Reporting format for UNESCO’s Water-related Centres on activities for the period October 2018 – March 2021 1. Basic information Water Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Full Name of the Centre Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC) Name of Centre holder/Director Gabriel Mancilla Escobar Other contacts (other focal points/Deputy Director, etc.) E-mail [email protected] Telephone number +56 51 2204493 Website http://www.cazalac.org Mailing Address Benavente 980, La Serena, Chile Geographic scope 1* ☐ International x regional Specify which Region(s) (if Latin America and Caribbean applicable) Year of establishment 2006 Year of renewal 2016 x groundwater ☐ urban water management x rural water management x arid / semi-arid zones ☐ humid tropics Th ☐ cryosphere (snow, ice, glaciers) em x water related disasters (drought/floods) x Erosion/sedimentation, and landslides es x ecohydrology/ecosystems Of x water law and policy act x social/cultural/gender dimension of water/youth ivit ☐ transboundary river basins/ aquifers ies ☐ mathematical modelling Focal Areas 2♦ dur hydroinformatics ing x remote sensing/GIS x IWRM rep x Watershed processes/management orti x global and change and impact assessment ng ☐ mathematical modelling per x water education iod ☐ water quality ☐ nano-technology x waste water management/re-use ☐ water/energy/food nexus ☐ water systems and infrastructure ☐ Water Diplomacy x Climate Change 1* check on appropriate box 2♦ check all that apply ☐ other: (please specify) ___________________ x vocational training x postgraduate education ☐ continuing education x public outreach x research x institutional capacity-building Scope of Activities 3♦ ☐ advising/ consulting x software development x data-sets/data-bases development xKnowledge/sharing x Policy Advice/Support x Publication and documentation ☐ other: (please specify) __________________ UNESCO Water Family; G-WADI Program Existing networks network; UNCCD;FAO; European Union /cooperation/partnerships 4 (EUROCLIMA project; RALCEA); Technological Consortium Quitai-Anko (Chile). -Water Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC). Please mention any other Institutional affiliations of the -University of Chile Director - Chilean National Committee for UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Program total number of staff (full-time, or equivalent) : _5_ _______ number of staff who are water experts: _4_ ____ Number of staff and types of staff number of visiting scientists and postgraduate students: _1_ _______ Annual budget in USD 160,000 (wages, administration, travel stipends). Basal Funds from Government of Chile (USD 160,000); Other income depends on proposals granted, so we apply for funds for research and Sources of financial support 5 capacity building. Some of the source funds are UNESCO/Flanders; Research funds of Chilean Government; Research funds from Coquimbo region local government, IaDB, FAO, etc. In total, 3 4 please indicate international networks, consortiums or projects that the Centre/ network of Centres is part of, or any other close links that the Centre has with international organizations or programmes, which are not already mentioned above 5 please specify sources of main budgetary and extra budgetary funds to implement projects extra funds can reach between 0 and 100,000 US dollars yearly. x latest Governing Board meeting (date): _March 27, 2020_______________ Governing Board Frequency of meetings: once every 2__year(s) x UNESCO is invited to, and represented at each Governing Board meeting 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. Research activities ● Accelerated production of hydroponic forage with low water consumption - Limari Province, Chile. Project executed by CAZALAC and financed by the Regional Government of Coquimbo (Chile). Finished in October 2018. ● Generation of water deficit indicator in groundwater. CAZALAC institution responsible, financed by the Chile Foundation (Water Scenarios Program). Finished, 2017 - 2018. ● Analysis for the development of an IWRM plan in the Choapa basin. Financed by DGA (General Water Directorate of Chile). 2016-2018. Finished. ● Ecosystem services in coastal basins of Latin America and the Caribbean. Financed by Chile Foundation (Fundación Chile). CAZALAC responsible institution. 