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Guatemala

 

Guatemala is currently developing its REDD+ Strategy and has started using REDD+SES as a basis for developing its Safeguards Information Systems. Since April 2012, progress has been made with the establishment of country level governance for the use of REDD+ SES and capacity building workshops and meetings with key stakeholders.

Governance

Standards Committee
 
A multistakeholder National Social and Environmental Safeguards Commission was established on September 11, 2012. The Commission is part of the Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Group, a broad multistakeholder platform that oversees REDD+ issues, oversees the implementation of REDD+ safeguards and acts as the REDD+ Standards Committee.
 
The sectors to be part of the Commission were identified during a capacity building workshop in July 2013 in which participated representatives of the government, social and environmental NGOS, Indigenous Peoples, private sector, women and academia. A series of meetings were held afterwards with various the various sectors to identify representatives to participate in the Commission.

 

Sector Titular Suplente
Government

National Institute of Forests (INAB)

 

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN)

National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP)

 

Ministry of Agriculture (MAGA)
Local government National Association of Municipalities (ANAM)  
Indigenous People

Utz Chév

 

FAUSAC

CMIB 


FUNDAMAYA
National Alliance of Forestry Organisations ENREDEMONOS FUNDALACHUA
Women Ak'Tenamit y MICC Women in Coffee
Academia University of San Carlos (USAC) Rafael Landivar University (IARNA-URL)
Environmental NGO Foundation of Defense of Nature (FDN) FUNDAECO
Private sector

CACIF

 

Grupo de Occidente

Chamber of Commerce

 

ICC
 

Facilitation Team


The facilitation team in Guatemala is composed of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the National Forests Institute (INAB), Rainforest Alliance, CARE Guatemala, Sotzil and the Interamerican Development Bank.
 

Capacity Building

IMG 5149

 

 

A national capacity building workshop was hold in Antigua in July 2012 in which participated representatives of the government, social and environmental NGOS, Indigenous Peoples, private sector, women and academia. The workshop provided an opportunity for raising awareness about the REDD+ Strategy, safeguards and REDD+ SES and a proposal for establishing the National Social and environmental Safeguards Commission was presented and discussed by the participants.

  

 

   

The Social and Environmental Safeguards Commission developed a work plan for the development and implementation of REDD+ SES safeguards, including a capacity building programme to strengthen the knowledge of the members on safeguards so that they can participate effectively in the implementation. Between July 2013 and February 2014, a series of capacity building workshops was organized on Climate change, REDD+, safeguards, country approach to safeguards, safeguards information systems and REDD+ SES.
 

The Social and Environmental Safeguards Commission is currently revising the work plan for the development and implementation of safeguards.

 
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