Call for project to enable local authorities from Cameroon an access to drinking water.

Most of mountain people from Cameroon cannot access drinking water, due to geographical and physical conditions, the strong density of population, their isolation and poverty. The Association Mairie-Conseils together with the Association of Local Authorities of Cameroon are encouraging and supporting mountain local communities in their efforts through a programme called « Facilité des Collectivités locales du Cameroun pour l’eau ». It is supported at the international level by WMPA with the aim of finding partnerships to support and cofinance projects that concern more than 100 municipalities of mountain areas in Cameroon. For further information consult the dossier

Water management in Riobamba (Ecuador) - January 2006

Presentation of the project by Telmo Robalino, Director of CESA Centro Sur

Regional meeting, Grenoble, 24-27 April 2002
Towns and mountain : for an equitable share and concerted management of water resources

The regional encounter, organized by the town of Grenoble and the WMPA, brought together 800 participants for exchanges between Andian towns and Alpine towns.
The five Andean towns represented were: CUSCO (Peru, population 300 000), COCHABAMBA (Bolivia, population 750 000), CUENCA (Ecuador, population 350 000), QUITO (Ecuador, population 1 000 000) and SANTANDER (Colombia).

The participating Alpine towns were GRENOBLE (France, population 400 000) which presided, TRENTO in Italy, GAP (France), SEYNE LES ALPES, a small municipality in the southern Alps.

The first objective of the meeting was to explore the question of the allocation of resources between mountain towns or towns in the plains and mountain municipalities or communities, and those in the plains, and their management, construction or modernization of networks and their financing.

An in-depth reflection was organized in three workshops :
Urban management of water, Conflicts on the use of water, Controlling water management.

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