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Report on the Implementation of the Santa Cruz
10 Declaration and the Inter-American Program on
Sustainable Development (PIDS) (2006-2009)

First Preparatory Meeting for the Second
Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High
Level Authorities on Sustainable Development,
Washington DC, June 28-29,2010
Cletus I Springer, Director Department of
Sustainable Development
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Structure of Presentation

• Share results and lessons from the implementation
  of the PIDS
• Share perspectives on emerging challenges and
  opportunities
• Receive feedback on how challenges may be
  overcome and opportunities seized

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Structure of Presentation

• PIDS Themes
• Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable
  Management of Forests and other Resources
• Water Resources, Land and Health
• Natural Hazards Risk Management
• Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
• Coastal Zone Management and Adaptation to Climate
  Change
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Promotion
• Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening
  for Sustainable Development Environmental
  Management

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Operationalization of PIDS Themes

• Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management
• Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable
  Management of Forests and other Resources
• Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
• Water Resources Management
• Water Resources, Land and Health
• Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change
• Coastal Zone Management and Adaptation to Climate
  Change
• Energy and Climate Change Mitigation
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Promotion
• Environmental Law, Policy and Governance
• Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening
  for Sustainable Development Environmental
  Management

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Sustainable Agriculture and the Sustainable
Management of Forest and other Natural Resources
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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• Integral approach to sustainable agriculture
  and the sustainable management of forests and
  other natural resources as well as the need to
  identify successful opportunities, exchange of
  best practices and promote cooperation at the
  project and policy level

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Advance dialogue in integrated approaches to
  alternative land uses and planning.
• Facilitate the Adoption of Strategies and
  integrated policies in coordination with other
  institutions to address needs of sustainable
  production and improve quality of life of
  poorest rural communities.
• Special emphasis to areas and countries
  affected by desertification within framework of
  UNCCD
• Share information and best practices through an
  Inter-American network on sustainable
  agriculture, sustainable management of forest,
  and other natural resources.
• Develop action plans and/or carrying our
  projects for sustainable use of natural
  resources, including protection of watersheds
  and biodiversity.

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Sustainable Agriculture, Forest and other
Resources Accomplishments

• Networks and Advancing Dialogue on alternative
  land uses and planning.
• Supported the UNCCD Global Mechanism Dialogue on
  Building an Enabling Environment for Increasing
  Investment in Sustainable Land Management through
  Market Access and Trade (2007)
• Executed GEF Project on Preventing Land
  Degradation through Sustainable Land Management
  in the Caribbean
• Full Size Project (12M) prepared funding being
  sought
• Conducted analyses on opportunities and
  constraints for SLM through trade
• Supported dialogue in MERCOSUR countries on
  Sustainability of Soy Production
• Analysis and Dialogue on Best Practices in
  Sustainable Management of Soil (IUCN-CEL)
• Organized Dialogue on Payment for Ecological
  Systems (PES )(DC, Brasilia)
• Networks IWRN, FIDA, IABIN

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Sustainable Agriculture, Forest and other
Resources Accomplishments

• Strategies and integrated policies, coordination
  with other institutions to address needs of
  sustainable production and improve quality of
  life of poorest rural communities.
• Integrated Policy Recommendations for Sustainable
  Soy Production in MERCOSUR countries
• Payment for Ecosystem Services in Paraguay
  project with 200 beneficiary families - received
  World Bank Development Marketplace Crystal Award-
• Pilot projects related to sustainable production
  in context of IWRN (ie. Guarani, Sao Francisco)
  and other projects such as Brazil-Suriname
• Cooperation with UNCCD-Global Mechanism,
  UNEP-GEF, Ecosystems Marketplace, Katoomba Group
  etc.
• Forest Chapter of UNDP Economics of Biodiversity
  Report (2010)
• Support to Marrakesh Process-Sustainable
  Production and Consumption-

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Water Resources, Land and Health
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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• Improving water resources management practices
  to ensure quality water for human consumption and
  sustainable use without damaging environment
• Coordination and cooperation with Inter-American
  and UN system to support Member States in IWRM
  actions
• Addressing Land degradation promoting integrated
  and cross- sectoral approaches in the context of
  sustainable development.
• Developing, caring and promoting strategies to
  prevent or minimize negative impacts to
  environment and human health.

