FROM AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY TO THE AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY ORGANIZATION Ist Work Group Meeting for the Amazonian Social Inclusion Agenda Brasilia, october 2012 Ambassador Mauricio Dorfler Executive Director of the PS/ACTO

AMAZON GENERAL INFORMATION Amazon occupies 6% of the planet's surface; covers more than half of the tropical rainforest, and thus, it represents 15% of the overall process of photosynthesis. Its rivers contribute about 20% of the world's fresh water into the oceans. The basin has 25,000 kilometers of navigable rivers. The Amazon River extends 6.9 thousand square kilometers and has over 1,000 tributaries. The region expands over approx. 7M kilometer squares miles. corresponding to almost 40% of South America and 54% of the total area of ​​the eight ACTO member countries of the Amazon. Amazon has approximately 385 indigenous and references to 71 confirmed isolated groups (RAISG, 2012 ), and other tribal communities, who speak highly diverse languages ​​belonging to 49 indigenous language families (Línguas da Amazônia, Aryon DallÍgna Rodriguez, 1986).

It contains an unusually high diversity of species, about one quarter of that existing in the world. It is estimated that the Amazon contains 30,000 species of vascular plants, including from 5,000 to 10,000 species of trees. Of the total, 2,000 have been classified by their usefulness for food, medicine and other purposes. The Amazon is a vulnerable region, because of, among others, deforestation and agricultural expansion, as well as illegal logging, forest fires, and illegal trafficking of wildlife, as well as climatic extremes. According to the "Biodiversity Scenario: Projections for the Twentieth Century, Change in Biodiversity and Associated Ecosystem Services" of the CBD, there is growing scientific consensus that complex interactions of these and other challenges could lead to the destruction of the Amazon forests. If the current trend in land use and climate change continues, deforestation and destruction would leave less than 50% of the Amazon forest by 2030 and less than 10% of the original forest by AMAZON GENERAL INFORMATION

AMAZON OPPORTUNITIES Amazonian countries for several years made ​​significant actions to reduce loss factors of biodiversity and to increase conservation and sustainable use of it. Various strategies and action plans have been adopted by these countries, mostly in response to national needs and others, within the framework of international conventions and agreements to cooperate in all areas of work of the ACT. Development of action plans in environment, indigenous affairs, tourism, science and technology and health, as tools to define and implement actions to ensure compliance with the objectives of conservation and sustainable use of renewable natural resources and for economic and social development of the region. The Secretariat of ACTO works with other relevant Secretariats of Conventions as of Biodiversity, Climate Change and CITES, as well as Governments and cooperation agencies.

Amazon Cooperation Treaty 1978/1980 Preservation of Species: Fauna and Flora Incorporation to National Economies Water Resources Indigenous Peoples Education Health Scientific Investigation and Technology Navigation Tourism Trade: Populations at borders Infrastructure: Transport and Comunicationes Environmental Preservation / Sustainable Development South/South Cooperation Decisions by Consensus Sovereignty A HISTORY OF COOPERATION LINES OFACTIONLINES OFACTION PRINCIPLE AREAS

9 FROM ACT TO THE ACTO 1978/ /89 SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY AND ENTRY INTO FORCE STAGE OF ASSERTION OF SOVEREIGNTY Redemocratization Economic Crisis Natural Resources Amazon not priority ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE AMAZON INSTITUTIONAL WORK OF TECHNICAL COMMISSIONS, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS CREATION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS PERMANENT SECRETARIAT CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION STAGE OF IMPULSE AND POLITICAL WILL Presidential Meetings Environmental agenda Political stability Visibility of Amazon STAGE OF INSTITUTIONAL MATURATION Political commitment MC Impulse agenda Rio 92 Sustainable development Relevance of Amazon STAGE OF INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY International context Regional integration Strategic resources Priority of Amazon 1989/951995/02 STRATEGIC PLAN 2004 – 2012 EXPANSION OF FUNDING PORTFOLIO 2002/09

10 INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT Action Plan 2007/2008, July of 2007 Commencement of the Revision of PE, extended Action Plan and preparation of Work Plan 2010 Consultation visits to the Countries Regional Workshops for formulation of thematic agendas Meeting of Ad Hoc Group of Focal Points in Rio de Janeiro Strategic Plan 2004 – 2012, Manaus, 2004 and I Meeting of the PNCs Declaration of the Heads of State of Manaus on the ACTO. 26 Nov. Special Meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Council - May Secondary data collection in Member Countries. XIV Meeting of ACC X Meeting of MFA Nov XV Meeting of the ACC XI Meeting of MFA Nov. 2011

PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONAL RELAUNCH

Declaration of Manaus Manaus – Brazil, 26 November, 2009 Heads of State of the Member Countries issued a Delaration on the ACTO, with a mandate to give the Organization “a new and modern role as a forum for cooperation, exchange, knowledge and joint projection to face new international challenges that arise.” In this context, it mandated the Ministers of Foreign Affairs that “…to strengthen the process of cooperation, prepare a new Strategic Agenda of ACTO for the short, medium and long term, which shall include regional actions to support the national initiatives.”

