Direct: companies, business associations, environment and commerce authorities at national and sub-national level, local communities. As well as regional integration and trade platforms.

Indirect: water professionals and practitioners, academia, science, technology and innovation institutions, consultancy groups, civil society interested in sustainable lifestyles and ecosystem’s conservation.

1. Involved actors have jointly established the necessary conditions at the institutional, regulatory and financial level to strengthen collective water governance.

2. Influential private sector actors implement and propagate the practice of Corporate Water Stewardship (CWS) oriented towards responsible water use, along their value chains and through collective action.

3. Authorities, the private sector and civil society work collectively and, through an active community of practice, generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge on water stewardship, at national and international levels.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

✓ Accessible information on water availability, uses and water risks to influence policy implementation.

✓ Capacities strengthened of the private and public sector actors to implement policies and financial mechanisms.

✓ Companies apply CWS within business clusters that broaden impacts and influence value chains.

✓ Collective actions that apply Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and territorial priorities for climate resilience.

✓ Business associations promote CWS and encourage innovation, good practices and technologies.

✓ On-demand advice to other countries as well as innovations and good practices shared.

✓ Community of Practice (CoP) linked to regional and global platforms.

Principaux résultats antérieurs:   During phase1 concrete results were accomplished in Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Brazil. 92 companies applied Corporate Water Stewardship (CWS), in consequence, per year, about 400'000 m³ of water were saved and 30,4 million m³ reused (the amount of water used by about 709’000 people/year). Multi-stakeholder alliances achieved joint actions, applying gender equality and family unity values. Participating partners (“counterparts”) contributed around CHF 2,7 million and 209 factsheets were published. The dynamic Community of Practice reached 700 participants of 20 countries, and provided professional support, on demand, to Ecuador, Panamá and Uruguay. An External Evaluation confirmed these achievements, relevance and consistency with Swiss cooperation priorities, highlighting ownership of local actors, private sector commitment and the strategic support of institutions. It identified challenges such as: concentrating efforts at territorial level, ensuring synergies between outcomes and slow uptake and reach in Brazil. Therefore, phase 2 is envisioned as an evolution of the approach, aiming at concentrating efforts in Colombia, Peru and Mexico, as well as projecting the models of action at regional and global levels.

- Platforms: Pacific Alliance and Community of Andean Nations (CAN).

- SDC: Water Section: RésEAU, projects of CWS in the Mekong Region and at global level (support to the Alliance for Water Stewardship and to Water Witness International). Hub regional Lima: FiRE – FAO, ENANDES.

- Swiss Embassies and SECO.

- Cooperation: GIZ, Netherlands and FCDO.