The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba city, in Bolivia. Its... more The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba city, in Bolivia. Its valley part is inhabited by 26,000 people. Drinking water is distributed by community-based Water Committees, without the intervention of the Municipality. With the exception ...
The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba City, in Bolivia. 26,... more The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba City, in Bolivia. 26,000 inhabitants live in the valley part of the municipality. Drinking water is distributed by community-based Water Committees, without the intervention of the Municipality. With the ...
That poorly planned or unplanned urbanisation processes have dramatic effects on land use, agricu... more That poorly planned or unplanned urbanisation processes have dramatic effects on land use, agriculture and livelihoods in peri-urban areas, we have seen in the previous chapters. in Cochabamba, the encroachment on traditional irrigation systems is threatening the ...
Page 25. 25 CHaPter 2 Supporting local organisations in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia Nicolas Fa... more Page 25. 25 CHaPter 2 Supporting local organisations in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia Nicolas Faysse, Rocio Bustamante, Alfredo Duran Nuñez Del Prado, Pablo Cuba, Raul Gerardo Ampuero Alcoba, Vladimir Cossio Rojas ...
Competition for water is intensifying. Depending on the context, this is due to (i) the advent of... more Competition for water is intensifying. Depending on the context, this is due to (i) the advent of new users (tourist enterprises, growers of bio-fuel crops or vegetables for exports, etc.); (ii) changing use patterns (changing diets, improved housing standards, etc.; (iii) more users; and (iv) ...
ABSTRACT: Governments, NGOs and financers invest considerable resources in rural domestic water s... more ABSTRACT: Governments, NGOs and financers invest considerable resources in rural domestic water supplies and irrigation development. However, elite capture and underuse, if not complete abandonment, are frequent. While the blame is often put on 'corrupt, lazy and indisciplined ' communities, this article explores the question of how the public water sector itself contributes to this state of affairs. Four case studies, which are part of the research project Cooperation and Conflict in Local Water Governance, are examined: two domestic water supply projects (Mali, Vietnam); one participatory multiple use project (Zambia); and one large-scale irrigation project (Bolivia). It was found that accountability of water projects was upward and tended to lie in construction targets for single uses with already allocated funding. This rendered project implementers dependent upon the village elite for timely spending. Yet, the elite appeared hardly motivated to maintain communal schem...
Los Juegos de Roles (JdRs) son cada vez más utilizados para apoyar discusiones en grupo y facilit... more Los Juegos de Roles (JdRs) son cada vez más utilizados para apoyar discusiones en grupo y facilitar la organización o mejora de una acción colectiva. Éstos representan una situación virtual, pero suficientemente cercana de la realidad, dentro de la cual los participantes ...
En este articulo se describe la implementacion de la metodologia del Water Point Mapping (WPM) co... more En este articulo se describe la implementacion de la metodologia del Water Point Mapping (WPM) con el fin de estudiar el acceso sostenible al agua potable y al saneamiento basico e higiene en el municipio de Tiraque (Cochabamba, Bolivia) . E l WPM se fundamenta en realiza r un mapeo exhaustivo de los puntos de agua “mejorados”, y en este caso se ha complementado el mapeo con un muestreo aleatorio de casas para obtener informacion relacionada con el saneamiento y las practicas higienicas. Por lo tanto, el estudio usa dos fuentes de informacion diferentes: (i) el punto de agua, y (ii) la familia; y el analisis de datos posterior se plantea a tres escalas distintas: (i) la comunidad, (ii) el distrito, y (iii) la municipalidad. En base a toda la informacion recogida se han identificado y analizado un conjunto reducido de indicadores criticos para la e valuacion del sector desde diferentes perspectivas (disponibilidad de infraestructura, estado de los puntos de agua y de las letrinas, ca...
The current Bolivian water policy incorporates the IWRM paradigm adopting the river basin as the ... more The current Bolivian water policy incorporates the IWRM paradigm adopting the river basin as the space for water management in the country. The linkage of water management with communal territories ...
This document proposes a methodology for the implementation of a multi stakeholder platform that ... more This document proposes a methodology for the implementation of a multi stakeholder platform that may be utilized by an organization as a form of intervention in order to solve a specific problem. The methodology considers four stages: (i) Baseline analysis in which the causes of the problem, the stakeholders and the reasons for a lack of agreements are analyzed, and the existing negotiation processes are assessed; (ii) Ex ante evaluation, which includes the assessment of whether an intervention is needed, whether it is an opportune moment and the kind of intervention needed; (iii) Design of the platform, which encompasses the definition of the convening organization and the facilitator, the basic structure of the platform, the relationship between the platform and the constituencies, and the structure of the sessions, and; (iv) Monitoring and evaluation based on the objectives of the platform and the actions of the facilitator. The methodology establishes a general framework that sh...
