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Reporting format for UNESCO’s Water Centers and Chairs on activities for
the period October 2018 – March 2021
1. Basic information
Full Name of the Center / Chair Regional Centre for Water Security under the
auspices of UNESCO
Name of the Center Director / Chair
holder
Fernando González Villarreal
any other contacts (other focal
points/deputy director / co-chair,
etc.)
Adrián Pedrozo Acuña, President of the Governing
Board
Rosa María Ramírez Zamora, Secretary of the
Governing Board
Jorge Alberto Arriaga Medina, Executive Director
E-mail [email protected]
Telephone number +52 1 55 56233679
Website www.cershi.org
Mailing Address
Geographic scope * global regional
Specify which Region(s) (if
applicable)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Year of establishment 2019
Year of renewal
Th
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Of
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Focal Areas
groundwater
urban water management
rural water management
arid / semi-arid zones
humid tropics
cryosphere (snow, ice, glaciers)
water related disasters (drought/floods)
Erosion/sedimentation, and landslides
ecohydrology/ecosystems
water law and policy
social/cultural/gender dimension of
water/youth
transboundary river basins/ aquifers
mathematical modelling
hydroinformatics
remote sensing/GIS
IWRM
Watershed processes/management
global and change and impact assessment
mathematical modelling
water education
water quality
nano-technology
waste water management/re-use
water/energy/food nexus
water systems and infrastructure
Water Diplomacy
* check on appropriate box check all that apply
Climate Change
other: (please specify) ___________________
Scope of Activities
vocational training
postgraduate education
continuing education
public outreach
research
institutional capacity-building
advising/ consulting
software development
data-sets/data-bases development
Knowledge/sharing
Policy Advice/Support
Publication and documentation
other: (please specify) __________________
Existing networks
/cooperation/partnerships 1
IHP-LAC Working Group on Water Education and
Culture
International Sediment Initiative
UNESCO Chair in Hydrometeorological Risks
Management of Extreme Hydrometeorological
Events.
UNESCO Chair in water Water in the Knowledge
Society
UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Water Security
UNESCO Chair on Water and Education for
Sustainable Development
Please state any other Institutional
affiliations of the Center Director /
chairholder
Researcher at the National Autonomous University
of Mexico (UNAM)
Number of staff and types of staff
total number of staff (full-time, or equivalent): 5
number of staff who are water experts:3
number of visiting scientists and postgraduate
students:1
Annual budget in USD $41,000.00 USD
$79,000.00 USD
Sources of financial support 2
Institute of Engineering UNAM
Mexican Institute of Water Technology
2. Activities undertaken in the framework of IHP in the period October
2018 – March 2021 (e.g. of activities Training, Publications, outreach,
knowledge sharing, conference organized, papers presented, policy advice).
Please provide gender specific data.
2.1 Educational activities
1 please indicate international networks, consortiums or projects that the center/chair/ network of Centers/Chairs is part of, or any other close links that the chair has with international organizations or programmes, which are not already mentioned above 2 please specify sources of main budgetary and extra budgetary funds to implement projects
2.1.1 Massive Open Online Course on Water Security
Category Course Title Duration Number of
participants
Collaboration
Massive
Open Online
Course
Water
Security
5 weeks Enrolled:
7,710
Capacity: Up
to 50 000
(4009
women)
National Autonomous
University of Mexico
(UNAM)
Coursera
CERSHI and UNAM designed the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Water
Security available on Coursera. Coursera is an online platform that provides
courses, specializations, certificates and degrees to more than 53 million people
and 2,300 businesses around the world. The online trainings are offered by more
than 200 world-class universities and companies, including: Yale, Imperial College
London, Google, IBM, and more.
The broader aim of this course is to analyze the elements integrated in the concept
of water security to promote its adoption among plans and implementation
strategies currently developed by different stakeholders at different scales.
The MOOC accepts more than 50 000 participants. At march 2021, the course has
received 7,710 participants from all over Latin America and the Caribbean region.
During five weeks, the participants will explore the definition of water security as
well as the challenges and opportunities to move forward to a more sustainable
water management. The course is organized in five modules: 1) Why we need to
talk about water security?; 2) universal access to water and sanitation services; 3)
water as a key element for sustainable development and economic growth; 4)
ecohydrology; and 5) water-related disasters and hydrological changes.
