Panama - Financing

Action 34 - Create municipal community projects to address water governance elements at the local level

In 2021, under the leadership of the Ministry of Environment and with the technical and financial support of GWP Central America, a number of consultation workshops were organised with the participation of stakeholders from the public sector, civil society, the private sector, academia, international cooperation and water sector authorities. As a result, the IWRM Action Plan (PAGIRH) 2022-2026 was developed with the objective to implement concrete actions for advancing in IWRM in Panama. The following action was defined as part of that process and identified as a priority action included in the action plan. 

The purpose of this action is to focus on water governance elements at the local level through the development of municipal community projects. 

IWRM Dimension: Financing
SDG 6.5.1 Question: 4.2d. Sub-national or basin budgets for IWRM elements
Level: Sub-national
Status of action: Awaiting funding
Related SDG Goal: - 6.5 Integrated water resources management & transboundary cooperation, - 6.B WASH local participation
Responsible Agency: "Ministry of the Environment –DSH. AMUPA, Proposed NGO Table"