Promoting adaptation to climate change and integrated water resources management in the water and sanitation sector…
Delegated cooperation is the modality of cooperation in which one or more people entrust another to act on their behalf. The Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation (FCAS) coordinates a number of water programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean, thanks to the trust shown by the EU, some of them through blending instruments channelled through LAIF (Latin America Investment Facility) funds, and others through the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI). In these blended operations, the FCAS often acts as a seed for programme initiation, with the aim of including the most remote and vulnerable populations in rural and peri-urban areas in the interventions. Currently, the Joint Programmes represent a programme portfolio of over €800 million, €120 million of which are grant funds delegated by the EU to be administered by the Spanish Cooperation Agency.
In 2020, delegated cooperation agreements were signed in Ecuador and Bolivia, and preparations continued for the new programme in Paraguay, for which the EU has already approved a €10 million grant for the Drinking Water and Sanitation Project for the Metropolitan Area of Asunción, Lambaré basin, combining an IDB loan, a loan from the Development Promotion Fund (FONPRODE) and funding from the multilateral portfolio of the Water Fund. The contribution agreement in the latter case is to be signed in 2021.
Delegated Cooperation Projects
Integrated Sectoral Programme for Water and Human Sanitation (PISASH)
LAIF Programme: Supporting the Water and Sewerage Programme in Urban and Peri-urban Areas
URBAYITI
Altamira
Water and Sanitation Programme in Dispersed Rural Communities in the Municipality of Portoviejo
Programme for Integral Water Management in Urban Areas
Water and Sanitation Project for the Metropolitan Area of Asunción (AMA) – Lambaré Watershed