2.1.2 Internship Program
CERSHI, in collaboration with the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has
been actively accepting college students for medium-term internships, providing
them with the opportunities to expand their knowledge on different themes related
to water security. At the same time, the students collaborate in projects developed
by CERSHI. The students who have collaborated are listed in the following table.
List of Interns
Duration Name Nationality Research
theme
October 2019 to
March 2020
Jorge Iván Juárez
Dehesa (PhD
student)
Mexican Floods in the
Valley of Mexico
October 2019 to
date
José Luis Romero
Gil (MsC student)
Mexican Analysis of the
Cutzamala
System and
Water Security of
the Valley of
Mexico
2.1.3 Research projects
The overall aim of CERSHI is to promote water security in Latin America and the
Caribbean. One of the main actions to achieve this goal is to develop research
projects that can be implemented by different stakeholders at several scales.
CERSHI has been carrying out the following projects.
Water Security Management Plan for the Penjamo-Abasolo aquifer
Exchanges of experiences between Chile and Mexico on managed aquifer
recharge
Dam Safety
Water Security Management Plan for the Valley of Mexico
Analysis of the Gulf of California under the source-to-sea approach
Integrity in Water and Sanitation Sector in Mexico
III Ibero-American Congress on Sediments and Ecology
Course "Water Culture in the New Post-COVID 19 Normality"
International Workshop on Scientific, Social, and Technological Innovations for
Water Security in Mexico.
3. Training
In order to foster water security and to contribute to the achievement of the goals
established in the VIII phase of the IHP, CERSHI held the following training
activities. The broader aim of the workshops was to gather water professionals
working directly in water security at different levels and sectors to discuss the main
challenges on water governance and aquifer management and to generate specific
actions that can be implemented by each one of them in their specific
environments.
List of trainings
Date Name of the activity Venue Number of
participants
Collaboration
May 7, 2019 Workshop “Challenges
of water governance
toward water security”
Mexico City,
Mexico
50
(27 women)
National Autonomous
University of Mexico
(UNAM)
January 30,
2020
Workshop “Challenges
in sustainable aquifer
management”
Mexico City,
Mexico
45
(18 women)
National Autonomous
University of Mexico
(UNAM)
November
9-13, 2020
Course: “Water Culture
after Covid-19”
State of
Mexico,
Mexico
564
(243 women)
Water Commission of
the State of Mexico
November
23-27, 2020
International Workshop
on Scientific, Social,
and Technological
Innovations for Water
Security in Mexico.
Mexico City,
Mexico
1,400
(658 women)
Institute of
Engineering UNAM,
Water Network-
National Autonomous
University of Mexico
(UNAM)
Alianza FiiDEM A.C.
National Council of
Science and
Technology
(CONACYT)
4. Publications
CERSHI published the following proceedings and newsletters related to water
security.
Publication Title Activity Authors
Desafíos en la
gobernanza del agua
frente a la seguridad
hídrica
Proceedings of the
International Seminar
International Seminar “Topics
of Frontier Science in
Sustainability: Challenges of
water governance toward
water security”
Available at:
https://cershi.org/images/acti
vidades/cershi/PDF/Memoria.
Fernando González
Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga
Medina, Ana
Gabriela Piedra
Miranda, Fernanda
Rosales Ramírez
Retos para la gestión
sustentable de los
acuíferos
Proceedings of the
International Workshop
“Challenges in sustainable
aquifer management”
Available at:
https://www.cershi.org/es/nu
estra-labor/publicaciones
Fernando González
Villarreal, Angélica
Mendoza Mata,
Jorge Alberto Arriaga
Medina
Seguridad Hídrica Hoy Newsletter,
Year 1 (2020), Number 1
(January-April), 30 pages.
Year 1 (2020), Number 2
(May-Jul), 42 pages.
Fernando González
Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga
Medina, Jorge Iván
Juárez Dehesa, José
Antonio Romero Gil
Agua y Covid-19 Proceedings of the webinar
series “Water and Covid-19”
Fernando González
Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga
Medina, Fernanda
Hoyanna Rosales
Seguridad de Presas y
Cambio Climático
Proceedings of the webinar
series “Dam Safety and
Climate Change”
Fernando González
Villarreal, Michael
Rosengaus, Felipe
Arreguín Cortés,
Alejandro Pujol,
Humberto Marengo
Mogollón, Pablo
García Chevesich,
Martin Teal, Antonio
R. Morales Jiménez,
Sergio Mogliati, Lidia
Vázquez Hernández,
Gabriela Gutiérrez
Aviña, Víctor Hugo
Alcocer Yamanaka,
Alberto Jaime
Paredes, Darío
Espinoza Figueroa.
