Phase VI

Phase VI of this Program with financial support of the International Secretariat for the Dialogue on Water and Climate (IS-DWC) is to assist more than 30 existing community-based SVP groups in six countries to come together to guide the formation of a regional platform to support integrated small valley flood plain management in Central America. The work plan includes workshops for consultation with the SVP groups in the region, and an exchange of ideas with national, regional, and international NGO's and related multilateral and bilateral agencies to refine an initial scope of work and preconditions for an NGO consortium coordinate the regional SVP platform. The output of this phase will be a regional dialogue leading to technical documents, which will include 1) the terms of reference for the competitive bidding process to select the NGO consortium that will assume the responsibility of the regional platform, 2) the list of priority technical assistance and technology transfer activities required to train the local groups, 3) the draft of a regional flood hazard certification training program and exam, 4) a profile of local network of integrated floodplain managers including document information exchange, and 5) a proposal for the creation or expansion of a Spanish language web page on integrated floodplain management.

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