7th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Barbados Presentation on Amazon project

1. 1- ACTO/UNEP/GEF Overall Amazon Project Framework
• Regional legal framework: Amazon Cooperation Treaty (Bolivia,
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela).
• Regional institutional framework: ACTO/Permanent Secretariat
(2002) / Coordination for Environment / National Focal Points
• Regional strategic framework: Amazonian Strategic Cooperation
Agenda (2010)
• Regional political framework: Presidential and Ministerial
Declarations – mandates and soft law: Protect, manage and preserve the
region’s water resources to ensure the health of the fluvial ecosystem
• Regional technical and political interface: Project Steering
Committee

2. 2 - Governance & Institutional Strengthening: outcomes and
indicators
AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL (ACTO)
• Increased understanding of ACTO’s institutional role as coordinator of regional
transboundary water resources management in the Amazon basin
• Increased technical and financial autonomy (UTA), new headquarters of
PS/ACTO
• Strengthened ability to provide capacity building activities (training courses)
• Strengthened regional political and technical dialogue on IWRM and climate
change adaptation (3 regional Ministerial meetings, 2 regional WS).
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
• Improved national inter-sectorial coordination for IWRM (4 IMC)
• Improvement of national institutional and legal frameworks, 8 nat. inventories
ACROSS THE BORDER
• Improved local governance for CC adaptation (early warning system / MAP
region)