Seguridad Hídrica en
el Valle de México
Proceedings of the webinar
series “Water Security at
Mexican Valley”
Fernando González
Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga
Medina, Ana
Gabriela Piedra
Miranda.
Gestión integral del
riesgo ante
fenómenos
hidrometeorológicos
extremos
Proceedings of the webinar
series “Integrated Risk
Management of the extreme
hydrometeorological
phenomena”
Fernando González
Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga
Medina, Ana
Gabriela Piedra
Miranda, Michelle de
la Trinidad Mendoza.
Taller Internacional:
Innovaciones
Científicas,
Tecnológicas y
Sociales para el
alcance de la
Seguridad Hídrica en
México
Proceedings of the
International Workshop
“Scientific, Social, and
Technological Innovations for
Water Security in Mexico”
Fernando González
Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga
Medina
5. Conferences organized
One of the mandates of CERSHI is to promote knowledge sharing on water security
throughout Latin America and the Caribbean region. CERSHI, with the collaboration
of strategic partners, organized the following conferences, events and seminars.
List of conferences organized
Date Name of the
activity
Venue Number of
participants
Collaboration
May 7,
2019
International
Seminar “Topics of
Frontier Science in
Sustainability:
Challenges of water
governance toward
water security”
Mexico City,
Mexico
150
(~80 women)
National
Autonomous
University of Mexico
May 13,
2019
Side Event “Water
Security” at the
UNESCO
International Water
Conference
Paris, France 150
(~80 women)
UNESCO Chair on
Sustainable Water
Security
September
9-12, 2019
International Week
on Water Security
Cuernavaca,
Mexico
140 per day
(~80 women per
day)
Mexican Institute of
Water Technology
UNESCO Chair in
Water in the
Knowledge Society
November
11, 2019
Conference: Water
Resources
Management in
Wallonia. A
multidisciplinary
approach
Mexico City,
Mexico
50
(~20 women)
National Water
Commission
Embassy of Belgium
in Mexico
October 8,
2019
Special session:
“Regional Centre for
Water Security
under the auspices
of UNESCO” at the
62th National
Physics Congress
Villahermosa,
México
120
(~40 women)
Mexican Society of
Physics
April-May
2020
Webinars series:
"Water and Covid-
19"
Mexico City 1919
(864 women)
National Lab of
Sustainability
Sciences UNAM,
Institute of
Engineering UNAM,
Mexican Institute of
Water Technology,
Gender and
Environment
Network A.C.,
National Association
of Water and
Sanitation
Companies of
Mexico A.C.,
Metropolitan
Autonomous
University.
Date Name of the
activity
Venue Number of
participants
Collaboration
June-July
2020.
Webinars Series
"Dams and Climate
Change"
Mexico City 2420
(968 women)
Institute of
Engineering UNAM,
Argentine Dam
Committee,
International
Boundary and Water
Commission,
International
Sediment Initiative,
Water
Environmental
Sedimentation
Technology,
Development Bank
of Latin America,
Federal Electricity
Commission,
National Water
Comission of
Mexico.
August 5,
2020.
Water Resources in
T-MEC.
Mexico City 280
(134 women)
College of
Geography UNAM,
Grupo Allcot,
International
Boundary and
Water
Commission.
August-
September,
2020
Webinar Series
"Water Security
in the Valley of
Mexico"
Mexico City 970
(436 women)
Waters Basin
Agency
of the Valley of
Mexico, Water
System of Mexico
City, Agua Capital,
Faculty of
Engineering
UNAM, Water
Commission of the
State of Mexico, Commission
Madin Dam.
September
9, 2020.
Massive Online
Open Course on
Water Security
Presentation
Mexico City 375
(189 women)
Coordination of
Open University,
Educational
Innovation and
Distance Education,
UNAM.
September
30, 2020.
Youth and Water
Security in
Mexico
Mexico City 120
(68 women)
YWP-Mexico,
Mexican Hydraulic
Association,
Mexican Institute of
Water Technology.
October 7,
2020
Escazu Agreement:
Challenges and
Opportunities for
Mexico City 150
(72 women)
National
Autonomous
University of
Date Name of the
activity
Venue Number of
participants
Collaboration
Water Safety in
Latin America and
the Caribbean.
