The Fondo de Agua de Cartagena was launched in an event  to which the Ministry of Environment Mr. Luis Gilberto Murillo, the Mayor of Cartagena Mr. Manuel Vicente Duque and some representatives from government  and private institutions attended; among such institutions are the Alianza Latinoamericana de Fondos de Agua, represented by The Nature Conservancy  (TNC), Grupo Argos, through its foundation, Fundación Promotora Canal del Dique, an organization of Grupo Compas, the Mayor's Office of Cartagena, Aguas de Cartagena, the Corporación Autónoma del Canal del Dique (Cardique), the Fundación Mario Santodomingo and the Cámara de Comercio de Cartagena. The Fund is a long-term goverment-private financial mechanism which looks for the preservation of the biodiversity and diminish the pressure exercised over the natural resources of the water supply ecosystem of Cartagena and the lacunae system Juan Gómez Dolores, supplied by the Canal del Dique.