Lalanath de Silva

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Lalanath de Silva Director TAI/PP10 World
Resources Institute
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Background 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.

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Partnership for Principle 10

• Platform for Principle 10 activities worldwide

www.pp10.org
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PP10 Partners and Observers
Governments 8 Bolivia, Chile, Hungary, Indonesia,
Mexico, Uganda, Ukraine, United
Kingdom International Organizations 4 IUCN, UNDP,
UNEP, The World Bank National NGOs 20 CEDHA
(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)
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PP10 Strategy

• Develop strategies to implement Principle 10 at
  the national level
• Exchange information, share best practice
  produce collective outputs
• Serve as a mechanism for monitoring and
  self-evaluation
• Mobilize financial resources for Principle 10
  implementation
• Promote recognition implementation of Principle
  10 in international agreements, processes
  initiatives

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PP10 Commitments

• Shared Commitments
• Action-Oriented Specific Commitments

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Shared Commitments

• Encourage credible and independent assessments
• Collaborate to improve policies and practice
• Develop and be accountable for specific
  commitments

All partners commit to
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Specific Commitments
Each partner commits to activities and
initiatives that

• Improve their own institutional performance
• Contribute to the improvement of performance by
  other partners
• Contribute to the collective work of PP10

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Examples of SpecificCommitments
National- level NGO
Government Agency
International Organization
Support implementation in specific
countries Provide funding for the Partnership
Develop a new public information system Train
staff about public participation
Produce manuals for the public Conduct repeat
assessments
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For more information

• www.pp10.org
• access_at_wri.org
• PP10 Secretariat
• c/o World Resources Institute
• 10 G St, NE, Suite 800
• Washington, DC 20002