Mexico, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of
Mexico, Economic
Commission for
Latin America and
the Caribbean.
October-
November
2020.
Webinar series
“Integrated risk
management of the
extreme
hydrometeorological
phenomena” (4)
Mexico City 550
(247 women)
National Center for
Disaster Prevention,
UNESCO Chair in
Hydrometeorological
Risks, Regional
Water Center for
Arid and Semi-arid
Zones of Latin
America and the
Caribbean, Mexican
Institute of Water
Technology,
Institute of
Engineering UNAM,
Division of Social
Sciences of the
Metropolitan
Autonomous
University, Institute
of Geography
UNAM, Ministry of
Integrated Risk
Management and
Civil Protection.
October
28, 2020.
The Mexico-United
States Water Treaty
1944:
Considerations at
the end of Cycle 35.
Mexico City 185
(80 woman)
Institute for Legal
Research UNAM,
National Association
of Irrigation
Specialist AC,
International
Boundary and Water
Commission,
College of
Geography UNAM.
November
23-27,
2020
International
Workshop on
Scientific, Social,
and Technological
Innovations for
Water Security in
Mexico.
Conferences: Smart
cities for
sustainable water
management,
circular economy in
water sector,
Mexico City 1,400
(658)
Institute of
Engineering UNAM,
National Association
of Water and
Sanitation
Companies of
Mexico A.C., Inter-
American
Development Bank,
Water Commission
of the Guanajuato,
Latin America and
the Caribbean
Water Center,
Date Name of the
activity
Venue Number of
participants
Collaboration
Water-Energy-Food
Nexus, climate
change and risk
management, water
education for the
Fourth Industrial
Revolution.
Water Research
Center of the
Autonomous
University of
Queretaro, National
Institute of Ecology
and Climate Change
of Mexico, Climate
Change Research
Program UNAM,
National Center for
Disaster Prevention,
World Bank,
International
Hydrological
Program, Mexican
Institute of Water
Technology, Inter-
American Institute
of Technology and
Water Science,
Catholic University
of Avila.
March 10,
2020.
Women for Water Mexico City 1500
(~900)
National Water
Comission of
Mexico, National
Lab of Sustainability
Sciences UNAM,
FANMex - Mexican
Network of Action
for Water,
International
Hydrological
Program for Latin
America and the
Caribbean.
6. Policy advice
Covid-19 has exacerbated the effects of the structural crisis in water sector, with
disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable in Latin America and the
Caribbean, where continuous and adequate access to water is still a challenge. In
response to this scenario, two documents were prepared in which key measures are
established to guarantee the human right to water to face the pandemic.
List of Documents
Document Name Authors
“Acciones urgentes
para los prestadores
de servicio de agua
potable y
saneamiento frente
al COVID-19”
Fernando González Villarreal, Jorge
Alberto Arriaga Medina.
“Reflexiones
derivadas del
coronavirus”
Fernando González Villarreal
7. Collaboration and linkages (Please specify also collaborations with other
chairs or members of the water family - existence of MoUs, etc.)
CERSHI has established an active collaboration with key institutions working on
achieving water security, in not only Latin America and the Caribbean region but
internationally. The strategic partnerships with these institutions have an extensive
range of activities that includes training, organization of conferences, research
projects and policy advice. The following table presents the strategic partners and
the activities developed.
List of strategic partners
Institution Description
UNESCO Chair on
Sustainable Water
Security
After the participation of CERSHI in the Side Event “Water Security” at
the UNESCO International Water Conference, the UNESCO Chair on
Sustainable Water Security invited CERSHI to organize a special session
during the Second International Conference on Water Security
“Cybersecurity for water security”.
UNESCO Chair in
Water in the
Knowledge
Society
Mexican Institute
of Water
Technology
The Mexican Institute of Water Technology, the UNESCO Chair in Water
in the Knowledge Society, IWA, IAHR and UNAM will host the 14th
Conference on Hydroinformatics. The Conference will become a forum
based on interdisciplinary evidence that will promote advanced
technologies, will propose new and extensive collaboration, and will find
new solutions for water management based on hydroinformatics.
Water Integrity
Network (WIN)
CERSHI, in collaboration with WIN, has been developed an integrated
understanding on how to measure corruption in water utilities and how
to foster integrity, accountability and transparency in water
management. In particular, the relationship of CERSHI and WIN has
been focused on three specific topics: 1) development of an integrity
index for water utilities; 2) pilot testing in three water utilities of Mexico
of InWASH; and 3) the participation of CERSHI in the Global Integrity
Institution Description
Outlook.
