12th Biennial Congress and Caribbean Youth Environmental Summit

Fourth meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Principle 10)

Launching of Chile's Environmental Performance Review

Lanzamiento de la Evaluación de desempeño ambiental de Chile, instancia para un diálogo directo sobre la implementación de las recomendaciones que emanan del documento.…

Seminar "Mining, Sustainable Development Goals and environmental democracy in Andean countries"

El Seminario tiene como objetivos ofrecer una instancia de discusión y reflexión de cómo la minería puede contribuir a alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en los Países Andinos, con énfasis en el ODS 16, y fomentar el diálogo entre expertos en minería y medio ambiente en la región.…

Round Table on Principle 10 at the Brazilian Congress on Environmental Law

Presentation of the recommendations of Peru's first Environmental Performance Review (ECLAC/OECD)

The recommendations of Peru's Environmental Performance Review, undertaken jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will be presented on 31 May 2016 at the headquarters of Ministry of the Environment of Peru. It is first time the country goes through this peer review in which the environmental policies and programmes are analized with a view to identify good practices and challenges and propose recommendations. The Minister of the Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar-V…

UNEA-2 Side Event: Regional Efforts to Enhance the Application of Principle 10 for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Third meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

The third meeting of the Negotiating Committee took place on 5 to 8 April 2016 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The purpose of this meeting was to resume negotiations on the substantive content of the regional agreement, using as a basis the second version of the text compiled by the Presiding Officers, which includes the language proposals sent by countries. …

Workshop on public participation in environmental decision-making: trends, challenges and lessons learned

The workshop will have simultaneous interpretation from Spanish into English and viceversa. The programme and additional information are available at: http://negociacionp10.cepal.org/3/en/programme/workshop-public-particip……

Second meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Principle 10)

The second meeting of the Negotiating Committee will take place on 27 to 29 October 2015 in Panama City. The purpose of this meeting is to negotiate the substantive content of the regional instrument. The negotiations will focus on the preamble and articles 1 to 10 of the preliminary document prepared by ECLAC at the request of countries, using as a basis the text compiled by the Presiding Officers, which includes the language proposals sent by countries by 31 August 2015.…

Intersessional meeting (virtual) of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean (Principle 10)

First Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean (Principle 10)

Fourth Meeting of the Focal Points appointed by the Governments of the Signatory Countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

According to the Plan of Action to 2014, adopted in Guadalajara in April 2013, the objective of the meeting is to advance towards the creation of a regional instrument for the full implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, determining in particular definitions on the nature and content of the regional instrument.…

Regional workshop on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

The workshop had as its objectives to disseminate and exchange practices and knowledge on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers of OECD countries in Latin American and Caribbean and to raise awareness and understanding of this tool as an instrument to favour efficient, informed and inclusive environmental management considering national and regional initiatives and processes under way.…

Seventh Meetings of the Workings groups created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Groups 1 and 2)

Seventh Meetings of the Workings groups created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Groups 1 and 2)…

Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Working group on capacity-building and cooperation, created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Group 1)

Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Working group on capacity-building and cooperation, created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Group 1)…

Sixth Meeting of the Working group on rights of access and regional instrument (Group 2)

The objective of the group is to deepen knowledge on access rights with the outlook of proposing the nature and contents of a regional instrument.…

Workshop on the Principle 10 and the regional process

Workshop jointly organized by ECLAC, the Government of Uruguay, CAInfo and GAIA.…

Fifth Virtual Meeting of the Working group on capacity-building and cooperation, created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Group 1)

Fifth Virtual Meeting of the Working group on capacity-building and cooperation, created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Group 1)…

Fifth Meeting of the Working group on rights of access and regional instrument (Group 2)

The objective of the group is to deepen knowledge on access rights with the outlook of proposing the nature and contents of a regional instrument.…