Objective The Latin American and Caribbean region is highly heterogeneous in terms of climate zones, hydro-ecology, socio-political systems etc. Numerous problems in relation to water quality and water availability arise. Flooding occurs frequently and erosion and pollution pressures have also become major problems. Management strategies, legal framework and stakeholder involvement needs to be improved. Activities and research tasks will be conducted within several fields of IWRM; hydrology, modelling of pollution flow, impact assessment, socio-economic impacts, climate change effects, scenario analysis and action efficiency. The river basins selected are: Baker (Chile-Argentina), Catamayo-Chira (Peru-Ecuador), Cauca (Colombia), Lago de Nicaragua (Nicaragua), and Quarai/Cuareim (Uruguay-Brazil). The European river basins are Thames (UK) and Norrström (Sweden). The project addresses the goals of the EU WI Water for Life, and builds on the methods and guidelines developed for the EU WFD. Interfaces with international organisations have been established. The proposal is designed to enable and facilitate twinning in all fields of activity in order to fill gaps in knowledge. The strong component of public participation and stakeholder involvement will ensure that each component has local ownership. The river basins selected represent a wide variety of conditions, addressing also transboundary water problems. Thus, the applicability of the WFD approach will vary for the third country basins, and methodology applied will be a modification of the WFD process. The final step will be development of tools for the implementation and identification of priority actions analysed in terms of physical/chemical efficiency as well as socio-economic effects. Priority actions are an essential part of an RBMP, and will be a crucial input and an encouragement to the Latin American end-users of TWINLATIN to develop full RBMPs following the finalisation of the project. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic zonesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basinsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2004-3.II.3.1.1 - Twinning European/third countries river basins Call for proposal FP6-2004-GLOBAL-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator IVL SVENSKA MILJOEINSTITUTET AB EU contribution No data Address Halsingegatan 43 STOCKHOLM Sweden See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Polaris House, North Star Avenue SWINDON WILTHSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution No data Address Oude Markt 13 LEUVEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION Chile EU contribution No data Address Victor Lamas 1290 CONCEPCION See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACAO DE APOIO DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL Brazil EU contribution No data Address Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500 PORTO ALEGRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DIRECCION NACIONAL DE HIDROGRAFIA - M.T.O.P. URUGUAY Uruguay EU contribution No data Address Rincon 575 P2 MONTEVIDEO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERIA Nicaragua EU contribution No data Address Avenida Universitaria, de la Rotonda Rubén Darío 200m al Oeste y 100m al Norte MANAGUA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDO DE COOPERACIÓN HISPANO PERUANO Peru EU contribution No data Address Miguel Dasso 117, Piso 3, edificio Nuevo Horizonte, San Isidro LIMA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CORPORACION AUTONOMA REGIONAL DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA - COLOMBIA Colombia EU contribution No data Address Carrera 56 N 11-36 SANTIAGO DE CALI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data