With a virtual meeting, partner institutions of this EUROCLIMA+ Water project learned about new tools and discussed future actions.
4 March 2022. Montevideo, Uruguay. Technical teams from several partner institutions of the EUROCLIMA+ Water project Adaptation in Action - Santa Lucía Basin in Uruguay, learned about the modelling tools for the integrated management of water resources in the Santa Lucía basin.
During the virtual meeting, held on 24 February 2022, the activities planned for the month of March were also socialised, with meetings for the design of the base configuration of the water management model, water quality model, hydrological model, as well as courses run by the Deltares Institute, a partner of the project.
Communication and data collection, a key contribution of the project
During the exchange, in which technicians from the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), and several directorates of the Ministry of Environment participated, the importance of this project was highlighted, as it will provide very relevant basic information for water management. Also mentioned was the need to work on communication aspects that will allow an adequate interpretation of the data, which will facilitate its use by different actors.
The project Adaptation in Action – Cuenca Santa Lucía, is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, through Dinagua, and is financed by EUROCLIMA+, as part of the Urban Water sector, implemented by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation - AECID and the French Development Agency - AFD.
This project aims to strengthen the resilience of Montevideo and its metropolitan area, as well as that of the urban localities in the Santa Lucia River basin, to the impacts of climate variability and change, focusing efforts on integrated water resources management to guarantee the quantity and quality of their source of drinking water.
The specific objectives are: to adopt technology and modelling in the management of water resources in the Santa Lucia River basin and to strengthen its governance from a rights-based perspective to support decision-making and public policy formulation from an integrated management perspective.
EUROCLIMA+ sector Water management with an urban resilience perspective
Through this sector of the EUROCLIMA+ programme implemented by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the French Development Agency (AFD), a total of seven projects will be implemented. For more information on each project, please visit: https://www.euroclima.org/en/water
About EUROCLIMA+
EUROCLIMA+ is a programme funded by the European Union and co-financed by the German federal government through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), as well as by the governments of France and Spain through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
The Programme's mission is to reduce the impact of climate change and its effects in 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, promoting mitigation, adaptation, resilience and climate investment. It is implemented according to the "Spirit of Team Europe" under the synergistic work of seven agencies: the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the AFD Group: the French Development Agency (AFD)/ Expertise France (EF), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the International and Ibero-America Foundation for Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP), the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH, and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).