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PIDS-OAS-DSD Water, Land and Health Actionsto
serve as forum, promote exchange of information
and provide cooperation for

• supporting mechanisms for inter-governmental
  dialogue and cooperation in the development of
  policies, strategies for integrated water
  resource management.
• facilitating and strengthening the dialogue to
  address the problems that create linkages
  between environmental degradation and health.
• supporting the water and health agenda
  initiatives and work with health specialized
  agencies developing and promoting, within the
  IWRM, activities for the provision of good
  quality water and sanitation for the population.
• promoting and including, in all programs and
  projects designed, the cross-sectoral approach
  of integrated water resources management (IWRM)
  which incorporate the ecological, economic, and
  social dimensions.
• promoting the dissemination and exchange of
  information, experiences and best practices in
  water resources management and land tenure among
  the countries of the Hemisphere and
  supporting-promoting meetings such as the World
  Water Forum, the Inter-American IWRM Dialogue,
  among others .

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PIDS-OAS-DSD Water, Land and Health Actionsto
serve as forum, promote exchange of information
and provide cooperation for

• promoting sustainable development by providing
  technical and financial cooperation to Member
  States for the formulation and execution of
  strategic action programs for integrated water
  management.
• establishing of IWRM mechanisms taking into
  account public participation in decision making.
  
• supporting member states in their efforts to
  strengthen institutional capacity and policy,
  regulatory and legal programs in IWRM.
• supporting the member states in their efforts
  to include rehabilitation of ecosystems into
  integrated water resource management and land
  management practices.
• considering in their projects and programs
  studies on threats to health caused by
  environmental degradation and threats to water
  quality that involve problems associated with
  hazardous wastes and persistent organic
  pollutants.
• supporting projects and programs on sustainable
  fisheries management, policies that enable
  recognition of wetlands, strengthening actions
  that ensue their ecological wealth.

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Project Level
Coastal Caribbean Aquifers
Information Exchange Level
Upper Paraguay River Basin
IWRM Focal Points
San Juan River Basin
Bermejo River Basin
Other networks
Policy Level
Water Resources in Brazil
Delta
Guarani Aquifer
CEHICA
San Francisco

Summit of the Americas Process
Parnaíba River Basin - Brazil
Transboundary Aquifers Focal Points
Ministerials
Artibonito
CIDS, PIDS
Plata Basin
Regional Dialogues
Amazon Basin
Water and Health
PRODEAM - Brazil
Rio Negro
World Water Forum
Wider Caribbean Water Resources Adaptation to
Climate Change
Esmeralda River Basin
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PIDS-OAS-DSD Water, Land and Health
Accomplishments

• supporting mechanisms for inter-governmental
  dialogue and cooperation
• Convened several international and Inter
  American Dialogues, workshops, seminars, and
  conferences on Integrated Water Resources
  Management addressing emerging issues like
  transboundary aquifers and climate change. These
  activities have the participation of high level
  governmental authorities, scientists, NGOs and
  civil society in close partnership and
  collaboration with important water resources
  organizations of the world and national
  institutions of Members States.
• Coordinated the network of national water
  resources Focal Points.
• dialogues supporting agendas in environmental
  degradation and health, and good quality water
  and sanitation for the population.
• Identification, by National Focal points on water
  resources, of the main activities to be supported
  on water availability and access to drinking
  water (AG.RES Resolution 2347).
• Participation in regional initiatives that
  promote convergence of potable water and health
  agendas.

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PIDS-OAS-DSD Water, Land and Health
Accomplishments

• cross-sectoral approach, promoting exchange of
  information, experiences and best practices on
  integrated water resources management (IWRM)
• Specific Projects like DELTAmerica were
  implemented to establish the basis for a
  systematic and efficient information exchange.
• Regional-digital nodes developed under the Inter
  American Water Resources Network (IWRN).
• DSD is updating this mechanism in order to keep
  an efficient flow of information among the
  National Water Focal Points.
• Projects and other main activities generate
  publication presenting results and important
  findings. There is constant dissemination of this
  information through the DSD web and other
  outreach mechanisms.
• An important exchange of information mechanism is
  periodic National Focal Points meetings which
  include review and validation of the information
  prepared by the projects.
• Exchange of information also promoted by
  participation of National Focal Points, project
  and DSD personnel in international conferences,
  seminars and workshops.