Principle guidelines: Building a comprehensive vision of Amazon regional cooperation. Identification of actions to reduce and monitor deforestation, to promote the usue of forest resources sustainably, implementation of urgent measures to ensure the preservation and conservation of the biodiversity. Strengthening institutional and political mechanisms concerning indigenous and tribal communities of the ACTO. Protection, management, preservation of the water resources. Generation of actions to promote food security and hunger erradication in the possible shortest term. Coordination of environmental health surveillance, implementation of actions in border areas and adoption of prevention mechanisms. Promotion of eco-tourism. Impetus to a regional agenda for science and technology. Monitoring by the PS / ACTO of the international negotiations on main issues for the Amazon cooperation. Declaration of Manaus

X Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ACT Declaration of Lima, Lima – Peru, 30 November 2010 Decided “to adopt measures to promote and reaffirm the renewed role of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) as a forum for cooperation, exchange, knowledge and joint projection to meet the new international challenges.” Approved the new Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda with 8 years of implementation period.

X Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ACT Stated: “the importance of strengthening the various aspects of cooperation between national authorities responsible for the development of their respective Amazon territories, by deepening and broadening of its mechanisms for exchanging experiences, information and new technologies through the Permanent National Comissions (PNC) and meeting of high level sectoral authorities,” “intention to continue the process of reviving and strengthening the PNC of each of the Member Countries, in their role as bodies responsible for implementation of the Treaty in their respective national territories.”

19 Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda Approved in the X Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ACT, November 2010 ACTO – Vision of Future “An Organization recognized within the Member Countries and iinternationally as a reference in regional cooperation, discussion and positioning on the issues of the international agenda related to the Amazon and in the exchange of experiences, acting upon the principles of full excercise of sovereignty in the Amazon region: respect and harmony with nature, comprehensive sustainable development and reduction of asymmetries of the States in the Region.”

20 Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda Approved in the X Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ACT, November 2010 ACTO – Mission “To be a permanent forum for cooperation, exchange and knowledge, guided by the principle of regional asymmetries reduction among the Member Countries: contributes in national process of economic and social progress, allowing a gradual incorporation of these territories to the respective national economies; promotes the adoption of regional cooperation activities that result in improvement of the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Amazon; acts under the principle of sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles in harmony with nature and environment and takes into consideration the internal regulations of the Member Countries.”

Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda – Synthesis VISION OF THE AMAZON AND OF THE ACTO GENERAL THEMATIC CONTENT CROSS-CUTTING AXES MISSION AND STRETEGIC OBJECTIVES Conservation and sustainable use of the renewable natural resources Economic and social Development SECTORAL AGENDAS Conservation and Sustainable use of the Renewable Natural Resources. Indigenous Affairs. Management of Knowledge and Exchange of information. Regional Management of Health. Infrastructure and Transport. Tourism. Institutional, financial and legal Strengthening. Emergent Issues. MAP OF ACTIVITIES AND ROLE OF THE PS-ACTO

22 Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda Approved in the X Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ACT, November 2010 Roles and functions of the PS Liaison Facilitator Coordinator Arranger of regional and international cooperation support Regional hub for generation of information Promoter of regional actions

Promote seminars in each Member Countries. Regional seminar, to study and analyze the presented proposals in each of the national seminars. Bolivia, September ACC search for new financing alternatives with a view to implementing the Stretagic Agenda of ACTO. Amazon Fund. Promote academic mobility by establishing a Regional Exchange Program. PS Academic Offer Guide of the Amazon Region. Creat a Amazon Regional Univeristy. Constitute a Special Committee, composed of delegates of the higher education organizations, to study the initiative and to propose ways for possible implementation. XI Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the ACT Commitment of Manaus, Brazil, 22 November 2011

