The workshop included discussions on the various factors affecting IUWM (population growth, climate change, development, land use, etc.), the water cycle in the city, the multiple uses of water, the vulnerability of urban systems, and IUWM finance and planning. Two case studies were presented: the first was a civil society platform for the water issues in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and the second was a research project of the University of Costa Rica on municipal planning in different communities and its relation to IUWM.
The participants worked in small groups to diagnose and strategize for five different cities of the region as a way to implement the concepts they had learned. The group visited one of the three major water reservoirs for Tegucigalpa as well as its water treatment plant and a wastewater treatment plant.