Water NetworkIANAS

Dr. José Galizia TundisiDra Blanca E Jiménez Cisneros

Background• 14 IANAS Academies have nominated water specialists to act as national

nodes to the IANAS Water Network. • 4 Meetings

– 1st Bogota/March 2005– 2nd in Guarulhos/July 2006; – 3th in Santo Domingo 2008– 4th In Nicaragua, 2009

• Two main types of activitiesa) Meetings :– A joint IAP/IANAS Regional Workshop for the Americas has been

organized in 2006– 1st IAP/IANAS Capacity Building Training Course for the Americas in August

2008 b) CREATE a consolidated technical group that can assist their national

governments and society in the effort to enhance local water management capacities

IANAS Water Programme

a) To establish National Water Committees that will help Academies provide advice to governments and society, thus enhancing their social relevance;

b) To prepare white papers providing a strategic view on national water resources;

c) To implement capacity building activities; d) To discuss new perspectives and innovative solutions

for water management; e) To set the stage for the future publicizing and

implementation of the recommendations of the IAC Study Panel on Water.

3th Water programme Focal Points meetingSanto Domingo, 29 February to 01 March 2008

1) Argentina, Raul Lopardo2) Bolivia, Fernando Urquidi3) Venezuela, Ernesto Gonzalez4) Brazil, Jose Galizia Tundisi5) Canada, Keith Hipel6) Cuba, Mercedes Arellano7) Guatemala, Manuel Basterrechea8) Haiti, Wilson Celestin9) Nicaragua, Katherine Vammen10) Peru Adolfo Toledo and Axel

Dourojeani11) Dominican R., Rafael Osiris de Leon12) Trinidad & Tobago, Vincent Cooper13) United States, Henry Vaux

• Papers presented were useful to – Discuss in general the water problem– To highlight main issues in each countries– To detect main global and local Solutions

• But – Were highly heterogenic– The problem on both lack of information and when

available lack of reliability was detected• A content was produced for all the water country

profiles• Time was allocated to LOOK FOR AND VALIDATE the

information in order produce homogen reports

3th MeetingRESULTS

IANAS Water Programme

a) To establish National Water Committees that will help Academies provide advice to governments and society, thus enhancing their social relevance;

b) To assist to the policy makers by providing analyzed and validated information

c) To prepare white papers based on useful and information than can be “universal "acceptable providing a strategic view on national water resources;

d) To implement capacity building activities; e) To discuss new perspectives and innovative solutions for

water management; f) To set the stage for the future publicizing and

implementation of the recommendations of the IAC Study Panel on Water.

Term of ReferenceWater Resources in Country X

30 pages• Written by an interdisciplinary team • Major issues to discuss:

– Water Availability per capita and intensity use index– Surface and groundwater resources – Present and future water availability

(overexploitation) – Water use per sector. Historical perspective of the

percentages allocated towards each use. Evolution of the water stress index.

– Water and agriculture.. Irrigation. Exportation of water trough produce (virtual water).

– Water and industry. Industrial uses of water. Industrial pollution. Water productive efficiency (Industrial IVA/m3.yr)

– Water for human use: quantity, quality and access. – Levels and geographic distribution of

pollution/contamination. Impacts of agricultural, industrial and human pollution: water contamination.

– Water in urban areas: volume, access and availability. Quality of the water supply service (continuity, for instance) Water distribution efficiency. Percentages of water loss. Price of water in urban and rural areas

– Water and municipal wastewater treatment.

Coverage, percentages and applied technologies for urban and rural areas. Sewer coverage Treatment costs. Water recycling and reuse

– Water and human health. Major diseases transmited water (directly or indirectly such as consumption of produce irrigate with polluted water) impacts on human health; water epidemiology.

– Water and Economy. National reliance on water for development. Role of water in subregional economies. Water sector income and water sector budgets. Relation GNP to water services and comparison with similar income countries

– Water for energy and impacts of dams– Floods and droughts. Intensity, impacts on

human health and economy– Water legislation: laws, norms and water rights.– Water conflicts (within the country,

transboundary)– Water governance: how is water managed?

Water management. Management technologies. Public versus private water management: lessons from the experience. Good and bad examples of water management in the country. Public participation

– Scenarios due to global changes.– Water, culture and religion.

IANAS Water Programme

• (a) establish National Water Committees that will help Academies provide advice to governments and society, thus enhancing their social relevance;

• (b) prepare white papers providing a strategic view on national water resources;

• (c) implement capacity building activities; • (d) discuss new perspectives and innovative solutions

for water management; • (e) set the stage for the future publicizing and

implementation of the recommendations of the IAC Study Panel on Water.

4th Meeting of the Focal Managua, Nicaragua, 30-31 May 2009.

• To present a first version of the white papers• Hosted by Nicaragua through Dr. Katherine

Vammen, Vice-Director of the Nicaraguan Centre for Water Research and the team leader for CARA ( Central American Water Resource Management Network ) at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

• .

4th Meeting of the Focal Managua, NicaraguaRESULTS

• 17 Water Countries profiles were presented• To produce them, some Academies have collaborated

with national experts to produce the best reliable information

• Once the similar problems were discussed it was decided to– Produce a Declaration (The ManAGUA Declaration to be

endorsed by this board, 14 WR signed)– To publish the countries water profiles in English and in

Spanish (one of this as an electronic book)– To proceed to produce white papers through discussion

with the local government and stakeholders using the information contained on the country’s profiles

COUNTRY TOR PWP English Version

Spanish Version

White Paper Book

Argentina OK In processBolivia, Fernando Urquidi OK In process OKBrazil OK In process In process OKCanada, Keith HIpel OKChile, Niño Yarko OK In process In processColombia, Gabriel Roldán and Claudia Campuzano

OK

Costa Rica, Hugo Hidalgo OK OK In processCuba, Mercedes Arellano Acosta OK In process OKGuatemala, Manuel Basterrechea OK OK OKHaiti, Wiston Celestin OKMexico, Blanca Jimenez OK In Process OK In process In ProcessNicaragua, Katherine Vammen OJ In process OK In processPeru, Julio Kuroiwa OK OK In processDominican R., Rafael Osiris de Leon OKTrinidad & Tobago, Vicente Cooper OKUnited States, Henry Vaux OK In processVenezuela, Ernesto González OK OK OK

IN SEVERAL CASES THERE ARE > 1 author

Brazil and Mexico : Books

• Brazil as an activity independent of IANAS

• Mexico as part as IANAS-AMC activities– With CONAGUA (Mexico

Federal Water Management Commission) sponsorship

– With contributions from• 80 authors, where at least 1

authors per chapter is a young scientist

• 14 states• 40 institutions

Water in XXX, Book• Water Resources

• Water and sustainable development• Climate Change and Water• Groundwater/Ecohidrology

• Water Quality• Water and ecosystems

• Limnology• Water and Health

• Water Services for Municipalities• Water, Livestock and Agriculture

• Water and industry• Urban Water

• Water and Ecotourism• Water and Energy

• Water and Transportation• Aquaculture

• Hydroeconomy• Institutional and Legal Framework

• Water and Women • Public Participation

NEXT STEP

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Budget

• 1 project for meetings presented tp IAP was not accepted

• Partial support for the countries water profiles to be printed AND translated

• At national level not all WFP will be able to obtain support for their book

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