1. The Water, Climate and
Development Programme in
Central America
Consulting Partners Meeting, August 2013
Carolina Carias
Program Coordinator, GWP CAM

2. Content
• Context
• Our Partners and key allies
• Process so far...
• Programme overview: objectives, components, main
expected results
• Challenges and lessons learned

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Programme overview - components
Investments in
regional and
national
development
Innovative green
solutions
Knowledge and
capacity
development
Partnerships and
sustainability
Regionalandtransboundary
cooperation
Nationaldevelopmentand
sectorplans
No/lowregretsinvestments
Projectpreparationand
financing
Demonstrationprojects
Capacitydevelopment
KnowledgeandAwareness
GovernanceandFundraising
Integration, investments for increasing
climate resilience and development
Enabling activities

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

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