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Partnership Actions (PAMS) Central America
Current PAMS Projects
Sea dreams: Sanitation for sustainable communities by the sea.
Duration: February 2011 to present
Executing Agency: CoopeSoliDar R.L.
Partners: Sandec/Eawag
This PAMS aims to improve sanitation infrastructure to support income-generating activities in Tárcoles, a small community along Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast. Improvement of the infrastructure is expected to reinforce local artisanal fishing and tourism, two small-scale economic activities that are key to the area. At the same time, the health resilience of the community will likely be strengthened. The project consists of two parts, the first of which is a participatory assessment of environmental management issues. The second part mainly concerns implementation. The project includes an institutional perspective since sharing of learning experiences will require linking Tárcoles with other coastal communities.
Completed PAMS Projects
Strengthening governance processes for sustainable agriculture in western Mexico
Duration: January to December 2009
Executing Agency: Red de Alternativas Sustentables Agropecuarias (RASA), Guadalajara
Partners: IHEID
RASA is an initiative ‘for farmers by farmers’ which offers training for sustainable agriculture (CSA) near Guadalajara. In this PAMS, researchers and farmers jointly implemented training for local farmers in organic farming and fair trade. The training involved an exchange of scientific and farmers’ knowledge, which led to learning on both sides.
Social Capital and Participatory Planning as instruments for improvement of a historic neighbourhood of Mexico City: Tepito
Duration: May 2008 to April 2009
Executing Agency: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Mexico City
Partners: IHEID
This PAMS brought together different actors in order to develop an improvement plan for Tepito, a neighbourhood in Mexico city. In a participatory process, local people developed a vision of their neighbourhood in ten years as well as strategies to put this vision into practice. During this process, conflicts among stakeholders emerged which were mediated by the project team. Finally, an architectural proposal for the recuperation of a public place – the Plaza Santa Ana – was submitted to the Neighbourhood Improvement Competition by the Mexico City Government. It was approved and implemented after the completion of the PAMS project.
Community-based ecological greywater management in the municipality of Tepoztlán, Mexico
Duration: January 2007 to April 2008
Executing Agency: Sarar Transformación S.C., Tepoztlán
Partners: Sandec/Eawag; EcoSanRes
Greywater – generated from domestic activities such as laundry, dishwashing, and bathing – is an abundant domestic effluent which represents around 70% of wastewater produced by households in Mexico. Treatment of greywater is quite simple and does not require much energy or space. In this PAMS, greywater filters were constructed and installed in households in Tepoztlán. These filters are easily replicable and were very well accepted by the local people.
Contact
For regional PAMS information:
Marian Perez, Regional Coordinator, Central America
For general PAMS information:
Eva Maria Heim, Coordinator of Partnership Actions
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