International
Sediment
Initiative
Along with the International Sediment Initiative, CERSHI will host the 3rd
Iberoamerican Congress on Sediments and Ecology in Mexico City in
2021. More than 150 water experts will discuss on how sediments and
ecology are related to water security.
Waterlution. A
water learning
experience
Embassy of
Canada in Mexico
Waterlution is a Canadian NGO that offers experiences of social
engagement to facilitate a cross-sector dialogue to inspire the
development of creative and meaningful innovation in water evolution.
CERSHI, with the support of the Embassy of Canada in Mexico, will co-
host the Water Innovation Lab (WIL) Mexico, a front-running, immersive
leadership training designed to accelerate collaborative innovation, fast-
track global knowledge-sharing and devise innovations that improve
water security. WIL supports emerging leaders, from 18 to 35 years, to
implement SDG targets connected to water.
Waterlution has also invited CERSHI to be part of WIL Global as a special
guest, offering mentorships to the young leaders from around the world.
Comisión Nacional
de Riego (Chile)
National Water
Commission
As part of the projects implemented by the Mexican Agency for
International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) to foster the
relationships between Chile and Mexico, both governments created the
“Chile-Mexico Fund” to support joint research activities. CERSHI, along
with the Mexican National Water Commission and the Chilean National
Irrigation Commission presented the project untitled “Exchanges of
experiences between Chile and Mexico on managed aquifer recharge”.
Wallom
Government,
Belgium
Embassy of
Belgium in Mexico
The government of Wallon, through the Mexican Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Embassy of Belgium in Mexico, visited Mexico City to
explore possible partnerships with institutions working on water security
and integrated water resources management. CERSHI not only had a
meeting with the representative of Wallon but also organized a
conference to share with the audience the advances of this region in
integrated water resources management. The Ambassador of Belgium in
Mexico attended the conference and gave a speech on collaboration
between CERSHI and the Belgium government. During the meeting, the
Wallon Government agreed to cooperate with CERSHI in two topics:
forecasting techniques and groundwater management.
Grupo de Trabajo
Educación y
Culturas del Agua
en Latinoamérica
y el Caribe (GT
ECA-LAC)
CERSHI has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ECA-LAC
to develop joint activities on training and education. ECA-LAC is actively
participating in the design of WIL Mexico 2020. They will provide some
experts to share their knowledge with the young leaders. They are also
actively promoting the MOOC on Water Security.
Mexican National
Committee of the
Intergovernmental
Hydrological
Program
This body brings together the Centers, Chairs and Initiatives in Mexico,
whose objective is to promote the fulfillment of the goalsestablished in
Phase VIII of the International Hydrological Program (IHP) and it
participates in the definition of Phase IX.
8. Communication/Knowledge Sharing (e.g. website/ platforms created or
newsletters)
CERSHI has developed and extensive number of partners, not only institutions but
people who are interested in contributing to achieve water security in Latin America
and the Caribbean Region.
CERSHI created its own website and is fully committed to share the actions
implemented by the UNESCO Water Family and its strategic partners using its social
media. At the same time, more than 3,000 people has subscribed to its newsletter.
The main communication and knowledge sharing tools are:
Website: www.cershi.org
Facebook: Centro Regional de Seguridad Hídrica (1900 followers)
Twitter: @cershi_unesco (375 followers)
Newsletter: Seguridad Hídrica Hoy
As part of the strategy to disseminate prevention measures against Covid-19, we
integrated the microsite "Water and Covid-19", which includes videos, documents
and prevention measures (http://www.agua.unam.mx/covid19/).
9. Institutional changes/updates
Since the approval of UNESCO to create the Centre, CERSHI has been working on
the integration of its governing, administrative and consulting bodies, as well as in
promoting its activities between potential strategic partners in Latin America and
the Caribbean.
The Governing Body was established in its first meeting celebrated on April 10 2019
to examine and adopt CERSHI’s program and work plan. The following table
presents the members of the Governing Body.
