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Update the regulations, guidelines, procedures, and organizational structure, of the strategic coordination group (GEC) and the operational coordination group (GOC) of the Selva Maya (Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico)

Update the regulations, guidelines, procedures, and organizational structure, of the strategic coordination group (GEC) and the operational coordination group (GOC) of the Selva Maya (Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico)

Year:

2021

Location:

Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico

Client:

GITEC-IGIP GmbH/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Activities performed

This consultancy elaborated an Institutional Capacity Development proposal and Action Plan to strengthen the strategic coordination group (GEC) and the operational coordination group (GOC), by updating the regulations, guidelines, and procedures, but also the organizational structures and collaborative networks to improve the regional collaboration for the protection of the Selva Maya. In coordination with GITEC, GIZ and the protected areas agencies of the three countries, the consultancy addressed contextual and structural factors affecting the GEC and the GOC; benchmarks relevant to transboundary governance of natural resources; gender perspective in the governance of Selva Maya; considerations on interculturality in the governance of the Selva Maya; Human Health – role of the governance structures of the Selva Maya; proposal to update the GEC regulation; and proposal to update the GEC regulation.

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