Public Group on Water and Sanitation

Introduction

The cooperation between European Union and Bolivia, defined in the MIP (clik here for the full document) will be focus on three sectors: justice sector reform; fight against illicit drugs and integrated water resources management. The programme is in line with the national development agenda: the Bolivian agenda 2025.

Focus Sectors budget

Water

Overall objectives

The overall objectiveof the Integrated Water Resource Management sector is to support the national sector policy for integrated water resource management, guaranteeing the sustainable and universal provision of water resources, ensuring quality and availability through an integrated vision which appropriately takes into account climate change as well as environmental, technical and economic issues.

Country Context

Bolivia has included water as a fundamental human right in its Constitution. The Bolivian vision for this sector is translated into efforts by the government to establish an integrated water resources management policy where emphasis is put on the links between water resources exploitation, conservation and water basin protection with areas such as reforestation and protection of biodiversity.

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Specific objectives and the main expected results

• SO1 - To support the Bolivian strategy to provide universal and sustainable coverage of drinking water by 2025, especially in suburban and rural areas, and with particular attention to measures resulting in the efficient use of water.
• SO2 - Support the Bolivian strategy to provide universal and sustainable coverage of sanitation services by 2025 with special emphasis on the cost recovery of operations and maintenance activities.
• SO3 - Support the development of integrated water resources management by promoting the establishment of water basin management organisations with defined integrated water management plans including inter alia hydro-meteorological disaster prevention preparedness and response.
• SO4 - Support the Bolivian integral strategy linking water and protection of the environment and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

For each of the specific objectives the main expected results are:

• R.1. Increased coverage rate for drinking water including measures to increase the efficiency of water use;
• R.2. Increased coverage rate for sanitation services;
• R.3. Increased availability of safe water resources at national level taking expected climate change impacts into account;
• R.4. Increased land area covered by forest.