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PIDS-OAS-DSD Water, Land and Health
Accomplishments

• Providing technical and financial cooperation
• Project portfolio of IWRM section since 2006
  totalling more than 100 millions in project
  activities.
• The new project generation of IWRM projects will
  bring the processes of conceptualization and
  execution directly to the area of work,
  establishing a closer link with all water actors,
  including governments, NGOs, academics, private
  sector and youth.
• Particular attention to these new projects is
  given to the development of a new culture on
  water use for the continent based on youth
  activities and their interactions with
  communities and decision making.
• IWRM and decentralization of actions toward local
  governments is being also considered by the DSD
  as a new need in Member States cooperation.

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PIDS-OAS-DSD Water, Land and Health
Accomplishments

• supporting member states in their efforts to
  strengthen institutional capacity and policy,
  regulatory and legal programs in IWRM
• GEF project for the Environmental Protection and
  Sustainable Integrated Management of the Guaraní
  Aquifer (SAG) promoted a legal, institutional,
  and technical framework for the protection and
  sustainable development of the SAG.
• Institutional strengthening and legal/policy
  frameworks for IWRM in the context of GEF-funded
  initiatives, including the establishment of Basin
  Committees, preparation of water resources basin
  plans, environmental zoning, and management plans
  for critical areas, has been supported by the
  DSD.
• A US3 million technical cooperation program
  implemented with the Government of Brazil to
  support and strengthen institutional capacity for
  environmental management in urban areas (SRHU).
• Institutional strengthening of government
  agencies responsible for water resource
  management and environment in Argentina and
  Bolivia, accomplished through the Bermejo
  Project.
• Support the countries of the region in
  implementing a legal and institutional framework
  for integrated transboundary aquifers (the legal
  and institutional component of the program
  UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas).

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Natural Hazard Risk Management
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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• Reduction of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
  through Integrated Approach. Policy Formulation
  Support, Vulnerability Assessment. Focus on
  people, infrastructure and natural resource base
  for economic development.

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Support OAS Member States priorities in adapting
  to and managing the risk associated to NH,
  considering the characteristics and special needs
  of SIDS
• Provide technical and policy recommendations
  related to NHRM to mainstream Risk Management
  into development policy and planning
• Reduce vulnerability
• Create conditions for timely and effective
  humanitarian assistance
• Foster accountability and effective use of
  recovery and reconstruction assistance, by
  creating jobs and specialized labor and technical
  capacity
• Promote community-based prevention, preparedness,
  mitigation and response in cases of disaster
  (i.e. Early Warning Systems - EWS)
• Foster public-private partnerships for risk
  transfer
• Support coordination of international and
  national activities (i.e. implementation of
  OAS-IASP UNISRD Global and Regional Platforms)
  and
• Support the review of legal and institutional
  frameworks for creating enabling conditions for
  humanitarian assistance, lifting barriers to the
  deployment of humanitarian assistance teams, and
  food, medicine and goods distribution.

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Natural Hazards Risk Management Accomplishments
Natural Hazards Risk Management Accomplishments

• The DSD carries out its mandates and directives
  in NHRM, through
• Project execution for developing good practices
  and addressing pressing issues in critical areas.
  i.e. Schools retrofitting Program CQA in the
  Caribbean and EWS in CA
• 2) Networking for information and knowledge
  sharing, to share and replicate good practices,
  and transfer knowledge and experience, optimizing
  human and financial resources (establishment of
  the INDM) and
• 3) Mechanisms and tools at the policy formulation
  intervention level, namely, the OAS General
  Assembly, the Permanent Council, and the various
  committees of the OAS and the Inter-American
  System, particularly, the IACNDR and the
  Hemispheric Security Committee (HSC). i.e.
  Workshop on Disaster Assistance and Disaster
  Management in the Americas convened by the OAS
  ASG and support to AG/Res. 2492 (XXXIX-O/09)
  PC-CEPCIDI JWG.
• The Inter-American Network for Disaster
  Mitigation (INDM) provides
• A platform to advance the UNISDR HFA Regional
  Platform of the Americas and the IACNDR/IASP
• Support of the exchange and sharing of practical
  experiences and
• Expert judgment and criteria to translate them
  into good practices.
• INDM formally recognized as the permanent
  hemispheric mechanism for strengthening practical
  cooperation and sharing technical information
  and best practices, through AG/Res 2314
  (XXXVII-O/07).

