1. Swedish Regional Programme for Sustainable Natural Resources Management and Environment in Central America 2004-2008

2. Sweden’s overall development cooperation  Budgeted for 2005: 22,417 million SEK (3,200 million USD)  Financed through tax payments  Corresponding to 2,500 SEK (350 USD) per Swedish citizen  Target to reach 1 % of GNI reached in 2006  About half of the total amount is channelled through Sida

3. Swedish overall goal with development cooperation The overall goal is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve the quality of their lives This includes:  Respect for human rights  Democracy and good governance  Equality between men and women  Sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of the environment  Economic growth

4. Natural resources and the environment in CA  Objective: To contribute to poverty reduction and reduced ecological vulnerability  Target group: The rural poor in Central America  Overall budget frame 195 million SEK for Central America  Overall budget period 2004-2008

5.  The programme should support; –Human capacity building with respect to sustainable management of natural resources –The development of technically, ecologically and socially adapted methods for improved natural resources management

6. - The development of policies and dialogues for natural resources management and for an improved environment at a regional level -Practical application of sustainable natural resources management by financing projects and programmes involving several countries where know-how and experiences are exchanged between countries in the region

7. The role of Sida  Facilitator (exchange of experiences)  Catalyst (pilot activities)  Dialogue partner (dissemination of results, policy and harmonisation)

8. Thematic priorities  Management of natural resources  Higher education and research  Policy and regional harmonisation  Environmental impacts  Forests and local management of natural resources  Natural disasters  Rural poverty and rural development

9. Portfolio of regional activities  Core support to CATIE  Core support to Prisma  Environmental Impact Assessment CCAD/IUCN  Watershed managment CATIE/FOCUENCAS  Disaster prevention CEPREDENAC  Scholarships for higher education at EARTH

10. Regional activities  Partnership programme IDB (studies on CAFTA, country environmental analysis Nicaragua) (studies on CAFTA, country environmental analysis Nicaragua) Future support??  Institutional support CCAD  Regional forestry strategy PERFOR  Institutional support CEPREDENAC  RUTA

11. Marine initiative  Support to regional fisheries and marine environmental organisations in Central America and the Caribbean through mainly FAO and UNEP