Document Actions

IWRM in the Andes

= Integrated Water Resources Management in Cañar, Oña en Saraguro.

Key elements

Development of models for IWRM.
Implementation of measures for the protection of water resources, to ensure a sustainable access to water for the different users (households, farmers and nature).

Partners

SENDAS (Servicios para un Desarrollo Alternativo del Sur).
CEDIR (“Centro de Desarrollo y Investigación Rural”: local NGO).
CenAGRAP (2nd-line structure water organization in the Cañar district).
Tuk Yak (2nd-line structure water organization in the Suscal district).
COPLAV (2nd-line structure water organization in the Oña district).
Municipal governments and environmental administrations in the relevant districts, irrigation associations and other water actors of the region.

Target groups

Drinking water committees of the different water systems.
Irrigation groups and farmer associations.
Water associations (2nd line) and/or municipal governance bodies.
Municipal Governments in the relevant districts.

Objectives

Development of models for IWRM in the Southern Highlands of the Andes; implementation of these models and learning lessons from experiences, which can be an example for others.

Main results

IWRM plans are established and implemented for 4 small basins in Cañar in consultation with all users, including social organisations and local authorities. The basins are managed in a participatory way.
The management plans are scientifically backed-up by mathematical models, developed in cooperation with the local university.
In Oña-Saraguro, the necessary measures for protection of the water resources are analysed, decided and implemented.
Local actors are reinforced towards improved management of natural resources and towards an optimised use of these resources for agricultural production.

Financing

DGOS/DGCD, EU, Hain Celestial group LIMA, VIA fund and all partners of the Flemish partnership water for development for Ecuador.

Exchange of Expertise

IMDC for mathematic modelling of basins.
Chair of IWRM from the University of Antwerp for preparing and systematisation of river basin management plans.