Newsletter and Technical Publications
<Sourcebook
of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augumentation
in Latin
America and The Caribbean>
PART A. INTRODUCTION
7. RECOMMENDATIONS
The participants of the Workshops on Alternative Technologies for
Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America (Lima, 19-22 September 1995) and
the Caribbean (Barbados, 24-27 October 1995), considering that:
- Several of the alternative technologies presented in the meetings
have proved to be successful in different countries and could be widely
shared through national, regional, and international technical programs
and projects.
- The greatest problems facing countries wishing to implement
alternative technologies to augment freshwater resources in Latin
American and the Caribbean include:
- the difficulty of sharing information about successful
technologies;
- - the lack of awareness about the existence and importance of
these technologies at several decision-making and public
participation levels;
- - existing economic limitations; - the lack of inter
institutional, multi-disciplinary, and inter sectoral coordination;
- - the absence of adequate legislation; and
- - the failure to properly assess the impact of introduced
alternative technologies on existing situations,
Subscribed to the following recommendations:
- To establish national, regional, and international programs for the
diffusion of alternative technologies. The "Source Book of
Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America
and the Caribbean" proposed by UNEP through the International
Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) and the Integrated Water Program,
and coordinated by the General Secretariat of the Organization of
American States (GS/OAS), can be the first step in disseminating such
information. The Inter-American Water Resources Network (IWRN), whose
Technical Secretariat is housed in the Unit of Sustainable Development
and Environment (USDE) of the GS/OAS, will be an important means of
information dissemination.
- To promote the participation of the affected communities involved in
the process of planning, designing, implementing and maintaining
alternative technologies to augment water resources.
- To establish mechanisms which will allow governmental, non
governmental, and academic organizations, research groups, regional and
international organizations, industries and private enterprises to
coordinate efforts geared toward implementation of successful
alternative technologies within each country.
- To use programs of international cooperation, such as the Program of
Horizontal Cooperation of the GS/OAS, to promote the exchange of
specialists and technicians among the different countries, and to share,
identify, or transfer the most successful technologies for freshwater
augmentation.
Table 1:
Summary of Alternative Technologies
for Freshwater Augmentation
in Latin America and the Caribbean
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