The objective of this contract is to raise public awareness about the importance of Human Rights in general and more specifically economic social and cultural rights as well as collective incidence rights (“DESC” y “DIC”).

Principal activities:

• Design and implementation of permanent awareness raising activities through social communication medias (Press, radio, television and internet) with different scopes (national, regional, provincial and local).
• Design and implementation of one (1) national awareness campaign on DESC and DIC
• Design and implementation of eight (8) local awareness campaigns on different specific thematic related to DESC and DIC in each one of the influence areas of Human Rights observatories.

This project, part of the Programme aimed at rehabilitating the infrastructures damaged by catastrophic floods and mud flows in 1999, consists in the construction of sewerage networks in the Quebrada Tacagua basin, in Vargas State. The total amount of supervised works is 3 millions of Euros.

The overall objective of the Programme is oriented towards improving life quality of rural communities in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces through support to strengthening local capacities with a view to obtaining coordinated management in between co-executing institutions and taking advantage of their existing capacities and activities through social basic infrastructure, irrigation, environment, education and production projects.

The Programme’s components:

• Social infrastructure (drinking water, sanitation, schools, etc.).
• Agricultural production infrastructures: irrigation schemes, food security of small producers, support to the development of the coffee sector and collection centres.
• Environment and sustainable management of water resources through integrative approach of hydrologic basins.

The objective was to analyze the concept of the Programme and the conjectural changes of the context, to valorize the progresses to date and to gather information to adjust the planning of the support to the sustainable economic development in mining and non-mining domains of activities with a view to future management.

This project, part of the Programme aimed at rehabilitating the infrastructures damaged by catastrophic floods and mud flows in 1999, consists in the construction of a 30 meters large canal designed for a flow of 830 m3/s. The section related to the contract crosses the periphery of the city of Catia La Mar in Vargas state. The total amount of supervised works is 6,5 millions of Euros.

The project includes several components of Technical Assistance in the regional integration process between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Mid term evaluation of an EC financed project (22 M EUR) including upgrading and extension of water and wastewater networks (110.000 inh), WWTP, institutional re-structuring of the operator, technical assistance to the Municipality in urban planning and managing of water public services.

Programme which lasts several years (2002 – 2006) financed with European cooperation funds (45 millions EUR). The programme focuses the improvement of public water and sanitation services and the strengthening of the structures responsible for activities of natural disaster prevention, promoting the creation of an association of municipalities.

This project aims to improve the living conditions of 64.500 inhabitants belonging to poor rural communities of the Paute river basin. The project offers to help these communities to access basic public services, to increase their capacity to create resources, to reduce their vulnerability to hydro geological risks and to create a Watershed Agency. The total cost of the project was estimated to 14 millions EUR, where 11 millions are of EC origin.

Formulation of a co-operation project financed by the EC. The project includes the following components: rural development, improvement of the living conditions of poor communities and environmental protection