Final Report Draft On the UNCCD Launching process of alignment

Final Report Draft
On the
UNCCD Launching process of alignment of Action
Programmes to Combat Desertification with the 10-Year
Strategy for South American countries
held in Montevideo from July 6 to 7, 2009.
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FINAL REPORT OF THE ALIGNMENT OF ACTION PROGRAMMES TO THE 10-YEAR STRATEGY
WORKSHOP FOR SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY – JULY, 6 – 7, 2009.
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
1. The UNCCD launching workshop for the alignment of Action Programmes to the 10Year Strategy for the South American countries was convened in coordination with the
Government of the Republic of Uruguay, to take place in Montevideo on July 6 to 7,
2009.
2. The opening ceremony of the alignment workshop took place on July 6, 2009 in
Montevideo. The opening address was given by Ms. Giselle Beja Valent, National
Focal Point of Uruguay.
II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
A. Elections of Officers
3. The following officers were elected members of the Bureau of the Alignment
Workshop:
Chairwoman:
Rapporteur:
Mrs. Giselle Beja Valent (Uruguay)
Mr. Wilfredo Alfaro (Chile)
B. Adoption of the Agenda
4. In the first session, conducted on the 6th of July, the meeting approved the orally
corrected Agenda as follows:
1.
Opening meeting;
2.
The need for NAP alignment in view of the Convention and the Strategy;
a) General provisions of the Convention in connection with NAPs, SRAPs and
RAPs;
b) Relevant COP decisions and the progress made in the NAP process;
c) The Strategy and the arising need for alignment;
d) CRIC 7 recommendations regarding Action Programmes alignment;
e) Integrated financial strategies in the alignment process;
f) General discussions;
3.
Review of the proposed methodology and approach:
a) Presentation of the first part of the draft guidelines: focus areas;
b) Presentation of the second part of the draft guidelines: the process;
c) Discussions;
4.
Review of the status of NAPs and alignment needs:
a) Experience in the process of aligning Argentinean NAP;
b) Approved NAPs;
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Review of the draft Guidelines,
a) Review of the focus areas;
b) Review of the alignment process;
6.
Presentation of results and general discussion.
7.
Closing Session.
C. Attendance
5. Representatives of the following 8 Parties to the UNCCD attended the NAP
alignment workshop:
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
6. The complete list of participants is included in annex I.
III. CONCLUSIONS Y RECOMMENDATIONS
7. The representatives of the Convention Party countries attending the workshop of
alignment of Action Programmes to the 10-Year Strategy elaborate the following
conclusions and recommendations:
(a)
The alignment of Action Programmes to the Strategy could be defined as
the “participative, educative, interactive, interdisciplinary and interinstitutional process performed by the National Focal Points together with
their respective national coordination bodies aiming to review and
document the contributions of the respective Action Programmes to the
objectives of the 10-Year Strategy, prioritizing the activities related to the
alignment process with their respective performance indicators for these
activities”;
(b)
The voluntary character in the utilization of the guidelines for the
alignment process of Action Programmes should be highlighted;
(c)
The guidelines for the alignment process should be based on the
elaboration of a logical framework including a monitoring and an
evaluation system to follow-up the prioritized activities;
(d)
All indications of principles and concepts included in the alignment
guidelines should be in concordance with the Convention text;
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(e)
Any references included in the guidelines related to the analysis and/or
evaluation of the National Action Programmes to be rigorously
documented;
(f)
The participating Parties reminded the Secretariat and the Global
Mechanism the request contained in the CRIC 7 report referring to the
technical support and the mobilization of resources for the alignment
process;
(g)
The Secretariat, the Global Mechanism and other cooperation agencies
are invited to strengthen the technical capacities of the Parties to carry out
the alignment process, taking into account the wide diversity and the
different needs of each Party. The projects on “national capacity self
assessment” of the GEF could be considered in this process;
(h)
Parties suggests to incorporate in the alignment process the different
Ministries and institutions related to the combat against desertification and
drought, in order to ensure a well coordinated inter-institutional process
and its corresponding implementation support;
(i)
The scientific sector should be included to the alignment process, in
particular the Scientific Correspondents, as well as the civil society
organizations as key stockholders in the process to combat desertification;
(j)
Parties recognizes the LADA methodology and assesses it as one of the
possible options to include in the alignment process;
(k)
The Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Action Programme
(RAP) should be updated and aligned to the Strategy;
(l)
Synergies with the Conventions on sustainable development should be
consider in the context of each Convention’s specific and differential
mandate in order to provide wider coherence and consistency to the
alignment process;
(m) The Guidelines shall adjust to the reality of each country, it should be
simple, short and flexible, and it should prioritize the alignment principles
in order to make the process more cost-effective;
(n)
The guidelines should include orientation related to integrated investment
frameworks for the implementation of the Action Plans;
(o)
The alignment of Action Programmes should not include a new document
or an extra workload to the National Focal Points;
(p)
The aligned Action Programmes should include a monitoring and
evaluation system with indicators, as well as a baseline, to operationalize
their implementation and to strengthen the Convention;
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(q)
The link between the National Reports, the alignment of Action
Programmes and the Integrated Investment Frameworks should be
highlighted and seen as complementary processes that feed each other,
with the aim of integrating the same and not separating the processes.
