OfficeFor Sustainable

Development and EnvironmentODSMAOSDE

Agenda for the Sustainable Development of the Americas

Successful Environmental Capacity Building Partnerships

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Inter American System

• Organization of American States OAS

• Inter American Development Bank IDB

• Pan-American Health Organization PAHO

• Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas

• Inter American Institute for Cooperation on

Agriculture IICA

• UN Environment Program UNEP

• World Bank

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Support to the Bolivia Preparatory Process Inter American Committee on Sustainable Development – 34 Country Plan of Action

Integrated Transboundary Water Resources

Natural Hazards Risk Management

Conservation & Sustainable use of Biodiversity

Coastal Zone Management & Adaptation to Climate Change

Environmental Governance, Law, & Economics

Strategic Priority Areas

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External Project FundsUnder Execution US$000

Total = $56,245.8

Bilateral Funds33%

World Bank (GEF)37%

UNEP (GEF)30%

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OSDE PROJECT CYCLE

Project Demand Analysis

Project formulation + stakeholder

analysis

Reform policy, institutional, legal

frameworks

Public-private Donor

negotiation

Project execution

Project deliverables/final

report/publications

Quantitative performance

Indicators

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Trans Boundary Water Resources ManagementProposed and under Execution Projects

Bermejo River Basin* US$ 3.221

Upper Paraguay River Basin* US$5.878.5

San Juan River Basin* US$ 3.929.8

Upper ParaguayBasin Information System US$750

San Francisco RiverBasin* US$ 4.4080

Acuífero Guaraní* US$350

Parnaíba ValleyUS$1.100

Bermejo River Basin Phase II US$ 9.000

Putumayo River Basin (Block B) * US$350

Water Recourses in Brazil* US$ 9.900

Amazonia Brasileña(PRODEAM)* US$9.900

Technical Cooperation

* Under execution

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Estímulos para Acción ConjuntaAumento del uso y de la

demanda;

Riesgo de contaminación en áreas de recarga;

Mitigación irreversible y costosa;

Signales de perdidad decuantidad y calidad enareas transfronterizas y hot spots;

Necesidad de integrar recursos subterraneos enlas acciones nacionales de gerenciamiento de água;

Posibilidad de harmonización de laspoliticas de Manejo Integrado de recursos Hidricos.

Lecciones Aprendidas

Regional 4 Country policy, legal, institutionalframework foraquifermanagement;

Transparentprocess and publicparticipationmanaged by honestbroker

http://www.sg-guarani.org

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Upper Paraguay Basin Information System

Policies

Regional dialogues

National Dialogue

Vision for the Americas

Bermejo River Basin

Upper Paraguay River Basin

San Juan River Basin

Water Resources in Brazil

Guarani Aquifer (Block B)

Parnaíba River Basin - Brazil

Bermejo River Basin Face II

Putumayo River Basin (Block B)

Amazonia - Brazil (PRODEAM)

United States of America

Focal Points

IWRN

Information Exchange

Technical Cooperation

Mexico

Bolivia

Water dialogues

Water Resources ManagementPre-Investment Studies for Private Sector

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Hemispheric Initiatives

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN);Inter-Summit Property Systems Initiative (IPSI);Inter-American Strategy for Public Participation in Decision-making for Sustainable Development (ISP); The Renewable Energy in the Americas Initiative (REIA); Inter-American Forum on Environmental Law (FIDA). Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (IACNDR);

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Inter American Biodiversity Information NetworkThematic Networks

Inter American Biodiversity Information NetworkThematic Networks

SpecimensSpeciesEcosystemsInvasive SpeciesPollinatorsProtected Areas

Photo by R. Westbrooks. U. S. Geological Survey. 2001.

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Land Tenure / Property Registration

Support and Executes activities under the Inter-Summit Property Systems Initiative (IPSI)

IPSI is designed to help the countries to rationalize and modernize their property registration systems.IPSI’s new interactive community of practice is called LandNetAmericasOfrece regular updates of significant events and documents on land issues in the Americas and information on the Summit of the Americas mandates related to property registrationIt hosts the Inter-American Alliance for Accountability on Real Property Rights

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Eastern Caribbean Geothermal Development Project (Geo-Caraïbes) –GEF+ Funded

St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, DominicaResource exploration, Policy preparation, and Subsidized drilling risk financeCatalyze multiple commercial geothermal projects and inter-island electricity transmission

Renewable Energy

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Promotion of Sustainable Energy Service - REIA

Creation of a Hemispheric Program for the Promotion of Renewable Energy in the Americas (REIA)

In Partnership with the member statesEstablishment of the REIA Secretariat at the OAS

Overcoming key barriers to development by providing technical assistance

Policy and regulatory reform (subsidies-incentives)Human and institutional capacityEnvironmental/social assessment/monitoringIncreased access to “appropriate finance”

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Global Sustainable Energy Islands Initiative

Project Details:Technical assistance project to assist SIDs with clean energy policy (Sustainable Energy Plans and Electricity Laws), project identification, and project financing (Caribbean Solar Loan Program)Funding package from USAID, UNF, and UK FCO … $750,000

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Natural Hazard Vulnerability Reduction

Cooperation Programs for reduction and mitigation of effects of Natural Hazards on Population, infrastructure and environment:

Risk and vulnerability evaluation (building standards)Training in mitigation techniquesPolicy formulationMitigation measures for investment projects

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Natural Hazards Vulnerability ReductionImproving construction codes and practicesHurricane Resistant Home Improvement programs in informal sectorPartnerships with private sector: Insurance and Mortgage financingHazard mappingSupporting Community level preparedness and prevention initiatives

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Home Retrofit

Retrofitted homes in one Carib community in Dominica survived hurricanes Luis and Marilyn in 1995, while neighboring non-retrofitted homes were damaged.

Results

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Identify Regulatory and Voluntary Performance Approaches Organic Certified Agriculture, Certified sustainable eco-tourism, Forest Certification) Four examples are Marin Organic Certified Agriculture (United States), Starbucks (shade coffee from Central America), Home Depo(certified forest products from Chile) and Green Globe certified hotels throughout the Caribbean.

Supporting Environmental Management through Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, and Tourism.