BPD put together a team to conduct this seven-city study for WSP-LAC on different institutional arrangements that provide water and sanitation services to poor people. The cities, selected for the diversity that they bring to the study, include: Arequipa and Lima (Peru), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Managua (Nicaragua), Medellín (Colombia), Santa Cruz (Bolivia) and Tegucigalpa (Honduras). The team undertook visits to each city and held local-level stakeholder workshops.
This analysis was used as the basis for 7 case studies and a final report (currently being reviewed by the cities). Both the studies and report are intended to contribute to the project’s second stage which will focus on the promotion of connections between the national and municipal actors in each country in order to share experiences and lessons and to further enhance the generation of new ideas and approaches.
WSP-LAC organised, together with Public Enterprises of Medellin (EPPM), an international workshop on September 7-9, 2006, in Medellín, Colombia to share key findings from the field study. Read more about the workshop: Water for Informal Settlements in Latin American Cities - Workshop on Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Services for Urban Poor.