SICA, ECADERT & BELIZE

SICA, ECADERT & BELIZEThe Central American Integration System (SICA) is the institutional framework of

Regional Integration in Central America, created by the States of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

SICA was established on December 13, 1991, by the signing of the Tegucigalpa Protocol

Relevant bodies of the System

Meeting of Presidents and Heads of State. It is the supreme organ of the Central American Integration System.

Councils of Ministers: One of these is the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC). It was also created in 1991.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Belize is a member of the CAC

SICA, ECADERT & BELIZEECADERT is an initiative in the framework of the SICA

Its formulation process was approved by the XXXIII Central American Presidents and Heads of State Summit (December 5, 2008)

They agreed to formulate the Central American Strategy for Rural Territorial Development in the following way

To instruct the Central American Agricultural Council to prioritize the development of a Central American Strategy for the Rural Territorial Sustainable Development, in coordination with relevant institutions of SICA, and to manage regional and international technical cooperation and financial support for this strategy

ECADERT Formulation & Approval Process

Establishment Regional Team

(SECAC, IICA, RUTA)

Establishment of Working Groups

Preparatory Phase

Guidelines for the process

Formulation

Definition of General aspects (Vision, mission,

objectives, functions, etc)

Final Regional and National consultation

Draft version of ECADERT

Revision & consultation

Ministers Council CAC

Presentation to Ministers of

Foreign Affairs

Presidential and Heads of State

Summit approves

Political Agreements

GTI-CAC reviews and

approves

Presentation to International

Coop.

Dec 08 – Feb 09 Mar – Aug 09 Aug - Oct 09 Nov - Dec 2009

Contributions to the formulation

process

GTI-CAC reviews and approves

Adjustment based on

consultation process

CA Meeting about RTD

First national and regional

consultation

Central American Agricultural Council

Regi

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CAC Council of Ministers

ECADERT Regional Committee

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Regional Action Plans

SICA Advisory Committee

Ex. Secr. CAC Regional multi-sector actions

CA Network of territorial action groups

Exchange of experience and horizontal cooperation

SICA Secretariats Commission

ECADERT National Committee

Governing entity for Rural Dvpt.

Long-term developmentgoals

Strategic plansInvestment plans

Annual work plans

National Action Plans

Coordination amon sectores and institutions

RTD Technical Support Platform

Financing via Multi-Agency Fund

CA capacity-building programfor RTD

Social audit, follow-up, assessm

ent, and learning

TAG, other org.

Local stakeholdersand institutions

Public institutions Civil society

Local authorities

Informal networks

PROCESSESLEVELS

• ECADERT webpage at www.territorioscentroamericanos.org

• Electronic fora: General, Family farming, Rural youth, Knowldege management, Education and capacity-building

• General information and gender issues at www.ruta.org