Proyecto: Adaptación al Cambio Climático… - Caribbean ...

Proyecto: Adaptación al Cambio Climático…UNEP/CAR/CRUbetter monitoring of the policy and the regulatory and strategically nationalinstruments of water resources at the municipal and district levels.• Bridge the gap between ideological and political differences among the municipalgovernmental entities and the departmental governorship, which in someoccasions; tend to have a preponderant character compared with the need toaddress other types of problems such as environmental or the integratedmanagement of water resources, for example.• Increase earlier established monitoring efforts and initiatives, because coupledwith little or no institutionalization of the processes related to the water resourcesmanagement, the previous statement is not allowed.• Overcome the lack of leadership, communication and coordination in the area,including the civil society and other players such as aid agencies andnongovernmental organizations, given the previous actions and initiatives aimedat planting water resources in the locality, the existing efforts should becombined, integrated and complementary for an efficient care of the problem;The joint activities throughout 2008 in each of the study sites, as well as the analysis andinformation disseminated on the regional, national and local level problematic - led in aparticipatory environment - the interaction of the key players to highlight their strengthsand jointly address issues and problems presented locally. As immediate results, we canmention:• Identification and typification of the problem at a regional and particular level foreach of the participating countries, with the intention of being able to incorporateadaptation processes to the climate change and other threats in their variousactivities;• Key players identification, which allows for a better implementation of theactivities;• Knowledge expansion regarding conceptualization, and updates of technical,technological and knowledge of successful models applied in the region, in termsof integrated management of water resources;• Exchange of experiences and actions, executed between the various study sitesfaced with a problematic with diverse realities;• Increased awareness about the importance of integrated, interdisciplinary andparticipatory work, for the sustainability of projects and different actions in thelong term;• Creation of processes and strengthening of communication, at an interinstitutionaland interdisciplinary level between the locality and the central government andother entities of competence;• Integrated work to sum efforts between NGOs, municipalities, state institutions,private companies and the civil society, through the involvement of communityorganizations and others with incidence on the subject;• Sensibilization and strengthening of the capacities among the different playerswith incidence and power in the decision making;• Strategic alliances and interinstitutional commitments for the decision making insubject issue;10