The publication is the first in a series Technical Focus Papers, to present a critical review of progress made in water resources planning and practice in GWP regions.
In 1998, the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean agreed that integrating water and coastal resources management was a priority in the Caribbean region. In 2002, at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Caribbean States also committed to work towards developing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plans and Water-Use Efficiency (WUE) plans by 2005.
Some 15 years have now passed and this paper asks: What measures have been taken and what progress has been made?
“This paper deals with the 15 English-speaking Caribbean States, which comprise some of the most fragile economies in the region, and explains the special circumstances of small island developing states as they adopt and adapt to a 'source to sea' approach as their integrating framework,” says Dr. Mohamed Ait-Kadi, Chair of GWP’s Technical Committee, in presenting the paper together with Ms. Judy Daniels, Chair of the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C).
The full paper is now available for download here and will be officially launched at the 2014 GWP Consulting Partners Meeting which for the first time will take place in Trinidad on June 27th and 28th, 2014.
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