SICA, ECADERT & BELIZE
SICA, ECADERT & BELIZEThe Central American Integration System (SICA) is the institutional framework of
Regional Integration in Central America, created by the States of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
SICA was established on December 13, 1991, by the signing of the Tegucigalpa Protocol
Relevant bodies of the System
Meeting of Presidents and Heads of State. It is the supreme organ of the Central American Integration System.
Councils of Ministers: One of these is the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC). It was also created in 1991.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Belize is a member of the CAC
SICA, ECADERT & BELIZEECADERT is an initiative in the framework of the SICA
Its formulation process was approved by the XXXIII Central American Presidents and Heads of State Summit (December 5, 2008)
They agreed to formulate the Central American Strategy for Rural Territorial Development in the following way
To instruct the Central American Agricultural Council to prioritize the development of a Central American Strategy for the Rural Territorial Sustainable Development, in coordination with relevant institutions of SICA, and to manage regional and international technical cooperation and financial support for this strategy
ECADERT Formulation & Approval Process
Establishment Regional Team
(SECAC, IICA, RUTA)
Establishment of Working Groups
Preparatory Phase
Guidelines for the process
Formulation
Definition of General aspects (Vision, mission,
objectives, functions, etc)
Final Regional and National consultation
Draft version of ECADERT
Revision & consultation
Ministers Council CAC
Presentation to Ministers of
Foreign Affairs
Presidential and Heads of State
Summit approves
Political Agreements
GTI-CAC reviews and
approves
Presentation to International
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Dec 08 – Feb 09 Mar – Aug 09 Aug - Oct 09 Nov - Dec 2009
Contributions to the formulation
process
GTI-CAC reviews and approves
Adjustment based on
consultation process
CA Meeting about RTD
First national and regional
consultation
Central American Agricultural Council
Regi
onal
CAC Council of Ministers
ECADERT Regional Committee
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Regional Action Plans
SICA Advisory Committee
Ex. Secr. CAC Regional multi-sector actions
CA Network of territorial action groups
Exchange of experience and horizontal cooperation
SICA Secretariats Commission
ECADERT National Committee
Governing entity for Rural Dvpt.
Long-term developmentgoals
Strategic plansInvestment plans
Annual work plans
National Action Plans
Coordination amon sectores and institutions
RTD Technical Support Platform
Financing via Multi-Agency Fund
CA capacity-building programfor RTD
Social audit, follow-up, assessm
ent, and learning
TAG, other org.
Local stakeholdersand institutions
Public institutions Civil society
Local authorities
Informal networks
PROCESSESLEVELS
• ECADERT webpage at www.territorioscentroamericanos.org
• Electronic fora: General, Family farming, Rural youth, Knowldege management, Education and capacity-building
• General information and gender issues at www.ruta.org