The Water, Climate and

Development Programme in

Central AmericaConsulting Partners Meeting, August 2013

Carolina Carias

Program Coordinator, GWP CAM

Content

• Context

• Our Partners and key allies

• Process so far...

• Programme overview: objectives, components, main

expected results

• Challenges and lessons learned

Context – CC & Development, political framework

• Global Climate Risk Index (‘13): Hon 1, Nic 3, Gua 11, ES 15

• Hon & Nic (&Myanmar) most affected from 1992-2011

• Events occured from 1930-2008, 85% of hydrometeorological origin.

• 45% regional poverty level.

• Great financial losses in the agricultural sector due to 12-E storm in

2011 (164.85 millions of US$).

• Program is based on the regional and national political framework

for water security and CC adaptation

Our Partners and key allies

Central American Integration System (SICA):

• Coordination Centre for Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central

America (CEPREDENAC)

• Central American Commission for Env. and Dev. (CCAD)

• Regional Committee of Hydraulic Resources (CRRH)

Governmental institutions:

• Environmental ministries (Water Directorates and CC Directorates

x6 countries) and meteorological services.

Multilateral institutions:

• ECLAC, FAO, UNISDR

Development Banks

• Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)

International cooperation agencies

Process so far…

1st Workshop, Guatemala, March 2013

2nd Workshop, Nicaragua, June 2013

Draft under consultation (strategic allies)

Approval of final document by GWPO

Official launch Implementation

Programme overview

Objective:

To contribute to the integrated and sustainable economic development of

the region, promoting water security as an strategic element for adaptation

to climate change and variability.

Main expected outcome:

Reduction of vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate

change, which considers safeguarding livelihoods and welfare of

populations who directly benefit from pilot actions and initiatives arising from

the programme

Programme overview - components

Investments in

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Innovative green

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Knowledge and

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Integration, investments for increasing

climate resilience and developmentEnabling activities

Programme overview – examples of main

key expected results end of 2014

1. Guidelines for management of transboundary basins and

systematization of management models.

2. GWP CAM and ECLAC have made a case for the economic

relevance of water investments for adaptation.

Key gov. actors acknowledge the need for integrating water

security and CC in development processes.

3. Identified no/low regrets investments that are part of national

adaptation strategies are further elaborated and promoted for

funding and implementation.

Regional and

transboundary

cooperation

National

development and

sector plans

No/low regrets

investments

Programme overview – examples of main

key expected results end of 2014

4. Bankable proposals on:

-CIMHAC (hydrom.info. generation, CC scenarios… CRRH

etc)

-CAM agricultural cadastre (IMTA & CAC)

Other proposals on:

-Identification of successful financial and economic

mechanisms for water management

5. Pilot initiatives (with gender and poverty focus) to

generate resilience to climate change with replication

potential are under implementation.

Project preparation

and financing

Demonstration

projects

Programme overview – examples of main

key expected results end of 2014

6. Capacities of key institutions are built on relevant fields of

knowledge to integrate water security and climate adaptation

elements into development plans and programmes.

7. - Knowledge and awareness on water security and CC

adaptation for resilient development is being generated in

support of implementation of the program.

-Academic allies are engaged in incorporating water security

and built capacities of educators for strengthening

dissemination of information.

8. Stronger network’ capacities for sustainable management,

strategic alliances and fund raising.

Capacity

development

Knowledge and

Awareness

Governance and

Fundraising

Challenges and lessons learned

• Participatory processes are essential, but take time and require

careful prioritization of activities.

• Political buy-in and support is fundamental

• It is important to build a collaborative relation with national

governments.

• Strategic regional alliances are key to catalyse the process.

• Considerable interest has been generated among relevant actors.

• GWP’s network should be strengthened in order to sustain our

efforts far beyond the life of this first phase.

Thank you very muchhttp://www.gwp.org/es/GWP-Centroamerica/AGUA-Y-CLIMA/