Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza-CATIE | Costa Rica

Enhancing Rural Water Management Networks

Improve understanding of the structural conditions that ensure the success of  federations of community water organizations in supplying potable water to rural communities

AWARD YEAR
2025
FUNDING AREA
Sustainable Resource Management
PROJECT LOCATION
Colombia | Costa Rica
AMOUNT AWARDED
$324,000
PROJECT DURATION
36 months
Community-based water organizations (CWOs) in Latin America serve nearly 80 million people. To overcome management and operational challenges, individual CWOs often join federations of CWOs. The project will develop a systemic understanding and approach to fostering the formation and operation of federations that respond to member needs and fortify sustained and equitable governance of local drinking water systems. This will give policymakers, federation leaders, and local practitioners confidence that they are adopting policies and strategies that meaningfully improve the delivery of potable water to rural areas and communities with limited water infrastructure.
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