Develop an intergrated information system and standard regional indicators to facilitate research. PS to implement the “Amazon Observatory.” PS simulltaneous release of three circuits of Amazon tourism: “Amazon – Paccific – Andes Route”, “Amazon Caribbean Tourism Trail” and “Amazon Water Route”, in the ITB and participation Santa Cruz. Strengthening of the PNC. PS to make new meetings of sectoral authorities. Promote the protection of traditional knowledge of indigenous and other tribal communities in the Amazon. Exchange experiences on issues related to genetic resources of biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge. Expert Meeting in the first quarter of XI Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the ACT Commitment of Manaus, Brazil, 22 November 2011

Iniciative Yasuni – ITT. Dialogue among specialists in the area of social inclusion, poverty reduction and erradication of extreme poverty. Ad Hoc Working Group to propose and examine initiatives. United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20). II Meeting of Ministers of the Environment. Among other issues, discussed the contribution of the ACTO for Rio +20. International Year of Forests. Development of initiatives of Forest cover Monitoring, system of e-permits for species covered by the CITES Convention, prevention and control of forest fires and forest biodiversity. XI Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the ACT Commitment of Manaus, Brazil, 22 November 2011

Highlighted the important decision of the XI Meeting of Foreign Ministers to establish the “Amazon Observatory,” as permanent forum and the establishment of a Platform of Cooperation in the Environmental area, based on activities of information exchange and training that will contribute to the constitution of the Observatory and will allow ACTO as a Center of information reference of the Amazon; Added to what is stated in the Declaration of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ACTO for the Conference of Rio+20; Reaffirmed that the outcome of the Conference of Rio+20 should deepen sovereign models of sustainable development within a framework of complementarity of rights, obligations and duties of the peoples and States in a comprehensive, fair, equitable and inclusive way; II Meeting of Ministers of the Environment Lima – Peru, 21 March 2012

I Work Group Meeting for the Amazonian Social Inclusion Agenda

Aims and Objectives Create the Amazonian Social Inclusion Agenda through the development of collaboration strategies involving Member Countries Facilitate knowledge exchange among Member Countries on social inclusion and poverty reduction policies Identify a set of cooperation strategies to promote social inclusion in the Amazon Region Define a work plan for the implementation of the Amazonian Social Inclusion Agenda

Methodology Day 1 - Member Countries’ presentations on social inclusion and poverty reduction policies for the Amazon region which will cover the following aspects Management models Results and main challenges related to policy design and implementation Member Countries’ proposals for cooperation strategies

Methodology Day 2 –Building the Amazonian Social Inclusion Agenda Debate on the policies, plans and programs presented by Member Countries Identification of best practices in the field of poverty reduction and social inclusion policies for the Amazon region Definition of the main objectives Selection of indicators that can measure progress towards goals and objectives Definition of a management model for implementation.

Results Formulation of the Amazonian Social Inclusion Agenda Creation of a work plan for implementation Completion of the systematization of social development policies, plans and programs implemented in the Amazon region by OTCA countries Development of cooperation strategies among Member Countries for social inclusion and poverty reduction in the Amazon

The Base Document Provides a foundation for the discussions and activities of the Work Group Theoretical and conceptual background of the social exclusion concept Structural causes of social exclusion in Latin America Recommended social inclusion policies for the continent Guidelines for poverty reduction and social inclusion policies in the context of natural resource conservation Guidelines for the implementation of social safety nets Compilation of social development, poverty reduction and natural resource conservation strategies implemented by Member Countries in the Amazon region

FUTURE CHALLENGES To give more political density to the work of ACTO. To overcome the logic to focus efforts in regional cooperation programs and projects and to progress towards the adoption of common visions for international forum. To consolidate the institutional reform. It is necessary to build new sources of funding for the Secretariat to meet the mandates, roles and functions granted by the Member Countries for further technical and financial autonomy. To expand and diversity sources of cooperation, which will require an ongoing effort to work with Governments and international organizations in the framework of the approved guidelines. To implement the Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda, giving greater visibility to the work of the ACTO. To strengthen the relationship and work with other regional and subregional organizations such as ECLAC, UNASUR, CAN, CARICOM, ALBA.

To strengthen and support the work of Permanent National Commissions for their participation in the Regional Seminar on ACTO to be held in Bolivia in To promote the protection of traditional knowledge of indigeous and other tribal communities in the Amazon, in the framework of respective national laws, ensuring the preservation of them and fair and equitable sharing of benefits. To promote dialogue among the Countries in the area of social inclusion, poverty reduction and eradication of extreme poverty to generate and examine initiatives in the area of social development in the Amazon region. To intensify cooperation activities in the areas of education, innovation, science and technology. To establish a Regional Program of educational exchange, to create the Amazon Regional University and implement the “Amazon Observatory,” a permanent forum for study of Amazon biodiversity. FUTURE CHALLENGES

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