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Latin American Sanitation Conference (Latinosan) San José, Costa Rica 2019
San José, Costa Rica
The V Latinosan Conference aimed to promote agreements and commitments among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), allowing the reduction of gaps in sanitation services, ensuring universal and equitable access in collective and individual on-site systems and advancing towards the achievement of the SDGs. Align plans, national policies, regulatory frameworks, water and sanitation sector guidelines articulated with other sectors involved to the requirements of each of the targets for the achievement of SDG 6 by 2030, for which the countries commit to implement the OLAS.
Key Takeaways
The key points of the V Latinosan Conference are the following:
Increase the budget for drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its spending to ensure the gradual closing of gaps in drinking water supply and adequate sanitation by 2030.
Align plans, national policies, regulatory frameworks, directives and guidelines of the water and sanitation sector with other sectors involved in meeting SDG 6 targets by 2030.
Promote spaces for articulation between sectoral public entities, academia and civil society to define actions aimed at achieving each of the SDG 6 targets.
Strengthen rural and urban water supply and sanitation organizations to improve the quality and sustainability of their services with management models, corporate governance, efficient scale of operation and citizen participation.
Implement recovery programs for water bodies contaminated by untreated wastewater discharges under an integrated water resources management approach.
Call for regional action to restore ecosystems and water security through watershed protection.
Event documents
- Declaration of San Jose Declaration of San Jose
- LATINOSAN 2019 Program LATINOSAN 2019 Program
- Regional Report LATINOSAN 2019 Regional Report LATINOSAN 2019
Reports and Presentations
- Change Agents bringing Sustainable Services within Our Reach - Bolivia Case Study Change Agents bringing Sustainable Services within Our Reach - Bolivia Case Study
- Policy framework for the planning and articulation of the environmental and sanitation sectors Policy framework for the planning and articulation of the environmental and sanitation sectors
- Optimal Sanitation: A new paradigm Optimal Sanitation: A new paradigm
