1. II Regional Workshop for GEF IW Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 14, 2013 Good practices with legal frameworks: the experience of the GEF Amazon Project Maria Apostolova International Waters Specialist PS/ACTO / GEF Amazon Project Global Environment Facility United Nations Environment Programme

3. Presentation overview June 14, 2013 I.The GEF Amazon Project: General and institutional context II.The Amazon Basin: Strengthening the legal frameworks III.Good practices

4. GEF AMAZON Project: General overview Project Objective: Develop a Strategic Action Program (SAP) for the Amazon Basin and create the necessary enabling environment for the it future implementation. Main Outputs:  Shared Vision for the Amazon Basin  Hydro-climate vulnerability atlas  Integrated Information System  Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)  Strategic Action Program (SAP)

5. Institutional Context Agencies GEF / UNEP / PS-ACTO National Project Execution Units in the 8 countries : Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bolivia) National Water Agency, ANA (Brazil) Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Colombia) National Water Secretariat, SENAGUA (Ecuador) Ministry of Public Works and Communication (Guyana) National Water Authority, ANA (Peru) Ministry of Labor, Technological Development and Environment (Suriname) People’s Power Ministry for the Environment (Venezuela)

6. Project Components Subproject I.1 Vision for the Amazon Basin Subproject I.2 Strengthening the legal and institutional framework Component II Understanding the natural resources base Component II Understanding the natural resources base Subproject II.1 Targeted research Subproject II.2 Hydro-climate Vulnerability Atlas Subproject II.3 Formulation of the TDA Subproject III.1 Pilot Projects Subproject III.2 Priority Adaptation Measures Subproject III.3 Integrated Information System Subproject III.4 Communication, Outreach, and Finance Subproject III.5 SAP Component III Response Strategies Component III Response Strategies Component IV Project Management Component IV Project Management Component V Monitoring and Evaluation Component V Monitoring and Evaluation

7. Amazon Basin: Legal frameworks Regional legal framework: the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Regional soft law: Ministerial Declarations National legal frameworks Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda Andean Strategy on IWRM

8. Amazon Cooperation Treaty 1978/1980 Preservation of Species: Fauna and Flora Incorporation to National Economies Water Resources Indigenous Peoples Education Health Scientific Investigation and Technology Navigation Tourism Trade: Populations at borders Infrastructure: Transport and Communications Environmental Conservation / Sustainable Development South/South Cooperation Decisions by Consensus Sovereignty THE AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY LINES OFACTIONLINES OFACTION PRINCIPLE AREAS

9. 9 FROM ACT TO THE ACTO 1978/80 1980/89 SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY AND ENTRY INTO FORCE STAGE OF ASSERTION OF SOVEREIGNTY Redemocratization Economic Crisis Natural Resources Amazon not priority ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE AMAZON INSTITUTIONAL WORK OF TECHNICAL COMMISSIONS, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS CREATION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS PERMANENT SECRETARIAT CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION STAGE OF IMPULSE AND POLITICAL WILL Presidential Meetings Environmental agenda Political stability Visibility of Amazon STAGE OF INSTITUTIONAL MATURATION Political commitment MC Impulse agenda Rio 92 Sustainable development Relevance of Amazon STAGE OF INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY International context Regional integration Strategic resources Priority of Amazon 1989/951995/02 STRATEGIC PLAN 2004 – 2012 EXPANSION OF FUNDING PORTFOLIO 2002/09

10. Polítical Process – soft law

11. Political Process XI Meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (TCA), Manaus Commitment, Brazil, 22 November 2011 II Meeting of the Ministers of Environment Lima – Peru, 21 March 2012 XII Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the TCA de MRE, El Coca Declaration, Ecuador, 3 May 2013 Institutional Strengthening of the PS/ACTO Articulate, facilitate, coordinate, manage regional and international cooperation actions, generate regional information.

12. Polítical Process – soft law –Declaration of Manaos Principle guidelines: Building a comprehensive vision of Amazon regional cooperation. Identification of actions to reduce and monitor deforestation, to promote the issue of forest resources sustainably, implementation of urgent measures to ensure the preservation and conservation of the biodiversity. Strengthening institutional and political mechanisms concerning indigenous and tribal communities of the ACTO. Protection, management, preservation of the water resources. Generation of actions to promote food security and hunger erradication in the possible shortest term. Coordination of environmental health surveillance, implementation of actions in border areas and adoption of prevention mechanisms. Promotion of eco-tourism. Impetus to a regional agenda for science and technology. Monitoring by the PS / ACTO of the international negotiations on main issues for the Amazon cooperation.

13. ACTO: Strategic Amazon Cooperation Agenda VISION OF THE AMAZON AND OF THE ACTO GENERAL THEMATIC CONTENT CROSS-CUTTING AXES MISSION AND STRETEGIC OBJECTIVES Conservation and sustainable use of the renewable natural resources Economic and social Development SECTORAL AGENDAS Conservation and Sustainable use of the Renewable Natural Resources. Indigenous Affairs. Management of Knowledge and Exchange of information. Regional Management of Health. Infrastructure and Transport. Tourism. Institutional, financial and legal Strengthening. Emergent Issues. MAP OF ACTIVITIES AND ROLE OF THE PS-ACTO

14. ACTO: Strategic Amazon Cooperation Agenda ACTO – Vision of Future “An Organization recognized within the Member Countries and internationally as a reference in regional cooperation, discussion and positioning on the issues of the international agenda related to the Amazon and in the exchange of experiences, acting upon the principles of full excercise of sovereignty in the Amazon region: respect and harmony with nature, comprehensive sustainable development and reduction of asymmetries of the States in the Region.”

16. Strengthening legal frameworks: GEF Amazon Project GENERAL OBJECTIVE Obtain and consolidate information on national legal norms and regulations on water resources management and related areas in the 8 basin countries, identifying differences and possible gaps as well as opportunities for cooperation.

17. Strengthening legal frameworks Inventory and analysis of national legal frameworks: Regional Group of Experts (8 countries) / Methodological Protocol Inventory and analysis of national constitutional and infra- constitutional legislation on water resources, biodiversity and climate change Proposals for strategic actions

18. Strengthening legal frameworks Inventory and analysis of regional and international legal instruments 1.Amazon Cooperation Treaty and ACTO 2.International instruments 3.Internalization of international legal instruments and hierarchy of the treaties Inventário e análise dos textos internacionais 4. Propostas: estratégias PAE

19. Good practices from the Amazon Project Promote exchange of information and experiences on legal frameworks between the participating countries Promote capacity building Involve national experts from all countries Methodological protocols

20. Good practices from the Amazon Project Analyze international legal instruments signed by the countries in order to identify common base and principles Identify general guidelines and/or directives, not specific legislation Validate results at the national technical and political levels Consolidate information and disseminate

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