Members of the Governing Body
Name Institution Membership
Adrián Pedrozo Acuña General Director of the
Mexican Institute of Water
Technology
President
Luis Álvarez-Icaza
Longoria
Former Director of the
Institute of Engineering
UNAM
Former Secretary
(until 10 February 2020)
Rosa María Ramírez
Zamora
Current Director of the
Institute of Engineering
UNAM
Current Secretary
(from 10 February 2020)
Fréderic Vacheron Head-in-Charge of UNESCO
office in Mexico
Member
Blanca Jiménez
Cisneros
General Director of the
National Water Commission
Member
Laura Elena Carrillo
Cubillas
Executive Director of the
Mexican Agency for
International Development
Cooperation
Member
Enrique Guevara Ortiz General Director of the
National Center for Disaster
Member
Protection
It is worth mentioning that the Secretary of the Governing Body is reserved to the
Director of the Institute of Engineering UNAM. Since there was a change in the
Director of the Institute, there was also a change in the Secretary of the Governing
Body.
Key decisions made: The key decisions of the Governing Body were the following:
Meeting Key decisions made
First Meeting
(April 10, 2019)
Appointment of Fernando González Villarreal as Director of
CERSHI
Adoption of CERSHI’s Rule of Procedure
Adoption of Governing Body’s Rule of Procedure
Second Meeting
(June 6, 2020)
Approval of candidates to integrate the Scientific Committee
Approval of CERSHI’s Code of Ethics
Approval of CERSHI’s 2020 Work Plan
Approval of the CERSHI’s Executive Coordinator (Jorge
Alberto Arriaga Medina) and other members of the team
Third Meeting
(November
11,2020)
2020 Annual report
2021 Work plan
In order to assure that CERSHI´s activities and strategies are based on the best
knowledge and practices available internationally, CERSHI asked researchers and
practitioners from all over the region to be part of its Scientific Committee.
The Scientific Committee was integrated and celebrated its first meeting on January
29, 2020.
The following table presents the members of the Scientific Committee.
Members of the Scientific Committee
Name Country Institution Themes and
focal areas
Sharon Megdal The United
States of
America
Director of the University
of Arizona Water
Resources Research Center
Planning
Groundwater
Management
Marisa Mazari Hiriart Mexico Researcher of the National
Autonomous University of
Mexico
Ecohydrology
Water Quality
Adalberto Noyola
Robles
Mexico Researcher of the National
Autonomous University of
Mexico
Water Quality
Water Treatment
Technologies
María Amparo
Martínez Arroyo
Mexico General Director of the
National Institute of
Ecology and Climate
Change
Climate Change
Hydrohazards
Franz Rojas Bolivia Water Expert of the
Development Bank of Latin
America CAF
Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene
Integrated Water
Resources
Management
Diego Rodríguez Uruguay Water Expert of the World
Bank
Water Economics
Integrated Water
Resources
Management
Dragan Savic*
*Not yet confirmed
United Kingdom Researcher at the Exeter
University
Hydroinformatics
10. Please provide examples of the Center / Chair’s Main
achievement(s)/success stories/best practices
Taking advantage of the potential offered by ICT, we have achieved the
participation and linkage of multiple actors and sectors in the region. For
example, through the MOOC on Water Security we have reached more than
7000 participants from the region, who will be able to increase their
knowledge and capabilities in this topic. Also, these platforms have given us
the possibility of interacting, exchanging and transferring experiences and
knowledge with other members of the Water Family.
11. Future activities that will contribute directly to IHP
We will take advantage of the potential of frontier knowledge, new technologies and
intersectoral collaboration, to implement actions to strengthen the research, policy,
and education on water security.
The main activities are:
III Ibero-American Congress on Sediments and Ecology.
Design of Massive Open Online Course on Hydro-Smart Cities.
Continue with webinars and other means that promote knowledge about
water.
Exchange of experiences and knowledge through workshops, conferences,
participation in events and others means.
Other activities for capacity building in the water sector in the region.
12. Activities implemented within the framework of the United Nations
2030 Agenda for Sustainable development and the SDGs (please
specify which SDG(s) and its/their targets)
Each activities, projects and actions implemented lead to the achievement of one or
more targets related to SDG6, such as: capacity development in water sector and
other sectors related, support projects related with technological or social
innovation for water solutions, water education to strength the participation of
communities, academics, and other in the decision-making process, cooperation for
the sustainable management of water resources.
List of CERSHI’s activities and their contribution to the SDGs
Activity Contribution to SDGs
Massive Open Online Course SDG 4. Targets 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7 and
4.B.
SDG 5. Target 5.B
SDG 6. Targets 6.5, 6.A and 6.B.