IV. MEETING CLOSURE
D. Approval of the Final Report
8. The plenary meeting approved the report of the meeting.
E. Closing Ceremony
9. The UNCCD NAP alignment workshop ended on July 7, 2009. The representative of
Uruguay, on behalf of her government, declared the official closure of the UNCCD
launching process of alignment of Action Programmes to Combat Desertification with
the 10-Year Strategy for South American country Parties to the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification.
Montevideo, Uruguay, July 7, 2009
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ANNEX I
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE ALIGNMENT OF ACTION PROGRAMMES TO THE 10-YEAR STRATEGY WORKSHOP FOR THE
SOUTH AMERICA COUNTRIES
URUGUAY – JULY 6 AND 7, 2009
COUNTRY NAME
POSITION
2 Bolivia
Técnico PFN
Secretaría de
Ambiente.
Especialista en
César Altamirano Desertificación y
Bustillos
Terrazas
3 Brasil
José Roberto de
Lima
1 Argentina
4 Colombia
Pablo Viegas
Aurelio
Zoraida Fajardo
ADDRESS
Director de Lucha
Contra la
Desertificación
San Martín 451 - Bs. As.
Ministerio de Planificación
del Desarrollo - Av. 6 de
Agosto 2570 - La Paz
Ministerio del Medio
Ambiente - Esplanada dos
Ministerios - Bloco B Sala
735 - Brasilia DF
Profesional
Especializada
Dirección de Ecosistemas,
Ministerio de Ambiente,
Vivienda y Desarrollo
Territorial. Calle 37 # 8-40
TELEPHONE/
FAX
E-MAIL
5411-43488321/
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Ministerio de
AGRICULTURA Corporación Nacional
Forestal - Av. Bulnes 259 Of.
506 - Santiago-Chile
5 Chile
Wilfredo Alfaro
Catalán
6 Perú
Fiorella Pizzini
Coordinador
PANCCD-CHILE
Asesora de la
Dirección General de
Cambio Climático,
Ministerio del Ambiente de
Desertificación y
Perú - Av. Guardia Civil 205
Recursos Hídricos
- San Borja - Lima
7 Uruguay
Giselle Beja
Valent
Directora Asesora
Asuntos Ambientales MVOTMA-DINAMA
Internacionales
Galicia 1133 P3 Montevideo
8 Uruguay
Graciela Rossi
Asesora Asuntos
Internacionales
MVOTMA-DINAMA
Galicia 1133 P3 Montevideo
9 Uruguay
Walter Regueiro
Asesor Asuntos
Internacionales
Carlos D. Víctora
Jefe de
Departamento Uso y
Conservación de
Suelos.
MVOTMA-DINAMA
Galicia 1133 P3 Montevideo
[email protected]
Dirección Nacional de
Recursos Renovables.
Ministerio de Ganadería,
598 2
Agricultura y Pesca - Av. E. 3052778/3082595/
Garzón 456 - Montevideo
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10 Uruguay
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11 Uruguay
12 Venezuela
Secretaría
de la
13 UNCCD
Secretaría
de la
14 UNCCD
Héctor González
Idiarte
Director Recursos
Naturales
Renovables
Ministerio de Ganadería,
Agricultura y Pesca - Cerrito
318 2do. Piso - Montevideo
Luisa Elena
Aragort
Coordinadora
Programa Lucha
contra la
Desertificación,
cuencas hidrográficas
Ministerio del Poder
Popular para el Ambiente
Venezuela - Carrera 15 9-11,
Sector Cayaurima,
Barcelona, Anzoategui
UNCCD
Mónica Acosta
Coordinadora de la
Unidad de
Coordinación
Regional de ALC
C/ Presidente Masaryk 29,
Colonia Polanco, 11570
México DF, México
Principal Consultant
Helsby 8860-F, LR,
Santiago, Chile
Cesar Morales
Mecanismo
Mundial
Francisco Brzoic
UNCCD
Parilo
15
Asesor Regional para Príncipe de Gales 5892 America del Sur
Santiago, Chile
Mecanismo
Mundial
Alan González
Figueroa
16 UNCCD
Ayarco Este Casa IS-D La
Asesor Regional para Unión de Tres Ríos Cartago
Meso América
- Costa Rica
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