1. Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)
Caribbean Water, Climate Change
and Development Programme
(WACDEP)
Presented by
Natalie Boodram
WACDEP Programme Manager

2. GWP-Caribbean Profile
More than 70 partners from 20 Caribbean countries, North America
Government, Public/private sector, NGOs Youth, Education/Research
Antigua, Anguilla, Aruba,
The Bahamas, Barbados,
British Virgin Islands, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat,
Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent & the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad &Tobago,
The USA, US Virgin Islands and Canada.

3. Caribbean
IWRM profile
Small Island Developing
States (SIDS)
Limited Resource base
Expanding populations
Rapidly increasing water
demand from commercial
sectors: Tourism,
Agriculture, Manufacturing

4. Climate Change &
Water in the Caribbean
 Saline intrusion into aquifers
 Increased aridity, variable
rainfall patterns
 Extreme weather events.
 Vector borne diseases, water
quality, water quantity

5. GWP-C Water Climate
and Development
Programme (WACDEP)
Goal: To promote water
security and climate
resilience in Caribbean
states as a key part of
sustainable regional and
national development for
economic growth and
human security.

6. WACDEP-
Overall objective
To support adaptation to
Caribbean states to climate
variability and change through
the implementation of better
water policies, strategies,
programmes and water related
adaptation actions defined in
the CARICOM Regional
Implementation Plan for
Achieving Development
Resilient to Climate Change

7. CARICOM Regional Implementation Plan for
Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change.
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
 GWP-C- collaborator for elements of
plan e.g.
 Undertake vulnerability and capacity
assessment of the impacts of climate
change on water (2011-2017)
 GWP-C and CCCCC will jointly
execute WACDEP

8. Proposed countries
Grenada,
Guyana,
Jamaica,
St. Lucia
Maps source: World Atlas
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

9. WACDEP Progress- Political Support
 Endorsement of WACDEP by Nine Ministers responsible for Water
Including two Deputy Prime Ministers
 MOU signed between CARICOM Secretariat and GWP-C

10. WACDEP Progress:
Programme development
 Regional Consultation
GWP Partners, regional development partners
Governmental focal points for Climate Change and
Water Resources

11. WACDEP Progress- Programme Financing
 410,000 Euros leveraged from the Climate Development
Knowledge Network (CDKN) through HR Wallingford
 To be utilised under Work package 7
 Focus on the CCORAL Caribbean Climate Risk and
Adaptation tool developed by CCCCC - application to the
Water Sector

12. Constraints & Opportunities
 Constraint: Short time-frame for implementation
 Opportunities:
Strong political support
Strong institutional framework-
CARICOM Regional Implementation Plan for Achieving
Development Resilient to Climate Change
 Constraint: Fundraising for sustainability
 Opportunities:
CDKN funds already leveraged
Co-financing from the countries
under climate change funds
Co-funding from regional partners
Private sector support

13. Opportunities
 Utilising and build upon
existing mechanisms and
initiatives
 GWP-C initiatives
 Opportunities for National
and Regional Partnerships,
Synergies:
 GEF-CARPHA-IWECO
(15 million Euros)
 USAID funded RRACC project
(11 million Euros)

14. For more information on GWP-C,
please visit our website at:
www.gwp-caribbean.org