Sunday, November 15th
15:00 – 17:00
Hotel Sheraton – Centro Histórico

Agenda

1. Report of the Network activities and global WSP initiatives, Maria del Carmen Portillo

2. Open forum for Network members to share recent activities and experiences in their countries

3. Work Plan for 2010:

a., WSP-related research agenda for LAC: Targeted at academics and researchers, this initiative will build on the work commenced during the Lisbon conference and aim to prioritize and strategize the research needs for WSP advancement in the region, Rick Gelting -CDC

b. WSP implementation and assessment: Targeted at practitioners (on the ground people), this initiative will develop a plan of action to scale up the adoption of WSP by utilities/municipalities and, testing the IWA-WHO “WSP Assessment Tool in LAC”, Tom Williams -IWA

c. WSP advocacy and policy for LAC: Targeted at government representatives, professional associations, NGOs etc. This initiative will look at the opportunities for advocacy efforts to support the mainstreaming of WSP into regional / national policies and activities to scale-up WSP implementation, Carlos Rosito -AIDIS

This initiative could be closely tied to UN-World Water Day 2010, focused on “Communicating Water Quality Challenges and Opportunities” and the coordination between WOP/WSP/OMN programs oriented to service providers.

d. Active communication and information about WSP, policies and procedures. The network will identify critical knowledge gaps to prepare the appropriate information and will publish a biannual Newsletter to share experience, expertise and recent developments in WSP implementation, Ricardo Torres –OPS-SDE

4. Network members will be asked to choose the initiative relevant to their work and experience. They will have to come up with a plan of work guided by a representative from the lead organization. Each lead organization will be responsible for working with the Regional Coordinator in that particular initiative.

Members who can not attend the 3rd LAC-WSP Network meeting can send comments and choose their Working Group by mail to: maria.portillo@iwahq.org

5. Conclusions.