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Regional Water Week 2025 and V Regional Water Dialogues — Repository of Notes and Videos

17 Nov 2025 | Briefing note

From October 6 to 10, 2025, the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, hosted the 2025 Regional Water Week , a multi-stakeholder event that brought together technical and political sessions and substantive discussions on water-related issues. During this week, the 5th Regional Water Dialogues were also held, an event that has been promoting cooperation, investment, and concrete solutions related to SDG 6 throughout the region. This web article brings together videos of the event and the official press releases published by ECLAC. …

Day 2 | Regional Water Dialogues 2025 LAC - Session 3 — Water and Agriculture: Solutions for Water Availability and Land Tenure Governance in LAC

10 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

The panel began with ministerial interventions from Honduras and Brazil, who addressed topics ranging from planning to the impact on the territory. Honduras emphasized that irrigation must be a state policy and a lever for national food sovereignty . Meanwhile, Brazil indicated that the expected outcome is to achieve water security with social legitimacy and endogenous financing, all aligned with a value-added development agenda . Minister Laura Suazo highlighted the country's "water paradox"—an abundance of resources with low utilization for irrigation—and presented a 20-year agri-food …

Latin America and the Caribbean strengthen cooperation in transboundary waters: trust, dialogue, and solid institutional frameworks

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Within the framework of the Fifth Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Seminar on Transboundary Waters, "Strengthening the Governance of Transboundary Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regulatory Frameworks, Agreements, and Climate Adaptation," was held on October 8 and 9, 2025, at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.…

Launch of the Regional Investment Initiative in Water and Climate Resilience and formation of the High-Level Panel of Heads of State and Leaders

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Santiago, Chile, October 9, 2025 - Within the framework of the Regional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 , held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a process was launched aimed at transforming the way the region addresses its water and climate challenges. During the high-level session, the Regional Investment Initiative in Water and Climate Resilience was launched , which seeks to mobilize at least US$20 billion in climate-resilient investments by 2030.…

5th Regional Water Dialogues | Opening remarks by the Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Luis Fidel Yáñez, during the session on Cooperation and Investment for Water Security in Shared Basins

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Within the framework of the V Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean , the International Seminar on Transboundary Waters was held: “Strengthening the governance of transboundary water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an opening message by the Secretary of the ECLAC Commission, Mr. Luis Fidel Yánez . He called for a move from declarations to institutionality , from diagnoses to enabling investments , and from sectoral coordination to territorial coherence to accelerate measurable results in shared basins and aquifers. “Cooperation ceases to be a dec…

Ms. Retno Marsudi - UN Special Envoy for Water calls for innovation, financing and political commitment at the 5th Regional Water Dialogues 2025

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Santiago, Chile, 9–10 October 2025 - At the opening of the V Regional Water Dialogues, held at ECLAC headquarters as part of Regional Water Week 2025, Ms. Retno Marsudi, UN Special Envoy for Water, congratulated ECLAC for convening a space that brings together governments and key actors to think, debate and take action on water challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

The Caribbean’s playbook for closing the water implementation gap at Regional Water Week 2025

8 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Santiago, 8 October 2025 — In Block 2, “Climate Finance for Water Security,” within the session “Closing the Implementation Gap for Water Security in LAC (Latin America and the Caribbean)” at the 2025 Regional Water Week, Mr. Alva Browne, Permanent Secretary of Grenada’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Public Utilities, Civil Aviation and Transportation, delivered a keynote that framed water security as the lifeblood of climate resilience for small islands and the broader LAC region. Speaking on behalf of the Government of Grenada and the Caribbean, he called for delivery over diagnosis and outlin…

Latin America and the Caribbean meet at ECLAC to strengthen regional water governance

6 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

From October 6 to 10, 2025, ECLAC's headquarters in Santiago, Chile, will host Regional Water Week, a new high-level meeting that will bring together authorities, experts, and strategic partners to advance with the region's countries toward a common agenda for water security and the human rights to water and sanitation.…

Opening of the Regional Water Week 2025

6 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

The 2025 Regional Water Week was inaugurated on Monday, October 6, in the Raúl Prebisch Room at ECLAC (Santiago, Chile). The ceremony was moderated by Ms. Silvia Saravia Matus, Economic Affairs Officer in charge of Water Resources at ECLAC’s Natural Resources Division, and included remarks by Mr. Rodrigo Sanhueza Bravo, Director General of Water Resources at the Ministry of Public Works of Chile, and Mr. Martín Abeles, Director of ECLAC’s Natural Resources Division. A special video message from Ms. Meike van Ginneken, Water Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was also shown.…

Interinstitutional Workshop on a Pilot Project for Methane Utilization in Small-Capacity WWTPs in Colombia

26 Sep 2025 | Briefing note

On September 26, 2025, an Interinstitutional Workshop was held in Bogotá with sectoral entities from the housing, energy and environment sectors and from the national planning level of Colombia, coordinated by the Colombian Commission for the Regulation of Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation (CRA) and ECLAC, in which the consolidated results of the initial evaluation of the technical and financial feasibility of using methane in 56 lower-capacity WWTPs (Wastewater Treatment Plants) located in different regions of the country were disseminated to these entities. The main objectives of the Works…

ECLAC participates in an international discussion on water security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Water Funds as a key to public policies

16 Jul 2025 | Briefing note

On Wednesday, July 16, the virtual international discussion "Water Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Impact of Water Funds on Public Water Policies" was held . This event brought together representatives from the public and private sectors, international cooperation agencies, and civil society to discuss the strategic role of Water Funds in building sustainable, multisectoral policies. Organized by the Water Fund for Lima and Callao (Aquafondo), and with the active participation of ECLAC, the meeting highlighted concrete experiences and regional initiatives that are transforming the…

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