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
