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MARCH 2002 City-Press: Space dedicated to the publication of news in the field of environmental management in cities and municipalities of Latin America and the Caribbean. News received through our Information and Knowledge Network. New section dedicated to the publication of EVENTS (CONFERENCES, SEMINARS), PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND COURSES. Publish your news on urban and municipal environmental management in Latin America and the Caribbean in the EMS-INFO Bulletin
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The Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations (FLACMA),
IULA's Latin American chapter, has been working for several months in a document
that will serve as cornerstone to the pro-municipal movement in our hemisphere.
This document must be approved at the Plenary Meeting of the 1st
Congress of Municipalities from Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on July 24-26, 2002. New
Central American Programme on Environmental Management Modernization (PROSIGA) in
Central American countries by the Central American Environment and Development
Committee, with the support of Cooperation of The Netherlands and IADB.
http://www.sgsica.org/madrid/pdf-sp/IV/17/17a%20.pdf
(pdf file) Habitat
has changed. The General Assembly of
the United Nations decided to transform the United Nations Centre for Human
Settlements into "United Nations Programme for Human Settlements", whose
short version will be UN-Habitat. For
further information:
http://www.unchs.org/ The
project on "Agreements in the community of neighbours-municipalities-companies:
an agreed public-private management for the provision of environmental
sanitation infrastructure and services" (
http://www.ems-sema.org/castellano/proyectos/solidaria/ppp/eng_index.html)
developed within this programme, was presented during the VIII Inter-American
Congress on the Environment, held in Talca, Chile in December 2001.
http://www.cima2001.cl/areas/a1.htm
(presented by Giorgina Piani, School of Sciences, UDELAR). Sub-regional
Workshop to Support the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants to be held in Montevideo, March 18 to 22. Organized by the
Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment of Uruguay and UNEP
Chemicals. More information:
suspel@adinet.com.uy The
Municipal Urban Cleansing Department of Porto Alegre won the 2001 Ecology Top Award
--ADVB with the study on "Recycling Units at the Municipality of Porto
Alegre", awarded on December 4, 2001.
http://www.advbfbm.org.br/
(see Events Section) On
February 6 the Human Network of the Sustainable Development Network of Colombia was
consolidated. It links universities, institutions and people working in this area. Visit: EVENTS (CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND COURSES) |
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