The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba city, in Bolivia. Its... more The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba city, in Bolivia. Its valley part is inhabited by 26,000 people. Drinking water is distributed by community-based Water Committees, without the intervention of the Municipality. With the exception ...
The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba City, in Bolivia. 26,... more The Tiquipaya Municipality is situated in the peri-urban zone of Cochabamba City, in Bolivia. 26,000 inhabitants live in the valley part of the municipality. Drinking water is distributed by community-based Water Committees, without the intervention of the Municipality. With the ...
That poorly planned or unplanned urbanisation processes have dramatic effects on land use, agricu... more That poorly planned or unplanned urbanisation processes have dramatic effects on land use, agriculture and livelihoods in peri-urban areas, we have seen in the previous chapters. in Cochabamba, the encroachment on traditional irrigation systems is threatening the ...
Page 25. 25 CHaPter 2 Supporting local organisations in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia Nicolas Fa... more Page 25. 25 CHaPter 2 Supporting local organisations in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia Nicolas Faysse, Rocio Bustamante, Alfredo Duran Nuñez Del Prado, Pablo Cuba, Raul Gerardo Ampuero Alcoba, Vladimir Cossio Rojas ...
Competition for water is intensifying. Depending on the context, this is due to (i) the advent of... more Competition for water is intensifying. Depending on the context, this is due to (i) the advent of new users (tourist enterprises, growers of bio-fuel crops or vegetables for exports, etc.); (ii) changing use patterns (changing diets, improved housing standards, etc.; (iii) more users; and (iv) ...
ABSTRACT: Governments, NGOs and financers invest considerable resources in rural domestic water s... more ABSTRACT: Governments, NGOs and financers invest considerable resources in rural domestic water supplies and irrigation development. However, elite capture and underuse, if not complete abandonment, are frequent. While the blame is often put on 'corrupt, lazy and indisciplined ' communities, this article explores the question of how the public water sector itself contributes to this state of affairs. Four case studies, which are part of the research project Cooperation and Conflict in Local Water Governance, are examined: two domestic water supply projects (Mali, Vietnam); one participatory multiple use project (Zambia); and one large-scale irrigation project (Bolivia). It was found that accountability of water projects was upward and tended to lie in construction targets for single uses with already allocated funding. This rendered project implementers dependent upon the village elite for timely spending. Yet, the elite appeared hardly motivated to maintain communal schem...
Los Juegos de Roles (JdRs) son cada vez más utilizados para apoyar discusiones en grupo y facilit... more Los Juegos de Roles (JdRs) son cada vez más utilizados para apoyar discusiones en grupo y facilitar la organización o mejora de una acción colectiva. Éstos representan una situación virtual, pero suficientemente cercana de la realidad, dentro de la cual los participantes ...
En este articulo se describe la implementacion de la metodologia del Water Point Mapping (WPM) co... more En este articulo se describe la implementacion de la metodologia del Water Point Mapping (WPM) con el fin de estudiar el acceso sostenible al agua potable y al saneamiento basico e higiene en el municipio de Tiraque (Cochabamba, Bolivia) . E l WPM se fundamenta en realiza r un mapeo exhaustivo de los puntos de agua “mejorados”, y en este caso se ha complementado el mapeo con un muestreo aleatorio de casas para obtener informacion relacionada con el saneamiento y las practicas higienicas. Por lo tanto, el estudio usa dos fuentes de informacion diferentes: (i) el punto de agua, y (ii) la familia; y el analisis de datos posterior se plantea a tres escalas distintas: (i) la comunidad, (ii) el distrito, y (iii) la municipalidad. En base a toda la informacion recogida se han identificado y analizado un conjunto reducido de indicadores criticos para la e valuacion del sector desde diferentes perspectivas (disponibilidad de infraestructura, estado de los puntos de agua y de las letrinas, ca...
The current Bolivian water policy incorporates the IWRM paradigm adopting the river basin as the ... more The current Bolivian water policy incorporates the IWRM paradigm adopting the river basin as the space for water management in the country. The linkage of water management with communal territories ...
This document proposes a methodology for the implementation of a multi stakeholder platform that ... more This document proposes a methodology for the implementation of a multi stakeholder platform that may be utilized by an organization as a form of intervention in order to solve a specific problem. The methodology considers four stages: (i) Baseline analysis in which the causes of the problem, the stakeholders and the reasons for a lack of agreements are analyzed, and the existing negotiation processes are assessed; (ii) Ex ante evaluation, which includes the assessment of whether an intervention is needed, whether it is an opportune moment and the kind of intervention needed; (iii) Design of the platform, which encompasses the definition of the convening organization and the facilitator, the basic structure of the platform, the relationship between the platform and the constituencies, and the structure of the sessions, and; (iv) Monitoring and evaluation based on the objectives of the platform and the actions of the facilitator. The methodology establishes a general framework that sh...
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