Pedro Hernán Moreno Padilla, ASOCAÑA, Vall del Cauca, pmoreno@asocana.org
Water for life and sustainability Fund is a regional program covering the high Cauca River geographical Valley in Colombia, being an effort of guilds, private enterprise, public entities, nonprofit environmental and social organizations and community organizations which have committed resources to carry out conservation actions guaranteeing water availability for future generations. Diagnosis, territorial ordering plans and hydrographical basin ordering plans prepared by municipalities and Regional Autonomous corporations (CAR’s) ate the basis for fund justification. Together with the foregoing, it is the experience and knowledge of Colombian sugar sector, the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and 16 Water User Associations of equal number of hydrographical basins operating since the nineties and knowledgeable of the problematic situation. Up to 2011, two investments for a total of $2,807,684,560 Colombian pesos (approximately US$1,570,000.oo Dollars) have been made. Financed project scheduled goals aim to solving environmental problems and contributing to recovery of micro-basins highest offer of surface water or aquifers.
Key words: Fund, water, life, sustainability.