Peru

Implementation period

36 months

EU Overall grant amount

€1.000.000

Overall project amount

€1.217.065

Countries:

Peru

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Objectives:

General:

Contribute to increasing the future availability, responsible and equitable use of water for women and men in Abancay and communities in the Mariño micro-basin, through a sustainable mechanism of investment in natural infrastructure, optimised and resilient demand, multi-stakeholder governance and generating replicable learning.

Beneficiaries

Direct:

More than 68,000 users of water services in the city of Abancay, and five rural farmer communities in the vicinity of the Mariño micro-watershed, which supplies this water resource.

Indirect:

The entire population of the Mariño micro-basin, districts of Abancay and Tamburco (79,889 inhabitants).

Pilot sites

Apurimac, Peru. City of Abancay and Tamburco and five rural communities in the highlands of the Mariño micro-basin:

- Atumpata

-Micaela Bastidas

-Llañucancha

-Ayahorcco

-Asillo

Map- Project intervention areas

"Where we saw that the ponds were beginning to diminish, in the community we started to rebuild, with the Service Recovery Mechanisms. Before, we didn't have enough water for drinking or irrigation. Now the ponds that we have planted have increased their levels. When the community saw that the lagoons had increased, we all started reforesting and planting water together.

Juana Tiru Cervantes, Project participant.

Expected results

1. Supply: Implemented a sustainable investment mechanism ("MRSE Mariño") to secure the water supply through measures for conservation, recovery, and restoration of natural infrastructure in the basin.

2. Demand: Optimised water demand by monitoring and controlling water losses, raising awareness among users and integrating climate risk reduction into the service.

3. Governance: Governance spaces for the GIRH strengthened and consolidated, considering multi-stakeholder articulation and climate resilience.

4. Replication: Developed a comprehensive working model for replication in other medium-sized cities, via knowledge management and South-South cooperation.