Report of the Secretariat on the Implementation of the Decisions of the

Eighteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin

America and the Caribbean

Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean

Meeting of High Level ExpertsLos Cabos, Mexico

11-12 March 2014

*Governance of the Forum of Ministers of

Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean• Interessional Meeting

• Experiences of the Forum of Ministers are the basis for the strengthening of the governance and institutionalism of the Forum

• Promotion of the work of the Interagency Technical Committee (ITC) to support countries in the implementation of the agenda of the Forum

Working Group to analyze

the governanc

e of the Forum of Ministers and its

operation

Meeting of the ITC and

other regional organisations to analyse the environmental agenda of the

region

*Governance of the Forum of Ministers of

Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean

Identification of prioritiy issues at subregional and regional level

Environmental Education for Sustainable Development

• Creation of the Advisory Committee

Meeting of the Focal points of the ETN 18 April 2013, San Jose

Costa Rica

Information of the countries on strategic policies and national

plans on environmental

educationSupport the participation of countries in environmental education meetings

•7th World Congress on Environmental Education• VI Global South-South Cooperation Expo

Compiled and available at: http://www.pnuma.org/educamb/reuniones.php

The Global Mechanism of the UNCCD submitted a comprehensive proposal on the Integrated Financial Strategy for the implementation of the UNCCD to the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties held in Chagwon, Korea

The Conference of the Parties of the UNCCD has given to the Secretariat and the Global Mechanism the mandate to move forward with resource mobilization to achieve the objectives requested by the Forum of Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean

The Regional Integrated Financial Strategy and its operational plan will be implemented in the biennium 2014-2015

*Regional Financial Strategy

* Air Pollution within the framework of the Regional Intergovernmental

Network

Two meetings of the Intergovernmental Network on Air Pollution were held: 2 November 2012, in Bogota Colombia, and 28-30 October 2013, in Mexico City, Mexico

Proposal of the Regional Action Plan and recommendation for the Forum of Ministers

* Environmental Indicators

Between 2012 and 2013, four countries have joined WGEI: Bahamas, El Salvador, Honduras and St Vincent and the Grenadines

Proposal of a new Plan of Work for 2014 – 2015, to provide support to the ILAC initiative and others, to support the decision making processes of the Forum of Ministers

New ILAC reports

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Adoption of the Ten Year Framework of

Programmes on Sustainable

Consumption and Production (10YFP) in the World Summit on

Sustainable Development Rio+20

Approval of the five areas for the

10YFP programmes

Seventh Regional

Meeting on Sustainable

Consumption and Production

(SCP) 24-25 June 2013, Lima, Peru

*Chemicals, Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes

Technical assistance through a series of activities and projects related to chemicals and wastes and the implementation of related MEAs,

UNEP and other organisations have implemented different projects in many countries through resource mobilisation from different sources such as GEF and SAICM.

* Chemical substances, hazardous wastes and others

To disseminate the scope of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for countries of LAC, a report was developed in 2013 that describes the main dispositions of the Convention in the context of data and regional information, including some case studies and actions that are carried out by countries.

In the framework of the Global Mercury Partnership, technical assistance was provided. Project on the storage and elimination of mercury was held in Mexico and Panama.

Small Island Developing States

Green Economy: The initial project was held in Barbados with the preparation of a scoping study. UNEP, in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat with the financial support of the European Union, has been supporting the region through the Green Economy Initiative in the Caribbean

Third International Meeting SIDS: UNEP formed an inter divisional group to supervise the preparation of a draft communication strategy.

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