On 25-27 September, the Central American Network of Engineering Institutions (REDICA) members were trained on evapotranspiration rates in climate change scenarios. Members learnt to understand and run different tools to determinate the water needs for crops irrigation. The workshop was run in San Salvador city, El Salvador, in collaboration with Cap-Net.
A workshop on Water Supply and Sanition took place in August 2018 in Dominican Republic. This workshop was a partnership between REDICA, Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño, REDAR and SOCOSADA. This workshop in Spanish aimed to analyse the local situation and to share the knowledge, policies and practices in terms of IWRM; and discuss the …
Workshop on Water Supply and Sanitation – August 2018, Dominican Republic. Read More »
REDICA organised a course last week on Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the context of Climate Change. The activity took place in Antigua, Guatemala, with 24 participants from all of Latin America. The objectives of the course was to strengthen capacities on the human rights to water and sanitation as a way to …
The training workshop on legal Framework for IWRM was held from 29 June to 1 July in El Salvador. This training provided the knowledge on history and evolution of water regulation with ancient rules, to irrigation, navigation and aqueducts. It also presented implementation of integrated water resources management considering both green and blue water. The …
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The Central American Network of Engineering Institutions (REDICA), along with the University of Costa Rica (UCR), the Euro-American Consortium and the British Embassy in Costa Rica, have been interested in the development of applied research on gasification from biomass waste from the cultivation of pineapple in Costa Rica. This project took on the challenge of …
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A regional workshop on ‘Water Associated Conflict Resolution’ that took place in the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala campus from 1 to 3 of June 2015. A total of 30 participants from Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador and Panama took part in this workshop. The training course covered IWRM principles, theory of conflicts and …
On the 7th of May 2015, Mr. Minor and Mr. Francisco, replicated and organized a training course on Water Transparency and Intergrity Regional Workshop for community water managers, a representative from the local Health Ministry office of Aserri and a representative of the Police force. Discussions on practical examples of corruption in their different daily …
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A one-day symposium on Coastal Zone Management took place on 6 April 2015 at the Engineering building of the University of Costa Rica. Participants from different engineering courses, various university professors and academic personnel in general participated in this course. IWRM and Coastal Zone were introduced before getting into the complexities of Coastal Zone Management …
Symposium on Coastal Zone Management – 6 April 2015, University of Costa Rica. Read More »
A workshop on ‘Transparency and Integrity in the Water Sector took place in San José, Costa Rica from 17 to 19 March 2015. Participants from Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Ecuador attended this three-day workshop to gain knowledge and build skills to implement transparency practices within their IWRM work. For more …
The World Water Day 2015 was celebrated on the 22 March 2015 with the theme ‘Water and Sustainable Development’. As one of World Water Day 2015 celebration partners, Cap-Net UNDP has prepared and provided learning resources, which is the World Water Day Learning Pack. The learning pack consists of tutorials, toolbox, WWD learning materials, quiz, …
World Water Day 2015 Celebrations by Cap-Net Partner Networks. Read More »
