Photo: PB CC0 / Patrick Fransoo
In the Andean region, the BRIDGE project is implemented in three transboundary hot spots: the Zarumilla river basin (Ecuador-Peru), the Catamayo-Chira river basin (Ecuador - Perú) and the TDPS System: composed of the Titicaca Lake, the Desaguadero River, the lakes Poopo and Salar de Coipasa.
The objectives of the project are to create an Information System on water resources in transboundary basins; to encourage the adoption of management strategies in line with the IWRM (Integrated Water Resources Management) approach. From promoting the creation of an adequate institutional structure for IWRM in transboundary basins to providing support for the elaboration and implementation of IWRM plans, depending on the specific conditions of each basin; and finally, to strengthen water governance capacities of local, national and sub-regional authorities through specific activities like trainings, workshops.
Zarumilla Basin (Ecuador – Peru)
BRIDGE facilitated the progress of an IWRM Plan and kickstarted a water information system which led to new agreements on basin maps. In the development of the Zarumilla Commission, these steps now serve as a model for water cooperation between Peru and Ecuador.
Catamayo-Chira Basin (Ecuador – Peru)
Dialogue over water cooperation in the basin was renewed, leading to a process of building a Water Information System for the basin and setting the foundation for a binational institution mandated by the Presidents of the riparian countries.
Titicaca Basin (Peru – Bolivia)
Collaboration was put in place between the hydrometeorological institutes of Bolivia and Peru, as well as among water supply companies in the basin. A Water Information System was developed and a plan to revise basin organization mandates was carried out.
