Barbados
Belize
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and TobagoBlock 1
February, March, April 2021
February 24th 2021
This webinar aims to bridge the gap between the conservation of wetlands and their use in the water and sanitation sector, highlighting the value of wetland ecosystem services as well as the proper management of wastewater.
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March 8th 2021
In recent years, growing global investment flows for gender equality have bypassed Latin America. This is where this webinar comes into play with the aim of outlining the concept of the gender perspective or gender smart investment in Latin America.
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March 17th 2021
Indigenous peoples are often at a disadvantage when carrying out water and sanitation projects in Latin America. The objective of this webinar is not only to expose the negative consequences of overlooking indigenous needs and knowledge, but rather to highlight the water and sanitation solutions that communities have developed.
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March 22nd 2021
Facing the challenges that natural hazards, exacerbated by climate change, pose to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and especially their water resources, it is essential to develop public awareness of the situation and to learn about possible solutions, which is the objective of this webinar.
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April 8th 2021
Recognising the importance of sanitation in the context of Indigenous communities, the objective of this webinar is to present concrete experiences of technologies used in sanitation in Indigenous communities.
On the one hand, Amigos de Sian Ka'an will tell us about the eco-technologies they have been implementing in Quintana Roo; what has worked and what they have learned. On the other hand, MOPAWI will share insights to Indigenous sanitation solutions in La Mosquitia.
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April 14th 2021
Artificial wetlands, known as biofilters, have established themselves in the wastewater treatment industry as a viable alternative, offering high treatment efficiencies at low implementation, operation and maintenance costs.
In this webinar, ACEPESA will share experiences in the application of biofilters in municipal, industrial and even agricultural wastewater treatment.
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April 20th 2021
Artificial wetlands, known as biofilters, have established themselves in the wastewater treatment industry as a viable alternative, offering high treatment efficiencies at low implementation, operation and maintenance costs.
In this webinar, ACEPESA will share experiences in the application of biofilters in municipal, industrial and even agricultural wastewater treatment.
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April 27th 2021
This webinar will address proposals and solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin American and Caribbean countries, according to the perspective of experts in the field.
Eugenio Barrios O., international consultant with extensive experience in water resource management and environmental policies, will present a conceptual framework for an Integrated Water Resources Management model within the scope of the Cartagena Convention.
Oscar Avalos, hydrology expert and WWF consultant, will share solutions found in hydrological studies and watershed management plans in Guatemala.
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April 29th 2021
In general, most water utilities across the Wider Caribbean Region are challenged with obtaining the requisite funding and financial resources to adequately maintain and upgrade their infrastructure to provide the requisite service to their customers. The National Water Commission (NWC) of Jamaica is affected by such challenges, but encouraged to become innovative in creating an appropriate financial mechanism suitable for the organization to assist with financing such works.
With the support attained by the GEF CReW pilot project the NWC was able to establish a Credit Enhancement Facility, which had allowed the Commission to do good in rehabilitating and upgrading a number of its wastewater facilities.
Though not perfect, the initiative has been a good tool for the NWC and serves as another avenue in which the organization can establish suitable levels of sustainable financing to support aspects of its operational and development plans which surely will assist with providing the desired level of service to its customers.
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Block 2
Reuse of Treated Domestic Effluents
August and September 2021
August 26, 2021
Pollution of water bodies has become a global problem. This session presents the state of the art in wastewater treatment and the need to rethink the way wastewater is treated and disposed of so that it can be transformed from a problematic waste to a recoverable and reusable resource.
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September 2, 2021
There are different ways to treat wastewater. In this session, specific guidelines and technologies that facilitate water and nutrient recovery are presented.
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September 9, 2021
The sustainability of wastewater treatment and reuse services requires solid governance systems. This session will present different regional experiences in the implementation of management models and regulations.
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September 16, 2021
The treatment and reuse of wastewater generates a series of costs, but also opportunities and benefits. This session presents financial models and tools for cost determination, quantification of benefits and different business models to ensure the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of the projects.
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September 23, 2021
We analyze different experiences in the field of collective treatment and reuse systems in agricultural and industrial applications at the urban level.
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September 30, 2021
We present different experiences of small-scale decentralized treatment and reuse systems in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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Block 3
Methods to Develop the Blue Economy and the Good Use of Wastewater
April and May 2022
Module 1 / April 21st 2022
State of the Art and Future Prospects for Water Quality in the Wider Caribbean Region: The Increasing Contamination of a Scarcer and More Vulnerable Resource.
This online training was conducted by the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
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Module 2 / April 28th 2022
The Green Decade: Transformative Change towards Watershed Regeneration and the Correct Use of Wastewater.
This online training was conducted by the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
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Module 3 / May 5th 2022
Wastewater and Flow Regime, Water for the Environment and Water Reserves.
This online training was conducted by the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
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Module 4 / May 12th 2022
Urban Vision of Water and guidelines for the promotion and implementation of Green and Blue Infrastructure for urban communities
This online training was conducted by the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
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Module 5 / May 19th 2022
Multi-stakeholder dialogue about financing the adequate management of wastewater within the basins.
This online training was conducted by the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
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Module 6 / May 26th 2022
Innovative solutions to address the hazardousness of chemical and biological waste in the environment.
This online training was conducted by the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
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Other events
August 24, 2021
When conceptualizing the GEF CReW+ project, covid-19 was no more than a side newsitem. Months later, scoping missions to the Wider Caribbean Region for collecting baseline data had to be cancelled. The global pandemic brought travel restrictions and closed borders – with far-reaching consequences. How did we manage to start implementation?
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September 24th, 2021
In cooperation with the NGO BORDA Las Américas, a regional compendium on sanitation technologies is being developed, contextualized for the Wider Caribbean Region.
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December 02, 2021
The main objective for this event organized under the GEF CReW+ project by GIZ as one of the co-executing agencies is to exchange experiences and create awareness in authorities responsible for Water Resource Management (WRM) policies and implementing strategies on the need for improving the institutional capacities for the implementation of IWWM (IWRM + WASH + reuse) principles and policies. Besides the need to elaborate, discuss and approve coherent policy papers, there is also a need to strengthen the institutional setup and framework, public participation and accountability for the implementation process and to continuously revise the existing planning tools, strategies and instruments. Two main issues will be presented, analyzed and discussed in sessions over two days: Session
1) How we can improve the existing national and regional data platforms, trying to make data collection and processing as well as reporting on the SDG´s particularly SDG 6, easy and reliable within the institutional context in the partner countries?
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December 03, 2021
The main objective for this event organized under the GEF CReW+ project by GIZ as one of the co-executing agencies is to exchange experiences and create awareness in authorities responsible for Water Resource Management (WRM) policies and implementing strategies on the need for improving the institutional capacities for the implementation of IWWM (IWRM + WASH + reuse) principles and policies. Besides the need to elaborate, discuss and approve coherent policy papers, there is also a need to strengthen the institutional setup and framework, public participation and accountability for the implementation process and to continuously revise the existing planning tools, strategies and instruments. Two main issues will be presented, analyzed and discussed in sessions over two days:
Session 2) How we can contribute to improve the institutional arrangements and coordination in order to enhance and promote synergies between reliable stakeholder-accessible data platforms, planning processes and decision-making at all levels?
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