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The Access Initiative and the Partnership for Principle 10

The Access Initiative and the Partnership for Principle 10. Heather McGray World Resources Institute October 27, 2006 Budapest, Hungary. Relevant International Commitments. 1992

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The Access Initiative and the Partnership for Principle 10

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  1. The Access Initiative and the Partnership for Principle 10 Heather McGray World Resources Institute October 27, 2006 Budapest, Hungary

  2. Relevant International Commitments 1992 178 governments sign the Rio Declaration. Principle 10 mandated appropriate access to information, encouragement of public participation, and effective access to judicial proceedings. 2002 WSSD Plan of Implementation calls on governments to implement Principle 10.

  3. Principle 10 – Rio Declaration Environmental issues are best handled with participationof all concerned citizens…Individuals shall have access toinformation…Effective access to [justice] shall be provided.

  4. Fisher folk can influence their government when it allocates rights to fishery resources. • Information about environmental impacts of an iron mine is made available to people who might be affected. • When a government gives an oil extraction permit to a company, affected parties can have that permit decision examined by a court of law. Principle 10 in practice means that…

  5. The Access Initiative A global civil society coalition promoting access to information, participation, and justice in national decision-making that affects the environment. www.accessinitiative.org and www.iniciativadeacceso.org

  6. The Access Initiative’s strategy… • Develop and continuously refine an indicator-based tool to assess government performance • Support civil society teams in an increasing number of countries to conduct assessments • Utilize the results of assessments to urge governments to act on assessment results

  7. Global Growth of the TAI Network 33 assessments completed 40+ countries in which TAI is active

  8. Partnership for Principle 10 • Platform for Principle 10 activities worldwide • PP10 Partners: governments, NGOs and international organizations committed to Principle 10 • More than 25 Partners and growing www.pp10.org

  9. History of PP10 • Launched at WSSD, 2002 • First Meeting of Partners in Lisbon, 2003 • Second Meeting of Partners in Washington DC, 2004 • Third Meeting of Partners in London, 2005

  10. PP10 Partners Governments Bolivia, Chile, Indonesia, Mexico, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom International Organizations IUCN, UNDP, UNEP, The World Bank National NGOs CEDHA, FARN (Argentina), CEBEM-REDESMA, LIDEMA, PRODENA (Bolivia), CODESOSUR, RIDES, Participa (Chile), ECOLEX, Coalicion Acceso, CEDA (Ecuador), EMLA (Hungary), ICEL (Indonesia), IA-Mex (Mexico), OIKOS, INDE (Portugal), EJNF (South Africa), TEI (Thailand), Capacity Global, FIELD (UK), ACODE (Uganda), WRI (USA)

  11. Secretariat World Resources Institute Advisory Panel Capacity Global (UK), EJNF (South Africa), ICEL (Indonesia), Mexico Alliance, Ugandan Government, UK Government, The World Bank.

  12. PP10 Strategy • Support development of strategies to implement Principle 10 at the national level • Serve as a mechanism for monitoring and self-evaluation • Exchange information, share best practice & produce collective outputs • Mobilize financial resources for Principle 10 implementation

  13. PP10 Commitments • Shared Commitments • Action-Oriented Specific Commitments

  14. Shared Commitments • Encourage credible and independent assessments • Collaborate to improve policies and practice • Develop and be accountable for specific commitments All partners commit to

  15. Specific Commitments Improve their own institutional performance Contribute to the improvement of performance by other partners Contribute to the collective work of PP10 Each partner commits to activities and initiatives that

  16. Achievements • Formal government/civil society cooperation • Training programs to strengthen national judiciaries • Funding mechanisms to support PP10 partners and Principle 10 work in general • National reporting and compliance mechanisms • National legislation permitting public access to information • Legal consultation in international environmental cases

  17. Collective Products • Best Practice - case studies • Model access laws and regulations. • Commitments and tracking progress on web

  18. Example Commitments: UK • Develop UK PP10 Delivery Plan • Ratify the Aarhus Convention • Promote the goals of PP10 through posts abroad and Ministerial and Official bilateral meetings.

  19. Potential Synergies with Aarhus PP10 • Aarhus Clearinghouse and planned PP10 Global Database both will cover information on Principle 10 initiatives worldwide • PP10 commitments provide a possible avenue for addressing weak point in Aarhus self-reporting

  20. For more information… World Resources Institute 10 G St, NE, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20002 Email: access@wri.org www.accessinitiative.org www.pp10.org

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