OAS :: SEDI : Department of Sustainable Development (DSD)

National Workshop on "Strengthening Mechanisms for Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development.” March 12-13, 2014

The aim of this national workshop is to give information about the different mechanisms of participation available in the Dominican Republic, with their respective objectives, requirements, scopes, and procedures. At the same time, aims to validate the compiled content in the first phase of the project and to obtain recommendations from participants on the content, with the intention of conducting a training manual.

Workshop Documents (available only in Spanish)
  • Agenda
  • Speech from the Representative of the Dominican Republic to the OAS
  • Press release
    • Presentations

      Mrs. Claudia de Windt
      Chief, Environmental Law, Policy and Good Governance Section
      Department of Sustainable Development, OAS
      "Access to public information and environment: advances in the hemisphere"

      Dr. Tirsis Quezada
      Director of Planning and Development
      Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic
      "Access to public information and environment: Advances in the implementation of Principle 10 in the Dominican Republic"

      Mrs. Claudia de Windt
      Chief, Environmental Law, Policy and Good Governance Section
      Department of Sustainable Development, OAS
      "Project presentation: Strengthening the mechanisms of public participation for sustainable development"

      Mrs. Isis Márquez
      Environmental Law, Policy and Good Governance Section
      Department of Sustainable Development, OAS
      "Presentation of the methodology to identify the national and regional mechanisms"

      Mr. Juan Carlos Fernández
      CA Trade Consulting
      "Public participation mechanisms identified in the Dominican Republic"

      Mr. Jorge Guzmán,
      Secretary of Environmental Affairs, DR-CAFTA,
      "Experiences in the framework of free trade treaties: the Secretary of Environmental Affairs"

      Mr. Eduardo Abbott,
      Independent Expert,
      "Experiences in the framework of International Financial Institutions: The Inspection Panel"



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