Lalanath de Silva

Director TAI/PP10

World Resources Institute

Background: Relevant International Commitments

1992178 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.

Partnership for Principle 10

• Platform for Principle 10 activities worldwide

www.pp10.org

PP10 Partners and ObserversGovernments 8Bolivia, Chile, Hungary, Indonesia, Mexico, Uganda, Ukraine, United KingdomInternational Organizations 4IUCN, UNDP, UNEP, The World Bank

National NGOs 20CEDHA (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)

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

PP10 Commitments

Shared Commitments

Action-Oriented Specific Commitments

Shared Commitments

Encourage credible and independent assessments

Collaborate to improve policies and practice

Develop and be accountable for specific commitments

All partners commit to

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

Examples of SpecificCommitments

National-level NGO

Government Agency

International Organization

Produce manuals for the public

Conduct repeat assessments

Develop a new public information system

Train staff about public participation

Support implementation in specific countries

Provide funding for the Partnership

For more information…www.pp10.org

• access@wri.org

PP10 Secretariatc/o World Resources Institute10 G St, NE, Suite 800Washington, DC 20002