BIO-PLATEAUX II - Initiative for Cross-Border Coordination of Water and Biodiversity

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AMERICA - Brazil, Suriname, France - Maroni and Oyapock basin
April 2022 - April 2027
Partner(s) or Client(s) : Office de l'Eau de Guyane (OEG), Ministère des Travaux Publics du Suriname, Secrétariat International et au Commerce Extérieur de l'Amapa (SECRICOMEX) - Brésil, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
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The project in brief

The collaborative work initiated during the first phase of the BIO-PLATEAUX project (2019-2022) identified specific needs in the Maroni and Oyapock transboundary watersheds.

The second phase of the project is carrying out concrete activities to address these priorities in various areas:

  • Support for the governance of transboundary watersheds,
  • Preparation of permanent decision-making bodies and mechanisms for each of the watersheds,
  • Facilitation of networks of technical actors,
  • Strengthening watershed monitoring systems (instrumentation for hydrometric monitoring and quality monitoring),
  • Innovation for knowledge (spatial hydrology for rainfall monitoring, spatial altimetry, modelling, and quality monitoring),
  • Water information systems,
  • Awareness-raising and educational activities with schools in the watersheds,
  • Regional coordination with the creation of local participatory bodies (COTTICA on the Maroni),
  • Planning (watershed characterisation stage).

OiEau's missions

OiEau is the project leader, in partnership with the Guyana Water Authority, co-leader in french Guyana.

In addition to the administrative management of European aid from the Interreg Amazon Cooperation Programme (PCIA), OiEau coordinates the technical activities of the project with focal points in Suriname (Ministry of Public Works) and Brazil (State Secretariat for International Relations and Foreign Trade).

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