REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RIO PRINCIPLE 10 IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA)

The Regional Workshop on the Implementation of Rio Principle 10 Regional and the Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was convened in Amman, Jordan on 12-13 May 2014. The Workshop comprised of five working sessions addressing (i) the Eye on Earth, Principle 10 and the Access for All Special Initiative; (ii) Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration from 1992 and it application worldwide; (iii) the three pillars of the Bali Guidelines and the manual being developed for its implementation (with participants provided with an Arabic translation of the draft manual which was translated as part of the project); (iv) a discussion session around advancing capacity development and exploring opportunities for national action and capacity development to effectively implement Principle 10 at the national level, alongside regional synergies; and (v) the final session which reviewed the key outcomes and identified follow-up action. There were 31 participants to the meeting, representing 8 national governments 15 national and regional organisations, from 12 countries of the region