Lead Partner: The MAP Initiative
Description
The MAP initiative started in the year 2000, aimedat fostering collaborationbetween professionals andcommunity leaders at the tri-national frontier Bolivia- Brazil-Peru, where cultural wealth and economic poverty are evident. The meetings of the MAP region are the results of initiatives by individuals and institutions that seek to develop transbordering collaborations in search of solutions for regional problems.
The participation at the Annual MAP gatherings increased exponentially including international, Bolivian, Brazilian and Peruvian institutions, encompassing NGOs, governmental agencies, social movements, universities, rural-workers’ unions, and representatives of indigenous peoples.
The MAP initiative is based on the exercise of two basic human rights
emphasized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in Principle 10 of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration: the right to have access to relevant information about sustainable development and the right to
participate in collective decisions. The rights to know and to participate
form the pillars of the democratic process, and their exercise is
essential for constructing sustainable development in the MAP region.
The spirit of MAP reflects a social movement across frontiers, believing
that only through the collaboration between Bolivians, Brazilians
and Peruvians, and integration of various segments of local, regional,
national, and global societies will it be possible to attain development
of South-western Amazon within the capacity of the region to sustain
itself in the coming decades and beyond.
This initiative promotes the effective participation of the local communities in the regional governance, which is understood as a social, economic, and political process in which the communities are engaged towards their own self-management. Examples include the shared management of the tri-national Acre River watershed, and the harmonised curricula for the regional schools.
“The MAP initiative is based on the exercise of two basic human rights emphasized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in Principle 10 of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration: the right to have access to relevant information about sustainable development and the right to participate in collective decisions”
Contact Details
via the website belowWebsite: http://map-amazonia.net