With the aim of putting forward strategic proposals to guarantee the availability, quality and sustainability of water resources through sustainable and efficient management, the National Centre for Strategic Planning (Ceplan) officially created the Multidisciplinary Committee on Water Stress (CM-EH). This measure is in conjunction with the National Development Strategic Plan for 2050.
Peru is currently facing high levels of water stress, ranking 32nd among countries with the highest rate of this worldwide and third in Latin America and the Caribbean. Meanwhile, at the territorial level, the incidence stands out in the coastal zone, with Ica, Lima, Lambayeque, Moquegua, Tacna, Arequipa and La Libertad being the departments that present extremely alarming levels.
In this regard, the CM-EH will develop collaborative and coordinated work from a multi-level and plural perspective. Its main actions include prioritizing strategic proposals for integrated water resources management, identifying relevant issues at the national and regional level to promote their implementation, formulating recommendations for the implementation of strategies focused on reducing water stress, and mapping alliances and key actors to address water insecurity.
The committee was thus established with the participation of various actors from the public sector, academia and civil society, with Juan Julio Ordoñez Gálvez, a researcher in environmental hydrology at the National Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Peru (SENAMHI), being elected as the titular coordinator and the director of the School of Public Management at the University of the Pacific, Elsa Galarza Contreras, as the alternate coordinator. The technical secretariat is under the responsibility of the National Directorate of Foresight and Strategic Studies of Ceplan.
To achieve the objectives set, The CM-EH will implement a work plan, which will include diagnosis and prospective analysis, as well as the use of projection models. for the analysis of the demand and supply of water resources, with a horizon of 10 years or more. Activities will also be carried out to disseminate and receive feedback on the progress of the committee itself.
Source: Larepublica
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