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Natural Hazards Risk Management Accomplishments

• The INDM capitalizes on the capacity, expertise
  and strengths of its members and provides a wide
  range of services and goods, such as
• A Web-based Dynamic Institutional Mapping Tool
  (DIMT)
• Information on organizations and contacts
• Cooperation agreements and administrative
  and legal instruments for joint projects and
  programs
• Projects, including events seminars ad
  conferences, workshops, meetings, and
  conventions and
• Experts and policy and decision-makers.
• Geographic-specific Thematic Sub Regional Forums
  (Central American Isthmus, Caribbean Small Island
  States, and the Andean Community) to address
  specific issues, based on geographic profiles,
  needs and thematic priorities.
• Inter-Agency Coordination among Inter-American
  and UN Systems organizations, is fostered by the
  Network.
• In its three first years of existence, sponsored
  three major hemispheric events
• Two Hemispheric Encounters (2007 and 2010)
• The First Session of the Regional Platform
  (2009)

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Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• Critical role of Biodiversity in Sustainable
  Development, addressing hunger and poverty.
  Efforts to avoid biodiversity loss through public
  policy and international commitments. Recognition
  of value of traditional knowledge. Appropriating
  funding.

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Integrating conservation and sustainable use of
  biodiversity into the land-use planning and land
  management process
• Promoting Dialogue and sharing information on
  conservation and sustainable use of biological
  diversity through networks such as IABIN
• Development of the Western Hemisphere Migratory
  Species Initiative (WHMSI),
• Promote sustainable forest management and address
  illegal practices,
• Promotion of forest law enforcement and
  governance at the national, sub-national,
  regional and sub-regional levels,

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Effective implementation and enforcement, at the
  national and sub-national levels, of laws,
  policies and regulations that address illegal
  trade in endangered species, through the
  implementation of CITES
• Supporting the governments in the management of
  an IABIN
• Improving regional cooperation for biodiversity
  management
• Creating and strengthening the capacity to
  address critical issues at a regional level such
  as invasive species, migratory species, amphibian
  declines, wildlife trafficking, and the spread of
  wildlife and zoonotic diseases, among others.
• Building capacity for the development of data
  layers and assessment of environmental information

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Carrying out regional, sub-regional, and
  bilateral projects for the management and
  sustainable use of biological diversity
• Supporting countries in identifying new protected
  areas in the region, and formulating plans for
  the management of protected areas
• Promoting integrated soil management and measures
  to combat desertification through sustainable
  development projects
• Development of environmental legislation to
  conserve biodiversity and water resources and to
  combat desertification.

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Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Accomplishments

• Improving regional cooperation for biodiversity
  management, carrying out regional, sub-regional,
  and bilateral projects for the management and
  sustainable use of biological diversity.
  Development of WHMSI
• High Andean Wetlands Regional Strategy for the
  Conservation and Sustainable Use of High Andean
  Wetlands (HAW).
• Marine Ecosystem Services Valuation Program
  (ReefFix)
• Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
  (IABIN),
• Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative
  (WHMSI),
• Market-based approaches to the conservation of
  biological diversity, through the support of
  Payment for Ecological Services (PES).

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Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Accomplishments

• Promoting Dialogue and sharing information on
  conservation and sustainable use of biological
  diversity through networks such as IABIN.
  Management of IABIN. Data Layers and information

1. Specimens
2. Species
3. Ecosystems
4. Invasive Species
5. Pollinators
6. Protected Areas

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• capacity to address critical issues at a regional
  level
• 127 (average 10,000) data content creation
  grants awarded to 18 countries to digitize key
  biodiversity data to be uploaded on a geospatial
  platform to allow for value added decision making
  products such as environmental assessment,
  alternative development scenario evaluation,
  climate change predictions, and carbon
  sequestration potential.

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Western Hemispheric Migratory Species Initiative
(WHMSI) Project Milestones for 2006-2010 WHMSI
is a capacity building initiative to conserve
and manage migratory wildlife improve
hemispheric communication on conservation issues
of common interest provide training in priority
areas strengthen the exchange of information
needed for informed decision-making and provides
a forum to address emerging issues such as new
threats to migratory species, or the connections
between wildlife disease and human diseases.


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Coastal Zone Management and Adaptation to Climate
Change
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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• .

