To improve attitudes, share and develop awareness and knowledge, skills/competences and capacities in the implementation of IWRM among shareholders concerned with water-related development in the Caribbean.
Our goal is to facilitate capacity building and communication in IWRM related areas throughout the Caribbean. Specifically, the network will:
Strengthening of regional cooperation to address capacity development
Providing accessibility to education programmes in IWRM
Building the capacity of governments and NGO’s in the area of water supply and sanitation.
The Caribbean region has earned its fame from its water, both fresh and marine. Billboards and advertisements proclaim the beauty of the Caribbean waters, from spectacular waterfalls to breathtaking reefs with its marine life, wildlife, and invites thousands of people each year to visit and revisit to enjoy this valuable resource. Tourism is by no means the only sector that makes demands on water resources in the Caribbean.
Water is also valuable to industries such as agriculture, construction, petroleum, and handcraft industry. It is also valuable to the people for domestic purposes and to the environment for ecosystem maintenance. Yet, despite the dependency on this limited resource, the region lacks proper strategies to manage the many demands on water supply and quality.
There is therefore a need to improve the present water management systems for better balance between competing demands and for long-term planning and sustainable development.
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. (Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Water Partnership Background Paper No. 4, 2000).
The Caribbean Water Network is concerned with the lack of functional Integrated Water Resources Management across the Caribbean region and is committed to providing technical support and resources toward the development of IWRM human capacity in the region.
Target Audience: Disaster preparedness and management personnel, water resource managers, agriculturalists / farmers, planners, climatologists, meteorologists.
Target Audience: Water resource managers, agriculturalists / farmers, planners, climatologists, meteorologists.
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