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● projectActive · subnational · 2001
AQUACOL - associative community management of water and sanitation
Second-tier association that brings together community-based organizations providing water and sanitation services in rural and peri-urban areas of Valle del Cauca and Cauca.
illustrative atlas image · Sky Eye Imagery / PexelsA(AQUACOL (Asociación de Organizaciones Comunitarias Prestadoras de Servicios Públicos de Agua y Saneamiento de Colombia)ICInstituto CINARA, Universidad del ValleMGMariela García VargasSBSandra Bastidas
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01 The context
It emerged from the associative strengthening process among community aqueducts supported by the CINARA Institute (AGUA 1998 event) and obtained legal status in 2001; the Mondomo aqueduct was a founding node and operates as a Community Water Learning Center.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceCommunity Management of Rural Water and Associativism in Colombia (DESAFIO Project, en español)WATERLAT-GOBACIT Working Papers, DESAFIO Project Series SPIDES, Vol. 2, No 11 (FP7, Unión Europea). Autores: Peña, M., García, M., Toro, A.F., Vargas, J., Cerón, V.A., Mena, E., Orjuela, V. · 2015
EvidenceLos retos y perspectivas de la gestión comunitaria del agua: el caso del acueducto comunitario del corregimiento de Mondomo (Santander de Quilichao, Cauca)Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Maestría en Desarrollo Rural (autor: Lasso, E., 2021) · 2021