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 governance of the Forum of Ministers and its operation

Meeting of the ITC and other regional organisations to analyse the environmental agenda of the region Identification of prioritiy issues at subregional and regional level

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 education Support the participation of countries in environmental education meetings 7th World Congress on Environmental Education VI Global South-South Cooperation Expo Compiled and available at: ducamb/reuniones.php ducamb/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

Two meetings of the Intergovernmental Network on Air Pollution were held: 2 November 2012, in Bogota Colombia, and October 2013, in Mexico City, Mexico Proposal of the Regional Action Plan and recommendation for the Forum of Ministers

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) June 2013, Lima, Peru

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.

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.

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.