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

Proyecto: Adaptación al Cambio Climático…UNEP/CAR/CRUdecision-making in the environmental issue, and specifically the water resources handlingand management.Through the implementation of consultations, participating meetings and workshops ineach locality, with the participation of 25 to 30 key players such as local water resourcemanagers, Municipal Authorities, Central Government Representatives, EducationalCenters, private initiative and non-governmental bodies; we managed to identify aspectsin all three study sites that generally encompass a current local problematic issue. Amongthem are:• Emerging or non-existing land demarcation local plans and environmentalmanagement in general, involving all stakeholders;• Lack of public policies and will among the key players aimed at water resourcesefficient management, mainly towards the achievement of previously establishedactivities and initiatives;• Conflict of interests, political, ideological, territorial or criteria divisions thatundermine the installed sustainability and capacity;• Ignorance, lack of information and poor education in the various environmentalissues and climate change and its adaptation process, as well as the benefits andopportunities that can be generated;• Inefficient or shortcomings, both in the application of technical criteria as in theimplementation of regulatory instruments at the local level, with regard to thequality of the infrastructure of the collection, wastewater management,distribution of potable water and supply systems;• Lack of management, control, protection and conservation mechanisms of thebasins directly related to the supply sources, which links all interested parties andled by the government bodies;• The need to foster the prevention culture and alternative instruments whichmanage to alleviate local problems in terms of managing their natural resourcestowards a more sustainable development.In general, in order to increase their resilience and integrate adaptation to the climatechange issue with regard to the integrated management of water resources at the locallevel, it is considered necessary to overcome in the short and medium term, issues suchas:• Strengthen individual and institutional capacities: primarily in the decisionmakersat the local and departmental or national level, on the environmentalproblematic and its relation to the integrated management of water resources andits relation to climate change;• Strengthen the institutionalism and enhance the political will and interest atgovernment levels of local interference to address the problematic in acoordinated fashion in conjunction with local associations, guilds, academia andprivate initiative, among others.• Overcome the lack of interinstitutional coordination among the key playersinvolved at local level, including the national or departmental government, for9