{"id":367,"date":"2025-12-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimacaronesia.eu\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:18:21","slug":"foro-ciudadano-del-agua-hablamos-de-genesis-con-la-palma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimacaronesia.eu\/en\/foro-ciudadano-del-agua-hablamos-de-genesis-con-la-palma\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens\u2019 Water Forum: we discuss GENESIS with La Palma"},"content":{"rendered":"

66 people worked in groups to discuss and prioritise some of the main water-related challenges facing the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 29 November 2025, we held the GENESIS project\u2019s Citizens\u2019 Water Forum at the Benahoarita Archaeological Museum (MAB) in Los Llanos de Aridane. From the Association for Research on Macaronesia (AIM)<\/strong> We organised the event in collaboration with the Consejo Insular de Aguas de La Palma (CIALP)<\/strong>, la European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA)<\/strong> y La Palma Research Centre (LPRC)<\/strong> para hablar sobre el futuro del agua en la isla y sobre todo, escuchar qu\u00e9 ten\u00eda que decir la ciudadan\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The morning began with a bit of background information. Alejandro Garc\u00eda Gil<\/strong>, from the Instituto Geol\u00f3gico y Minero de Espa\u00f1a \u2013 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (IGME-CSIC)<\/strong> and project coordinator, spoke about how we can predict the future of water on La Palma and in Macaronesia. We also had Javier Pe\u00f1a Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, manager of CIALP, and Iv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez R\u00edos<\/strong>, director of AIM, who presented the GENESIS demonstrators on La Palma and some of the solutions currently being investigated through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a significant part of the Forum was specifically designed to give participants the opportunity to speak. Following the presentations, several working groups were organised, facilitated by Gara Sent\u00eds y Alba Perera, <\/strong>from Lawarita S. Coop. Can.<\/strong>, to discuss the main challenges relating to water on La Palma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wide range of topics emerged. Water availability and storage, infrastructure, adaptation to climate change, digitalisation and public participation were all discussed. Each group was able to discuss these issues based on their own experiences and perspectives, select the issues they considered most important, and then share their conclusions with the rest of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For AIM, this Forum also represented a further step forward in the work on public engagement that we had begun a few months earlier with the GENESIS Focus Group. That first discussion took place with a small group of citizens. This time there were many more of us gathered around the tables, with different experiences and opinions, but all discussing something that forms part of the daily lives of everyone who lives on La Palma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s how the Citizens\u2019 Water Forum went
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66 personas trabajaron en grupos para debatir y priorizar algunos de los principales retos relacionados con el agua en la isla. El 29 de noviembre de 2025, celebramos en el Museo Arqueol\u00f3gico Benahoarita (MAB), en Los Llanos de Aridane, el Foro Ciudadano del Agua del proyecto GENESIS. Desde la Asociaci\u00f3n para la Investigaci\u00f3n de la … <\/p>\n

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