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The School of Water and Sanitation - Education for sustainable development in PCJ basin
Description

Intermunicipal Consortium of Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiai River Basins (Consorcio PCJ) is an association of private non-profit organizations composed of municipalities and private companies, whose mission is to recover the water sources of its area of coverage. The base of the organization's work lies in the awareness of all sectors of society about the problems of the region's water resources, planning and promoting the management of water resources to overcome personal and political-partisan differences, peculiar to intermunicipal articulations and between segments. The integration of municipalities and companies and the search for global solutions have marked its performance. Founded on October 13, 1989, the Consortium works with technical and financial independence. The organization collects and applies resources in environmental programs, among them, Environmental Education Program.

The main purpose of the Program is promoting and sensitizing the regional community to the issue of water availability in the region, encouraging environmental education actions aimed at recovery and conservation of the environment, together with teachers, students, members of organized civil society and the community in general. The Program has a differentiated methodology, employing language that is accessible to the target public and environmental studies, through the spirit of networking, fostering regional dialogue and exchange of experiences. For over 25 years, the Program has operated with the purpose and great social challenge to encourage local multipliers of hydrographic basins to organize the financial structures and resources to solve their own environmental problems, that is, to enable the community to actively participate in the Water management related subjects, collaborating with the organization to find solutions for local problems.

The primary goal of the plan which we wish to highlight is the intensification and expansion of Environmental Education actions and activities. Throughout the year these activities sensitize society and political leaders on the importance of community awareness on the Management of Water Resources and Environment. Developed in 1994, the project has achieved the milestone of approximately 4 million participants directly and indirectly, among them children, youths and adults.

The team responsible for the Program is made up of specialists in water resources, with experience in environmental education. From the beginning of the Program, it was possible to organize a network of multiplier agents, which help the PCJ Consortium team to multiply the knowledge acquired during the year, training more than 8 thousand educators and about 150 thousand students in the region on water issues. Besides accessible language to the target public and studies of the environment, through the spirit of networking, fostering regional dialogue and exchange of experiences among all associated municipalities, several other actions have also been carried out, among them the creation of workshops, seminars, lectures, educational gifts, games, among others, all of which have been successful because we always seek to encourage the participation and creation of multi and interdisciplinary groups among teachers and multiplication agents, which guarantee a good exchange of experiences among all the project participants.

Expected impact

The main challenge is to prepare and make today's children, who will be the managers of tomorrow, "act locally and think globally" through the planning of joint actions among the various sectors and segments of society that are focused on the management and preservation of water resources.

The PCJ basins have low water availability (less than 1,000 m3 / people per year), which implies the need for large investments in environmental education, water losses, universalization of basic sanitation, protection and reforestation of areas of springs and public water supply springs, among other actions that guarantee water in quantity and quality to all. It is in this sense that Consorcio PCJ Environmental Education Program in Water Management seeks to contribute, through education for sustainable development, focused on the integrated management of water resources. Through the Program, legislation and tools for the structuring of environmental education projects aimed at the management of water resources were implemented in the participating municipalities. Among the solutions found by each municipality, we can mention the elaboration of curricular guidelines of environmental education in the schools of the municipal network, the creation of Municipal Environmental Education Policy, the approval of laws aimed at combating water waste and encouraging the reuse and use of rainwater, and payment for environmental services projects.

In 2020, the Program is developing actions to spread awareness of the 2030 agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. We aim to impact about 1000 participants, who will in turn spread their knowledge and skills to thousands of people in the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiai river basins (PCJ Basins). This action will accelerate SDG implementation because will mobilize people and share knowledge to promote sustainable development through environmental education. Consorcio PCJ are organizing events and e-learning through the platform "School of Water and Sanitation" - https://escola.agua.org.br.

Website

www.agua.org.br

Goal 4
4.7 - By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
Goal 6
6.1 - By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.2 - By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.3 - By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.4 - By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
6.5 - By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.6 - By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
6.a - By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
6.b - Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
Goal 11
11.1 - By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.6 - By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.b - By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
Goal 12
12.2 - By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
Goal 13
13.3 - Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
Goal 15
15.1 - By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
15.2 - By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally
15.3 - By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world
15.b - Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for conservation and reforestation
Goal 16
16.7 - Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
Goal 17
17.16 - Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.17 - Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

Data, monitoring and accountability
In-kind contribution
Consorcio PCJ is composed of 40 municipalities and 24 companies, which contribute monthly with the entity so that it may be possible to execute environmental actions.
Basic information
Start: 07 January, 2020
Completion: 07 December, 2020
Entity
Intermunicipal Consortium of Piracicaba, Capivari e Jundiai River Basins (Consorcio PCJ) (Non-governmental organization (NGO))
Partners
Corsorcio PCJ (NGO); ARES PCJ (PCJ sanitation regulatory agency); AGENCIA PCJ (PCJ river basin agency); Local Governments (municipalities): Americana/SP, Amparo/SP, Analândia/SP, Artur Nogueira/SP, Atibaia/SP, Bom Jesus dos Perdões/SP, Bragança Paulista/SP, Camanducaia/MG, Campinas/SP, Capivari/SP, Cordeirópolis/SP, Corumbataí/SP, Cosmópolis/SP, Extrema/MG, Holambra/SP, Hortolândia/SP, Indaiatuba/SP, Ipeúna/SP, Iracemápolis/SP, Itatiba/SP, Itupeva/SP, Jaguariúna/SP, Jarinu/SP, Limeira/SP, Louveira/SP, Monte Mor/SP, Nova Odessa/SP, Pedreira/SP, Piracaia/SP, Piracicaba/SP, Rafard/SP, Rio Claro/SP, Rio das Pedras/SP, Saltinho/SP, Santa Bárbara d’Oeste/SP, Santa Gertrudes/SP, Santo Antônio de Posse/SP, Valinhos/SP, Vargem/SP and Vinhedo/SP; Private Sector: Agricola Monte Carmelo, Ajinomoto, Ambev, ArcelorMittal, BRK Ambiental, CPFL Renovaveis, Coca-Cola FEMSA, CPIC Fiberglass, Dae Jundiai, Ester Sugar Plant, Estre Ambiental, Evonik, Furlan Group, Klabin, Mirante, Petrobras/Replan, Pirelli, Raizen (Costa Pinto and Santa Helena sugar plants), Rhodia, Sabesp, Sanasa Campinas, Unilever and Ype.
Initiative focused on COVID-19 pandemic response, prevention and recovery efforts
Not specified
Geographical coverage
Latin America and the Caribbean
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficiaries
Contact information
Andrea Borges, Ms, andrea.borges@agua.org.br, +55 19 34759405
Headquarters
Americana/Sao Paulo, Brazil
United Nations