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Side events
With the aim of providing spaces to share knowledge, build capacities, establish networks and exchange experiences in matters related to the Escazú Agreement, the Secretariat offers the possibility of requesting official side events in the framework of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held between 20 and 22 April 2022.
Considering the current health situation, all side events organized in the framework of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement will be virtual.
SELECTED SIDE EVENTS:
The following side events were selected on the official days of the Conference (April 20-22). In addition, April 19 has been made available for side events.
Please note that all times are for Santiago, Chile. *Chile is currently on Standard Time (CLT), UTC -4.
- Tuesday, 19 April 2022
| Time | Title of the event | Organizers | Video |
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9.00-10.30 |
Climate Justice and the Escazu Agreement: synergies and opportunities for the Amazon Language: Spanish |
Iniciativa Cuencas Sagradas con COICA, AIDESEP y CONFENIAE |
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| 9.00-10.30 |
Language: English |
LACEMOS
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| 10.30-12.00 |
Reading the Escazú Agreement from a gender perspective: challenges and opportunities Language: Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Spanish, English and Portuguese. |
Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) y Eco Maxei Querétaro AC. Co-convocan: Defensoras de la Pachamama y Fundación Pachamama. Con el apoyo de: IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands | Video |
| 10.30-12.00 |
Escazu's potential for preventing and fighting corruption and environmental crimes Language: Spanish |
Proética, capítulo peruano de Transparency Internacional | Video |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Language: Spanish |
Fundación Friedrich-Ebert | |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Strengthening the autonomy of indigenous peoples and women through the Escazú Agreement Language: Spanish |
Coordinación Sur del Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas, ECMIA SUR y Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú, ONAMIAP | |
| 14.00-15.30 |
Language: Spanish/English |
EarthRights International, Gobierno Territorial Autónomo de la Nación Wampis-GTANW, Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y sus afluentes-FENAMAD, Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad. | Video |
| 14.00-15.30 |
Language: English/Spanish/Portuguese |
Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) | Video |
| 15.30-17.00 |
Open government and environmental democracy: an opportunity for cooperation Language: Spanish |
Universidad Hemisferios, OGP e ILPES/CEPAL | Video |
| 15.30-17.00 |
Youth for the adhesion and ratification of the Escazú Agreement Language: Spanish |
Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) Plataforma Escazú Ahora Costa Rica |
Video |
| 17.00-18.30 |
The Escazú Agreement as an opportunity for advancing Central American women's rights Language: Spanish |
Foro Centroamérica Vulnerable, COCIGER-ASEDE (Guatemala) / ASONOG (Honduras) / Ditsö (Costa Rica) / UNES (El Salvador) / Centro Humboltd (Nicaragua) | Video |
| 17.00-18.30 |
Public participation as an element of success in improving access to natural resources information Language: Spanish |
Reforestamos México | Video |
- Wednesday, 20 April 2022:
| Time | Title of the event | Organizers | Registration / Live streaming |
| 07.30-09.00 |
Legal indicators to measure the effectiveness of the implementation of the Escazú Agreement Language: Spanish |
Centre International de Droit Comparé de l'Environnement (CIDCE) | More information |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Language: Spanish |
Climate Action Network América Latina y Foro Centroamérica Vulnerable | Video |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Escazú Agreement: towards a just, green and gender-sensitive transition in Latin America Language: Spanish |
Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), AIDA, FIMA y ProDESC | Video |
| 17.00-18.30 |
The event will be in English/Spanish translation. |
WRI, UNEP, Open Government Partnership and The Access Initiative | |
| 17.00-18.30 |
From the experience to the implementation of the Escazú Agreement in the Territories Language: Spanish |
Juventud Unida en Acción |
- Thursday, 21 April 2022:
| Time | Title of the event | Organizers | Video |
| 07.30-09.00 |
Escazú Agreement a fundamental tool for the effective protection of the Amazon biome Language: Spanish |
Conectas y Coalición Regional por la Transparencia y la Participación | Video |
| 07.30-09.00 |
Language: Spanish |
Plataforma Escazú Ahora Perú | |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Synergies between the Escazú Agreement, Human Rights Law and the Convention on Biological Diversity Languages English, Spanish and Portuguese |
Co-organizado por el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD); el Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas de Derechos Humanos, el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), la Red de Instituciones Nacionales para la Promoción y Protección de los Derechos Humanos del Continente Americano (RINDHCA), Universidad de Estocolmo; el Instituto Raoul Wallenberg y la Red Global de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (GNHRE) | |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Language: Spanish |
Biosfera – Investigación de Futuros | |
| 17.00-18.30 |
Integrating the indigenous voices of the Amazon in the COP of the Escazu Agreement Language: Spanish |
Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA) | Video |
| 17.00-18.30 |
Language: English |
Gobierno de Santa Lucía en colaboración con la Comisión de la OECO; el Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT); el Marine Ecosystems and Protected Areas (MEPA) Trust de Antigua y Barbuda y la Red de Mujeres Productoras Rurales de Trinidad y Tobago |
- Friday, 22 April 2022:
| Time | Title of the event | Organizers | Video |
| 07.30-09.00 |
Language: Spanish |
Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad | Video |
| 07.30-09.00 |
Language: Spanish |
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental CEMDA y Cultura Ecológica, CCC México, FES | Video |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Access Rights in the climate crisis Language: Spanish |
Asociación La Ruta del Clima, Sustentabilidad sin Fronteras, CAN, OXFAM, FIMA, Heinrich Boll Stiftung El Salvador | Video |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Emerging practices towards an effective implementation of the Escazú Agreement Language: Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into Portuguese |
Oficina de la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH) | Video |
| 17.00-18.30 |
Launch of The GNHRE Implementing Principles for The Escazú Agreement Language: English |
Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment- GNHRE | Video |
| 17.00-18.30 |
Language: Spanish |
Asociación Americana de Juristas (AAJ) |
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