Acre managers and delegates from Germany and the United Kingdom discuss the restructuring of the REM project

On the second day of the monitoring mission with the international representatives of the German Development Bank KfW and the UK Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the coordinators put forward a proposal to restructure the REM Acres Phase II project. The meeting was held on Thursday, 23rd, in the auditorium of the State Department of Planning and Management (Seplag).

The REM coordinators, who work in the secretariats and authorities of the state government, reviewed the work to be done by December 2023 and outlined the hard work to redesign it. Extensive work was overseen by the Project Integration Division at Zeblock (UCP / REM). And the guidance of international consulting, which helped managers to redefine the goals set out in the REM Benefit Sharing Note.

Representing organized civil society, Josie Aguirre, co-ordinator of the State Commission for the Verification and Monitoring (Seva) of the Environmental Services Incentives Agency (CISA), stressed that the event should also go through a structuring process.

“Seva also had to do its operational planning and budgeting. It is noteworthy that it was not until 2018 that Ceva began to have the resources to implement its functions. Previously, we did not have a budget, which made it difficult for civil society to take action. We recently did the work of planning our actions. Since January, we have already made positive progress with the support of other members, for example, we have the accent for the construction of the Native Theme Chamber (CTI) and the Theme Chamber of Woman (CTM). This will help strengthen Sisa’s administration, “said Tariq al-Hashimi, the party’s secretary general.

Rodrigo Neves, Attorney General for the Environmental Division of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Acre (PGE), spoke about the importance of legal guidance in the decision – making process: “We are here to assist with technical guidance. We are ready to guide the executives.

International delegates hope that Klaus Kன்nlin, chief portfolio manager of the German Development Bank KfW; Svenja Bunte, REM Project Manager, UK Ministry of Commerce, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS); Louis Hill, Energy Project Manager at the UK Embassy in Brazil; Director of the REM-GIZ Project for German Technical Cooperation – GIZ – Brazil, Alicia Spengler; International consultants for the implementation of the REM Acre project – Phase II, GFA Advisory Board with the Earth Discovery Institute (EII), Elsa Mendoza and Don Pasca, and Technical Adviser to the German Technology Cooperation – GIZ, Acre, Jânio Aquino.

The meeting was hosted by the Manager of the REM Project Coordination Division at Rosineide Sena, Seplag (UCP / REM / Seplag), and was attended by Raul Vargas Torrico, President of the Climate Change and Environmental Services Regulatory Agency (IMC). , And Jose Luis Condim, President of the Environmental Services Development Corporation (CDSA-AC).

The coordinators of the REM project also participated in the Secretariat of the Incentive System for Environmental Services (CISA) Ombudsman, and in the Secretariats for Environment and Indigenous Policy (SEP) of the State Commission for Verification and Monitoring (SEVA). Entrepreneurship and Tourism (SEAT), Directorate of Production and Agri-Commerce (SEBA), Integrated Center for Special Operations (SEOPER), Acre Military Fire Brigade (CBMA), Environmental Police Battalion (BPA), Instituto de Mio Ambient do Acre (Imac), The Acre Land Institute (Iteracre), The State Department of Education (SEE), The Technology Foundation of the State of Acre (Funtac) and the State Department of Communication (Secom).

The REM Acre Phase II project is the result of financial cooperation between the Governments of Acre, Germany and the United Kingdom to implement projects aimed at conserving forests and maintaining their populations. REM stands for REDD Early Movers, REDD + Pioneers in Portuguese.

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