Upon the 20th anniversary of the Concordia-Salto Pilot Transboundary Commission, within the framework of water resource management coordinating actions related to the Guaraní Aquifer System (SAG), a Conference on Transboundary Aquifer Management was held, addressing participatory experiences, the Concordia-Salto pilot case, two decades after its inception, and the evaluation of scenarios for potential local and regional replication.
The SAG has as a precedent the cooperation project developed between 2003 and 2009, jointly with the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Among the main results obtained: the development of a Strategic Action Program (SAP), the promotion of actions that culminated in the entry into force, in 2020, of the first multilateral agreement in Latin America for the sustainable management of a transboundary aquifer: the Agreement on the Guaraní Aquifer System.
The activities, which were carried out in a hybrid format, included the participation of the Secretary of Urban Development of the Municipality of Concordia, Architect Alejandro López, the honorary president of the Transboundary Commission Mireya López Bernis, as well as representatives from various institutions and organizations of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, such as Lic. Ximena Lacués from DINAGUA, Eng. Mg. Julián Ramos from UDELAR and CENUR, Dr. Elena Alvareda, while for the National University of Entre Ríos, the academic secretary of the Faculty of Food Sciences, Guillermo Markievicz, participated. All referred to their contributions and activities carried out within their scope in relation to the Commission.
Also present were Lic. Estela Solana and Eng. Mónica García, from the General Directorate of Hydraulics and Sanitary Works of Entre Ríos, who referred to her participation as Coordinator of the Groundwater Commission of COHIFE, and through her jurisdictional representation, acting as a liaison with this Commission in different actions.
Accompanied by the Director of the Regulatory Entity for Thermal Resources of Entre Ríos, Aldo Montañana, and the technician Dr. Daniel Mársico; the Comptroller of the Decentralized Entity of Sanitary Works, Cr. Javier del Cerro; Eng. Guillermo Collazo from CTM and member of the Transboundary Commission; Dr. Adrián Silva Busso from the Applied Geology chair of the UTN; Architect María Bonicalzi from the Urban Planning Directorate of the Municipality, and councilwoman Lic. Verónica Del Boca, among others.
The SAG has as a precedent the cooperation project developed between 2003 and 2009, jointly with the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Among the main results obtained: the development of a Strategic Action Program (SAP), the promotion of actions that culminated in the entry into force, in 2020, of the first multilateral agreement in Latin America for the sustainable management of a transboundary aquifer: the Agreement on the Guaraní Aquifer System.
The activities, which were carried out in a hybrid format, included the participation of the Secretary of Urban Development of the Municipality of Concordia, Architect Alejandro López, the honorary president of the Transboundary Commission Mireya López Bernis, as well as representatives from various institutions and organizations of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, such as Lic. Ximena Lacués from DINAGUA, Eng. Mg. Julián Ramos from UDELAR and CENUR, Dr. Elena Alvareda, while for the National University of Entre Ríos, the academic secretary of the Faculty of Food Sciences, Guillermo Markievicz, participated. All referred to their contributions and activities carried out within their scope in relation to the Commission.
Also present were Lic. Estela Solana and Eng. Mónica García, from the General Directorate of Hydraulics and Sanitary Works of Entre Ríos, who referred to her participation as Coordinator of the Groundwater Commission of COHIFE, and through her jurisdictional representation, acting as a liaison with this Commission in different actions.
Accompanied by the Director of the Regulatory Entity for Thermal Resources of Entre Ríos, Aldo Montañana, and the technician Dr. Daniel Mársico; the Comptroller of the Decentralized Entity of Sanitary Works, Cr. Javier del Cerro; Eng. Guillermo Collazo from CTM and member of the Transboundary Commission; Dr. Adrián Silva Busso from the Applied Geology chair of the UTN; Architect María Bonicalzi from the Urban Planning Directorate of the Municipality, and councilwoman Lic. Verónica Del Boca, among others.