Lalanath de Silva

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Lalanath de Silva Director TAI/PP10 World
Resources Institute
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International Commitments

• 178 governments
• Rio Declaration
• Principle 10

• Plan of Implementation
• Principle 10

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Principle 10..
Inclusive
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Transparent
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• Accountable

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Principle 10 means..
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Partnership for Principle 10
Global platform for Principle 10
www.pp10.org
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PP10 History

• 1st Meeting - Lisbon, 2003
• 2nd Meeting -Washington DC, 2004

3rd Meeting - London, 2005 4th Meeting Mexico
City, 2007
PP10 Launched at WSSD, 2002
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PP10 Partners Observers
International Organizations IUCN UNDP UNEP The
World Bank
Governments Bolivia Chile Hungary
Indonesia Mexico Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom
National NGOs CEDHA, FARN (Argentina),
CEBEM-REDESMA, LIDEMA, PRODENA (Bolivia),
CODESOSUR, RIDES, Participa (Chile), ECOLEX,
Coalicion Acceso, CEDA (Ecuador), EMLA (Hungary),
ICEL (Indonesia), IA-Mex (Mexico), OIKOS, INDE
(Portugal), EJNF (South Africa), TEI (Thailand),
ACODE (Uganda), Capacity Global, FIELD (UK), WRI
(USA).
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The PP10 Governance

• Advisory Panel
• Capacity Global (UK), EJNF (South Africa),
  ICEL (Indonesia), Mexico Alliance, Ugandan
  Government, UK Government, The World Bank.
• Secretariat
• World Resources Institute

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PP10 Strategy

• Implementation strategies
• Monitoring and self-evaluation
• Information sharing
• Collective products
• Financial resources

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PP10 Commitments

• Assessments
• Collaboration
• Accountability

• Shared Commitments
• Action-Oriented Specific Commitments

• Performance
• Mutual assistance
• Help PP10

Partner commitments
Partner commitments
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Examples of SpecificCommitments
Government Agencies
International Organizations
National- level NGOs
Develop a new public information system Train
staff about public participation
Support implementation in specific
countries Provide funding for the Partnership
Produce manuals for the public Conduct repeat
assessments
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For more information

• PP10 Secretariat
• c/o World Resources Institute
• 10 G St, NE, Suite 800
• Washington, DC 20002
• access_at_wri.org
• www.pp10.org

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Achievements

• Formal government/civil society cooperation
• Training programs to strengthen national
  judiciaries
• Funding mechanisms to support PP10 partners and
  Principle 10 work in general
• National reporting and compliance mechanisms
• National legislation permitting public access to
  information
• Legal consultation in international environmental
  cases

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Collective Products

• Best Practice - case studies (General and
  sectors)
• Model access laws and regulations. (General and
  Sectors)
• Commitments and tracking progress on web
• Aarhus tracking - with special reference to PP10
  commitments, Aarhus National Implementation
  Reports (Secretariat UNITAR formats).

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UK Commitments

• Submitted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  in 2004
• Approved by Bill Rammell, MP
• Includes engagement with Defra and Capacity
  Global (NGO)
• Action
• Develop UK PP10 Delivery Plan
• Ratify the Aarhus Convention
• Promote the goals of PP10 through posts abroad
  and Ministerial and Official bilateral meetings.

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Uganda Commitments

• Submitted by the Ministry of Water, Lands and
  Environment in 2005
• Approved by Minister Kahinda Otafiire
• Includes engagement with seven government
  agencies, 6 NGOs
• Action
• Accelerate enactment of a Freedom of Information
  Act
• Mobilize resources to establish an in-house
  public information resources centre in the
  Ministry of Water, Lands, and Environment
• Work closely with NGO partners to complete
  national assessments in neighboring countries

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The Mexican Alliance
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Mexico Commitments

• Submitted by SEMARNAT and Access
  Initiative-Mexico in 2003
• Approved by Regina Barba, Unit for Participation
  and Transparency
• Government-CSO partnership
• Action
• FOIA training for government officials and civil
  society
• Produce national Citizen Action Guide for Access
  Principles
• Produce Officials Guide for Access to
  Environmental Information
• Translation of CBD into indigenous languages

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For more information

• PP10 Secretariat
• c/o World Resources Institute
• 10 G St, NE, Suite 800
• Washington, DC 20002
• Email access_at_wri.org
• www.pp10.org