Through in-situ training at the Rontoccocha lagoon, the Water for Abancay project team learned about tools for hydro-ecological monitoring, which will allow them to collect, analyse and interpret data on this area.

9 July 2021. Abancay, Peru. During the month of June, the 'Water for Abancay' team of the EUROCLIMA+ Urban Water sector carried out field trips to the Rontoccocha lagoon, where the project is implemented, to strengthen their theoretical knowledge on hydroecological monitoring: application, instrumentation, data collection, analysis and interpretation.

This activity, which is part of the project's information and training cycle programme, consisted of on-site practices, with which they learned, among other tools, how to download and record data; change the batteries of sensors and rain gauges; format the memories in rain gauges and sensors; calibrate equipment (rain gauges and sensors); and repair and maintain equipment.

The visit was led by Jan Baiker of Helvetas Peru, the entity responsible for the training and participating partner of the project; and was attended by officials from EPS Emusap Abancay, CEDES Apurímac (also participating entities of the project), SUNASS, the coordinating entity of Water for Abancay, and professionals from the Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas (UNAMBA) and the Universidad Tecnológica de los Andes (UTEA).

The Water for Abancay project is part of the Water Management from an Urban Resilience Perspective sector, implemented by the French Development Agency - AFD and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation - AECID, and it aims to increase the future availability, responsible and equitable use of water for women and men of Abancay and communities of the Mariño micro-basin, through a sustainable mechanism of investment in natural infrastructure, optimised and resilient demand, multi-stakeholder governance and generating replicable learning.

(Photographs by J.Baiker for Helvetas Peru)

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 visit: https://www.euroclima.org/agua

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. Its objective is to reduce the impact of climate change and its effects in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries by promoting climate change mitigation and adaptation, resilience and investment. The Programme is implemented under the synergistic work of seven agencies: the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the French Development Agency (AFD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Expertise France (EF), the International and Ibero-America Foundation for Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP), the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the UN Environment Programme.

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