Water Security Management Plan for the
Penjamo-Abasolo aquifer
SDG 3. Targets 2.3 and 2.4
SDG 6. Targets 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5,
6.B
Exchanges of experiences between Chile
and Mexico on managed aquifer
recharge
SDG 6. Targets 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
and 6.A
SDG 17. Targets 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.6,
17.7 and 17.9.
Water Security Management Plan for the
Valley of Mexico
SDG 3. Targets 2.3 and 2.4
SDG 6. Targets 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
and 6.B
Analysis of the Gulf of California under SDG 6. Targets 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
the source-to-sea approach
and 6.B
SDG 14. Targets 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4,
14.A and 14. C.
SDG 15. Targets 15.1, 15.2, 15.3.
Integrity in Water and Sanitation Sector
in Mexico
SDG 6. Targets 6.5, 6.A and 6.B.
SDG 16. Targets 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7
and 16.10.
Course “Water Culture after Covid-19”
SDG 4. Targets 4.7.
SDG 5. Targets 5.5.
SDG 6. Targets 6.A and 6.B.
SDG 16. Targets 16.7, 16.10.
International Workshop on Scientific,
Social, and Technological Innovations
for Water Security in Mexico.
SDG 6. Targets 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
and 6.A
SDG 17. Targets 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.6,
17.7 and 17.9.
13. Annexes (please include if possible the detailed list of activities and/or
publications, or any other supporting documentation)
Appendix 1
Overview of the Core Programme Themes of the Eighth Phase of the IHP (2014-2021)
WATER SECURITY: ADDRESSING LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES THEME 1: WATER-RELATED DISASTERS AND HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE
Focal area 1.1 - Risk management as adaptation to global changes Focal area 1.2 - Understanding coupled human and natural processes Focal area 1.3 - Benefiting from global and local Earth observation systems Focal area 1.4 - Addressing uncertainty and improving its communication Focal area 1.5 - Improve scientific basis for hydrology and water sciences for preparation and response to extreme hydrological events
THEME 2: GROUNDWATER IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT Focal area 2.1 - Enhancing sustainable groundwater resources management Focal area 2.2 - Addressing strategies for management of aquifers recharge Focal area 2.3 - Adapting to the impacts of climate change on aquifer systems Focal area 2.4 - Promoting groundwater quality protection Focal area 2.5 - Promoting management of transboundary aquifers
THEME 3: ADDRESSING WATER SCARCITY AND QUALITY Focal area 3.1 - Improving governance, planning, management, allocation, and efficient use of water resources Focal area 3.2 - Dealing with present water scarcity and developing foresight to prevent undesirable trends Focal area 3.3 - Promoting tools for stakeholders involvement and awareness and conflict resolution Focal area 3.4 - Addressing water quality and pollution issues within an IWRM framework - improving legal, policy, institutional, and human capacity Focal area 3.5 - Promoting innovative tools for safety of water supplies and controlling pollution
THEME 4: WATER AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS OF THE FUTURE Focal area 4.1 - Game changing approaches and technologies Focal area 4.2 - System wide changes for integrated management approaches Focal area 4.3 - Institution and leadership for beneficiation and integration Focal area 4.4 - Opportunities in emerging cities in developing countries Focal area 4.5 - Integrated development in rural human settlement
THEME 5: ECOHYDROLOGY, ENGINEERING HARMONY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Focal area 5.1 - Hydrological dimension of a catchment– identification of potential threats and opportunities for a sustainable development Focal area 5.2 - Shaping of the catchment ecological structure for ecosystem potential enhancement ─ biological productivity and biodiversity Focal area 5.3 - Ecohydrology system solution and ecological engineering for the enhancement of water and ecosystem resilience and ecosystem services Focal area 5.4 - Urban Ecohydrology – storm water purification and retention in the city landscape, potential for improvement of health and quality of life Focal area 5.5 - Ecohydrological regulation for sustaining and restoring continental to coastal connectivity and ecosystem functioning
THEME 6: WATER EDUCATION, KEY FOR WATER SECURITY Focal area 6.1 - Enhancing tertiary water education and professional capabilities in the water sector Focal area 6.2 - Addressing vocational education and training of water technicians Focal area 6.3 - Water education for children and youth Focal area 6.4 - Promoting awareness of water issues through informal water education Focal area 6.5 - Education for transboundary water cooperation and governance