• Respond and counter adverse effects of climate
  change in socio economic fields, particularly sea
  level rise in coastal marine areas through
  efforts such as adaptation planning,
  vulnerability assessment and capacity building.

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Policies and options for cost-effective response
  and adaptation to impacts
• Data bases and information systems, Knowledge
  Increase on the impacts on socioeconomic sectors
• Establish and operate sea level/climate and coral
  reef monitoring
• Develop appropriate methodologies for coastal
  vulnerability and risk assessment and mapping.

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Coastal Zone Management and Adaptation
Accomplishments

• Assessing and Mitigating the Impacts of Climate
  Change on Coastal Infrastructure in Jamaica
  (Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Project)
• Assisted with the convening of meetings of the
  Permanent Council and the on Climate Change
• Supported the convening of the Global Conference
  on indigenous Peoples and Climate Change in
  Anchorage Alaska as a member of the Planning
  Committee
• Provided technical support to the Caribbean
  Community Climate Change Centre through
  Cooperative Agreement signed in April 2008
• Supported the design of a Regional Strategy on
  Climate Change and Sustainable Development
• Supported the design of a regional negotiating
  strategy for COP 15
• Participated in meetings of the CARICOM Task
  Force on Climate Change established by CARICOM
  Heads of Government in 2008
• Supported the fund-raising efforts of the Centre
  through project design and promotion

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• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Promotion
  Energy and Climate Change Mitigation

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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• Promoting the development of sustainable energy
  policies and projects, in cooperation with the
  private sector, in order to expand renewable
  energy, energy efficiency, and energy security in
  the region

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum for

• Organizing and implementing the REIA Initiative
  which builds collaborative partnerships to
  accelerate the use of renewable energy and energy
  efficiency technologies throughout the Americas.
  
• Participation in renewable energy and energy
  efficiency partnerships launched at the World
  Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD).
• Promoting policy and regulatory measures to
  advance the use of renewable energy and
  energy-efficiency technologies in the Americas.
• Developing and accessing innovative financing
  mechanisms suited to the technical
  characteristics of renewable energy and energy
  efficiency technologies and appropriate to the
  social and economic needs of the demographically
  diverse end-users.
• Identifying and promoting renewable energy and
  energy efficiency project opportunities in the
  Americas.
• Sharing information on renewable energy and
  energy efficient technologies and delivering
  technical assistance and training on matters
  related to sustainable energy development.

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Energy Accomplishments

• Networks/Summit/Ministerial Meetings
• REIA evolved into the Sustainable Energy
  Partnership of the Americas (SEPA) to reflect the
  broad challenges facing the energy sector in the
  hemisphere
• DSD played supported the 37th GA in Panama,
  particularly with regard to the drafting of the
  declaration Energy for Sustainable Development
  in the Americas
• OAS/DSD/SEPA provided technical assistance and
  support for the organization of the Energy
  Security component of the Fifth Summit of the
  Americas held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2009
• The Department of Sustainable Development
  supported the organization and currently serves
  as the host for the of the Energy and Climate
  Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) Clearinghouse
  (www.ecpamericas.org)
• Organization of the Energy and Climate
  Ministerial of the Americas on April 15 and 16,
  2010

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Energy Accomplishments

• Support Innovative Policy and Financing
  Initiatives
• Contributed to the preparation of sustainable
  energy laws/policies/regulations/plans in
  Guatemala, Mexico, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia,
  St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, El
  Salvador, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Brazil
• Supported the design and/or use of innovative
  financing tools throughout the Americas
• Liaison with Private Sector Forum through the GA
  process

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Energy Accomplishments

• Identify/Promote/Share Information Regarding
  Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
  Opportunities
• Feasibility and project promotion for geothermal
  energy in the Eastern Caribbean
• Identification of energy efficiency (ESCO)
  opportunities in Brazil, Mexico, Central America
• Facilitate Solar Powered Schools Program in
  Central America
• Supported the assessment of sustainable biofuels
  initiatives (US-Brazil Partnership) in El
  Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti,
  St. Kitts and Nevis and Dominican Republic
• Implemented numerous sustainable energy
  training/workshop sessions (ie. Geothermal Energy
  in the Andean Region, Energy Efficiency Workshop
  Mexico, Energy Policy Reform Workshop
  Argentina, Solar Hot Water Finance for the
  Caribbean Grenada)
• Organization and management of OAS/SEPA website
  and ECPA website (www.oas.org/dsd
  www.sepa-america.net www.ecpamericas.org)
• Preparation of over a dozen publications
  regarding development and use of sustainable
  energy technologies

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• Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening
  for Sustainable Development

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PIDS Emphasizes the importance of

• .Role of Democracy and Public Participation in
  Sustainable Development. Identifying best
  practices and developing technical skills.
  Development of integral policies that take into
  account, economic, social and environmental
  aspects of Sustainable Development. Development
  and Strengthening of Environmental Law. Community
  based approach. Safeguard of livelihoods.

