actions through the WaterAAA Inventory
• Strengthening climate change adaptation activities in the Americas that fully consider the impacts on water resources
• Ensuring the continuity over the coming three years of the winning activity, through seed funds
Every day the impacts of climate change on water management are growing. The variability that this phenomenon causes on the quality and quantity of this vital resource affects populations in virtually all economic activities and thus their level of development. A group of organizations have come together to seek solutions that deal with this issue through the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas.
One of the RPD’s activities is to promote activities related with water-based climate change adaptation through the “Water and Adaptation Actions in the Americas” Inventory (Inventory WaterAAA). Its objective is to compile actions, experiences and lessons learned on water-based climate change adaptation from organizations throughout the Americas. The activities included in the Inventory range from public policies, regulations and laws to projects and programs, be they local, national or supranational in scope.
The RPD, in coordination with FEMSA Foundation and the
National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA), with the
support of the Water Advisory Council, the Water Center for Latin
America and the Caribbean and Freshwater Action Network
Mexico (FANMex), have created the “Prize for Water and
Adaptation Actions” (PrizeWAA) with the following objectives:
Those interested should register their actions through the WaterAAA
Inventory and select the option to be a candidate for the PrizeWAA.
The actions can be uploaded in English and Spanish through the
following website:
Three finalists will be chosen, and will be invited to
the prize ceremony which will take place during the 6th
World Water Forum in Marseilles,
France (with all expenses covered), where the winner will
be announced. The most outstanding action will be rewarded
with a monetary stimulus of USD $50,000 which
should be used for the development and implementation of the
activities laid out in the candidate’s action plan.
Candidatures will be received from December 14, 2011 to January 30,
2012. The actions that may be considered as candidates are those
whose main implementing organization is:
www.aguaaaa.org
Sustainabi l ity
Impact Innovation
Repl icabi l ity
Stakeholder participation
The benefits brought about through the activity in environmental, social and economic terms
A multi-stakeholder Jury, made up of six personalities that will cover the different geographical areas of the Americas, will review the candidatures, considering five criteria:
The way in which the different obstacles that can prevent the sustain-ability of the activity have been overcome
Involvement of civil society, different levels of government, private sector, research centers/universities and inter-governmental agencies
The extent to which the action makes use of innovative technologies or practices to respond to the problem at hand
The action’s potential to be replicated in other geographical, cultural and hydro-climate circumstances
