On 11 August 2010 Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales- FARN (Argentina), in collaboration with Asociación Civil Red Ambiental (Argentina) and the Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (Panama), will host a half-day “working breakfast” web conference to facilitate discussion between Latin American civil society representatives on the IEG reform process. FARN, a not-for-profit organization, aims to promote sustainable development through policy, law, and the democratic participation of society. Executive Director María Eugenia Di Paola, was selected as a one of thirteen Global Environmental Governance Project Emerging Leaders to participate in the 2009 Glion Forum and committed to organizing a conference on global environmental governance for public sector and academic leaders in Argentina.
Tentatively scheduled to convene at the UNEP Regional Office in Buenos Aires, the conference objectives include: increase participants’ understanding of the results of the Global Environmental Governance Forum and the Belgrade Process on international environmental governance reform, solicit input from civil society and academia in the region on the issues discussed in the Belgrade Process and strengthen the network of Latin American civil society leaders working on global environmental governance. Participants will include senior level environmental practitioners, academics, independent environmental researchers, and representatives from multilateral organizations such as the World Bank, IBD, UNDP, and UNEP. As part of the agenda, María Eugenia Di Paola will offer insights into her experience at the Glion Forum, the latest GEG Project documentary “Quest for Leadership” will be shown, and participants will be structured into working groups to analyze challenges, leverage points and opportunities for action within the framework of the Belgrade Process. For a discussion on the IEG process thus far and a timeframe, please visit our online July 2010 newsletter.
