Events

The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) has partnered with the GEF CReW+ Project, UNEP – Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), and Caribbean WaterNet (Cap-Net) to build capacity and drive regional reforms for Integrated Wastewater Management.

The Ridge to Reef Integrated Management Project of the Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion- MAR2R/CCAD/WWF-GEF, the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Mesoamerican Reef Fund -MAR Fund will host a virtual launch of the Manual for the ecological restoration of mangroves in the Mesoamerican Region and the Wider Caribbean.   Date: December 1, 2021

Through the generous support of the Nippon Foundation, the World Maritime University WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute is implementing, the "Closing the Circle" Programme: Exploring challenges and advancing potential solutions to marine debris, sargassum threats and marine spatial planning (MSP) in Small Island Developing States with a particular focus on the Eastern Caribbean region.

A TALANOA session on how effective the role of women, youth and communities are, in the implementation of the regional multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) addressing Waste. The expert panel will contribute to the TALANOA as follows:

We present different experiences of small-scale decentralized treatment and reuse systems in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Lecturer: Gustavo Heredia, Water and sanitation specialist To register, please visit: https://academy.gefcrew.org/en/available-courses/33-session-5?date=2021-09-30-09-00 Time: 9:00am (GMT-6) Platform: MS Teams

We will analyze different experiences in the field of collective treatment and reuse systems in agricultural and industrial applications at the urban level. This session will present different experiences in Latin American countries: Case 1: Brazil (Aquapolo Grande). Case 2: Chile (Mapocho) Case 3: Mexico (Lake Patzcuaro) Case 4: Dominican Republic (La Vega) Lecturer: Gustavo Heredia, Water and Sanitation Specialist

The treatment and reuse of wastewater generates a series of costs, but also opportunities and benefits. This session will present financial models and tools for cost determination, quantification of benefits and different business models to ensure the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of the projects. During the session participants will learn about: