Knowledge management
Priority for the Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation
Knowledge management is a priority for the Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation. During 2020, several actions have been carried out to strengthen the management and dissemination of knowledge generated within the programmes.
Progress has been made in the drafting of compendiums on governance, human rights to water and sanitation, cultural diversity and interventions with indigenous peoples, innovation and sustainable cities. These reports analyse both the experiences accumulated by the Fund in these areas and the positioning and the direction work will take in the coming years.
In 2020, the Water Fund’s Knowledge Network was relaunched. It is an internal digital space for the dissemination of various materials, news, reports, courses or activities of value to the team. Among some of the courses, the one on “Water governance and institutional strengthening” is worth noting, in which programme managers from the Technical Cooperation Offices in various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participated.
The COVID-19 pandemic cut across the teams’ daily activities. During 2020, an analysis of resources and intervention spaces was carried out to improve the Water Fund’s response and the reorientation of programmes.
With regard to the knowledge and communication strategy in partner countries, progress was made together with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in systematising the products generated in the multilateral portfolio and in the knowledge strategy in Bolivia. Equal progress was made in systematising the products of the bilateral portfolio.
In addition, the systematisation of the Water Fund’s practices and procedures and knowledge assets, which are used throughout the life cycle of the programmes, were improved.
Communication
Communication and accountability is a priority for the Water Fund and has been strengthened in recent years, following the indications of the Mid-Term Evaluation.
During 2020, progress was made in improving the Fund’s institutional materials, updating the website and the institutional video, as well as improving AECID’s photographic archive (MOSAICO).
The results of the Water Fund website remain stable, reaching 10,883 unique users in 2020. The origin of the users is 36% from Spain and the rest from Latin America (Ecuador, Colombia and Guatemala are the main users) and the USA. The cities with the highest number of unique users in 2020 were Madrid, Guatemala City and San Salvador.
In terms of dissemination and accountability, 53 news items were published on the Fund’s website, the most relevant of which were republished on the AECID website.
In 2020, the Spanish Cooperation Microsite was launched on iAgua, the sector’s main communication medium in Spanish, where more than fifty news items were published weekly. This had the effect of increasing the Fund’s dissemination and accountability as iAgua has eight million unique users per year.
https://www.iagua.es/aecid/cooperacion-espanola
Four extensive reports were also published in iAgua’s paper magazine related to the Cuba and Guatemala programmes, as well as a special feature on 10 years of human rights to water. In addition, the same website dedicated a long interview to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Ángeles Moreno Bau, which was published in the digital and print versions.
Reports
“Uno de cada seis hospitales del mundo no dispone de instalaciones para lavarse las manos”
La Cooperación Española ha jugado un papel fundamental en la provisión de abastecimiento y saneamiento en países menos desarrollados. Hoy, con el escenario causado por el coronavirus, su labor es más importante que nunca.
La ruta del agua en el Camino de Chan Chan
Recorremos el Oriente cubano para conocer los programas que impulsa el Fondo de Cooperación para Agua y Saneamiento que beneficiarán a más de 100.000 personas.
Candelaria Say: lideresa comunitaria y protagonista de uno de los programas de agua de Guatemala
“Ahora mis nietos disfrutan de un vaso de agua gracias al esfuerzo que hicimos”.
10 años de derechos humanos al agua potable y saneamiento
En 2020 se cumplen diez años del reconocimiento por parte de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas del derecho humano al agua y al saneamiento, reafirmando la importancia de un acceso al agua seguro y universal para todos.
OTHER MATERIALS
Throughout the year, progress was also made in the production of the programmes’ own materials with the launch of videos in Honduras, Chile, Paraguay, Cuba and Costa Rica.
Joint work has also been initiated with the digital media AguasResiduales for World Toilet Day, with a special programme that includes an interview with the FCAS on its impacts on sanitation with a live chat with a specialist from the Fund.
In 2020, more than 50 infographics analysing the Fund’s programmes have been posted on the website and are available online.