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PIDS OAS -DSD to serve as forum, promote
exchange of information and provide cooperation
for

• Facilitating Dialogue on Traditional Knowledge.
• Developing and Strengthening Environmental Law
  and Policy and facilitate Exchange of
  Information and Experiences
• Reinforcing incentives for Compliance
• Collaboration amongst experts on environmental
  law
• Exchange information on Environmental
  Cooperation Activities in the region
• Collaboration with public, private and civil
  society organizations in environmental law and
  policy.
• Support member States comply with commitments
  in environmental agreements
• Develop Capacity to support good environmental
  management
• Build Capacity to undertake EIAs
• Integration of three dimensions of sustainable
  development in decision- making and development
  plans.

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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments

• Traditional Knowledge
• Module on Trade and Environment Course
• Support to IPR value-added product identification
  in Caribbean
• Developing and Strengthening Environmental Law
  and Policy and facilitate Exchange of
  Information and Experiences
• One-on-one technical assistance to member States
• Development of databases on general environmental
  legislation and water laws
• Exchange of experiences on public participation
  mechanisms
• Supporting efforts of Member States to address
  trade and related challenges
• Design with CITES Secretariat of Program to
  address implementation of the Convention and the
  National level
• Analysis of Water Legal and Institutional
  Frameworks Challenges and Opportunities

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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments

• Compliance with commitments in environmental
  agreements and Exchange information on
  Environmental Cooperation Activities in the
  region
• Support to DR-CAFTA countries regarding progress
  in achieving long term environmental goals
  pursuant to environmental Cooperation Agreement
  (ECA)
• Mapping of cooperation activities in Central
  America within and outside ECA

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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments

• Incentives for Compliance
• Development of database on PES-related
  legislation and transactions including market
  base instruments
• Working group (RF and private firms) support
  countries implement incentives
• Challenges and Opportunities for SLM through
  trade
• Collaboration with public, private and civil
  society organizations and among experts in
  environmental law and policy.
• Establishment of Environmental Law Advisory Group
  
• FIDA network, dialogue on Priorities and emerging
  trends in key topics of Environmental Law Support
  member States comply with commitments in
  environmental agreements and good environmental
  management
• ISP
• Build Capacity to undertake EIAs
• Support to countries through Environmental Impact
  Assessments of Trade Program
• Integrated Policy Making Support
• Trade and Environment in the Americas Initiative
• Policy recommendations and input emerging from
  projects at various levels

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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments
Budget and Fundraising Revenue by Donor
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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments
Budget and Fundraising Yearly Revenue by Year
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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments
Operations and Budget
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Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening Accomplishments
Operations and Budget
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Challenges

• Absence of an effective national and regional
  policy framework
• Lack of absorptive capacity due to brain drain
  and staff turnover
• Inefficient use of resources
• Balancing ISDA requirements with national
  imperatives
• Fragmented institutional arrangements - lack of
  effective coordination mechanisms
• Country ownership
• Lack of sustainability
• Way OAS-DSD is perceived nationally as a
  foreign entity not as an extension of national
  space

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Financial Challenges

• Dramatic decline in funding to region due to
  change in geographic focus of donors
• Donor fatigue
• More intense competition for available resources
• Presence of more and stronger regional
  intergovernmental agencies
• Operational policies of donors such as GEF
• Lack of transparency and predictability in
  operational procedures of some donors

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Opportunities

• Non-traditional donors
• Fostering closer fit between diplomatic
  relationships and national/regional interests
• Emphasizing enhanced technology transfer
• Emphasizing enhanced technical cooperation
• Promoting stronger role for national level
  agencies in program design, implementation and
  evaluation
• Encouraging country ownership of PIDS and other
  strategic instruments
• Establishment of Adaptation Fund
• GEF Implementing Agency Status