ACCELERATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER-RELATED SDGS IN COSTA RICA

Since 2017, a consortium of partners (UNU-INWEH, UNOSD, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea, and the Korea Environment Corporation(1)) has implemented the project “Water in the World We Want” to investigate how countries can address critical evidence gaps and deliver better policies to achieve SDG 6. [...] The consortium collaborated with the experts and policymakers from the project partner countries to develop SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS), the key output of this project, to help create evidence for the enabling environment of SDG 6 in countries with limited or missing data. [...] Implementing SDG-PSS in Costa Rica In the project’s first phase (2017–2018), a national workshop in Costa Rica (22–23 May 2017, San José) received priority and high-level political support from the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN) and the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE). [...] This regional workshop provided a perspective on global mechanisms for monitoring SDG 6 and regional issues on water and sanitation, with a focus on Costa Rica’s progress on SDG 6 and the implementation and use of the SDG-PSS in the country in the first phase. [...] Following up on the national workshop and other consultations held at the local level, CTIE-Agua helped develop and revise the first version of the SDG-PSS.