2017 - 2018. Finished. ● A Citizen Science Approach to Drought Risk Management in Peru and Chile. Funded by the British Council through the Newton-Picarte Fund. CAZALAC is a participating institution (project led by the Agriculture Ministry of Chile). Presented and awarded in 2018 and still working on. ● Development of the Chilean Agroclimatic Observatory, Phase 7 and Phase 8. Ministry of Agriculture, Chile. CAZALAC is the main developer institution. Presented and awarded in 2018, still working on it. ● Development of sustainable supplies for agriculture: use of algal resources as a strategy to reduce the water footprint and face the extreme conditions of climate change. Project executed by CAZALAC and funded by the Foundation for the Agricultural Innovation - Agriculture Ministry of Chile (FIA). 2017- 2019. Finished. ● Support for the strengthening of Comprehensive Drought Management in Peru (TCP / PER / 3607 / C5). Project executed by CAZALAC and funded by FAO-Peru. 2018- 2019. Finished. ● Analysis and Environmental Assessment in Plantations of Hass Avocado. Project executed by CAZALAC, with funds from the Avocado Committee of Chile A.G. 2019- 2020. Finished. ● Gathering of field information on rural drinking water systems in the Coquimbo Region. Activity developed by CAZALAC within the framework of the project executed by the Catholic University of Chile and Amulén Foundation. Finished in 2019. ● Generation of tools to estimate the drought vulnerability for users of INDAP's PRODESAL Program users: Application to the communes of Pichilemu and Marchigûe, region of O’higgins, Chile. Project executed by CAZALAC and funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile. 2019. In progress. ● CRIDA Project - UNESCO, Limari basin. CAZALAC collaborated in the Limarí basin case study coordinating activities, supporting actions and accompanying field campaigns defined by DELTARES and UNESCO. 2018-2019. ● Technological Consortium “Quitai – Anko”. Proposal presented in 2019 by the University of La Serena, the Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA), the Los Pelambres Mining Foundation and CAZALAC, to the Technological Consortiums for the Innovation Fund of CORFO (Development Corporation of Chile). Proposal awarded at the end of 2019, with a USD 2.0 million budget and projected for 5 years. ● Project “Integrated management system for rural drinking water committees to ensure continuity of drinking water supply”. A two-year project started in September 2020 and leaded by CAZALAC in the Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaiso regions (Chile). Funded by QUITAI-ANKO consortium. ● Project “Reuse of water for the establishment of vegetation areas as a basis for the development of green infrastructure”. A three-year project started in January 2021 and leaded by CAZALAC in the Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaiso regions (Chile). Funded by QUITAI-ANKO consortium. • Strategic Plan for Water Management in Choapa Basin, Elqui Basin and Limari Basin. Proposal for the Public Call ID: 1019-66-LQ199 from the General Water Directorate of Chile. Applied for funding in 2019, but not awarded. • Developing and Implementing a system for seasonal climate forecast in Bolivia. Proposal presented in 2019 by Princeton Climate Analytics (Princeton University) and CAZALAC to the Public Call “Pilot Program for Climate Resiliency (PPCR)”, of the World Bank and the Government of Bolivia. Not awarded. • Developing and Implementing a monitoring and early warning system for droughts in Bolivia. Proposal presented in 2019 by Princeton Climate Analytics (Princeton University) and CAZALAC to the Public Call “Pilot Program for Climate Resiliency (PPCR)”, of the World Bank and the Government of Bolivia. Not awarded. • Developing an Operational Plan for IWRM, in order to protect water security and future productivity of Elqui River farmers. Proposal presented in 2019 to the National Contest “Innovation Consulting”, of the Agrarian Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile. Not awarded. • Updating the Desertification and Drought map of Chile. Proposal presented in 2019 by CAZALAC to the Public Call 633-19-LE19 of the Forestry National Corporation of Chile. Not awarded. • Development of agricultural bioproducts from sea macroalgae: A regional platform for technological innovation to face climate change. Proposal presented by CAZZALAC to the 2019 Agtech-FONTAGRO Call. Not awarded. Academic or Educational activities ● Presentation to University of Talca students. Presentation of the CAZALAC activities and the water availability and management of the Coquimbo region. La Serena, May 2019. ● Diploma "Climate Change and Drought". A collaborative effort between CAZALAC, UNCCD, CONAF (National Forestry Corporation of Chile) and the University of La Serena, Chile. Collaboration: Participation in the preparation of the Diploma program. ● Master Program in Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-arid zones. University of La Serena, Chile. Collaboration: CAZALAC participated in the project proposal for the creation of the Master