Report on the Mandates Validation Exercise and Proposed Methodology for Their Prioritization

Background

1,349 mandates Results of the Mandate Screening Exercise Conducted by the CAAP

Distribution of Mandates by Permanent Council Committee MANDATES CAJPCSHCIDICAAPCEAMSUMMITSTOTAL In effect Expired Duplicated Not mandates3115 Procedure3115 TOTAL ,349 COMMITTEE

Results of the Validation Exercise

Results of the validation exercise conducted by the Working Groups

Results of the Working Groups Validation Exercise by Permanent Council Committee and CIDI

Mandates in effect and topics by Permanent Council committee and CIDI COMMITTEES CP/CIDI MANDATESTOPICS AVERAGE MANDATES/TOPIC CSH CIDI CG CAAP CISC CAJP TOTAL

Thematic distribution of mandates in effect by Permanent Council committee and CIDI

Thematic distribution of mandates in effect by Permanent Council Committee and CIDI No. COMMITTEE TOPICS MANDATES 1CSH Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) 19 2CSH Hemispheric cooperation against trafficking in persons 10 3CSH Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) 9 4CSH Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (CITAAC) 9 5CSH Implementation of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime and strengthening of cooperation 8 6CSH Other topics 8 7CSH Special security concerns of small island states in the Caribbean 7 8CSH Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) 6 9CSH Confidence- and security-building in the Americas 5 10CSH Follow-up to ministerial meetings on public security in the Americas (MISPA) 5 11CSH The Americas as an anti-personnel land mine-free zone 4 12CSH Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)3 13CSH Follow up to the Special Conference on Security 2 14CSH Disarmament and Nonproliferation in the Hemisphere 2 15CSH Support for implementation at the hemispheric level of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) 2 16CSH Declaration of San Salvador on Citizen Security in the Americas 1 17CSH Consolidation of the regime established in the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean 1 18CSH Support for the Central American Security Strategy 1 19CSH Future of the mission and functions of the instruments and components of the inter- American defense system 1

Thematic distribution of mandates in effect by Permanent Council committee and CIDI

Proposed Methodology

A priority mandates.- These are mandates to strengthen or implement programs and are defined as a set of actions and/or activities to be carried out in order to attain a specific objective and which shape and give meaning to the lines or core themes defined by each Committee of the Permanent Council and CIDI AÑORESOLUCIONMANDATOTEMA 2012 Promoción y Fortalecimiento de la Democracia: Seguimiento de la Carta Democrática Interamericana AG/RES (XLII-O/12) 3.- Reconocer la importancia de promover los principios, valores y prácticas de la cultura democrática, y solicitar a la Secretaría General que continúe apoyando este objetivo a través de programas de capacitación para promover los principios, valores y prácticas de la cultura democrática, de acuerdo con los artículos 26 y 27 de la Carta Democrática Interamericana, así como para mejorar el conocimiento, difundir los preceptos y promover la práctica de este instrumento interamericano en los países del hemisferio. Asimismo, encomendar a la Secretaría General que continúe apoyando al Consejo Permanente y a los Estados Miembros, que lo soliciten, en la ejecución del Programa Interamericano sobre Educación en Valores y Prácticas Democráticas EDUCACION 2008 Declaration of Medellín: Youth and Democratic Values AG/DEC. 57 (XXXVIIIO/ 08) 43 a. Solicitar a la Secretaría General de la OEA que, en colaboración con los Estados Miembros y de conformidad con los recursos financieros disponibles y las normas y procedimientos aplicables en la materia: a) Promueva una mayor participación de los y las jóvenes en las actividades establecidas en el marco del Programa Interamericano sobre Educación en Valores y Prácticas Democráticas de la OEA, el cual contribuye al fortalecimiento de la cultura democrática a través de la educación formal y no formal, al desarrollo y fortalecimiento de metodologías pedagógicas con este propósito, a la promoción de una cultura de respeto a los derechos humanos y la paz con un enfoque de equidad e interculturalidad, y a la promoción de la cooperación horizontal y el intercambio de experiencias entre las diversas instancias que trabajan en este tema en los ámbitos internacional, regional, nacional y subnacional o local, según sea el caso; EDUCACION 2010 SEGUNDA REUNIÓN DE MINISTROS Y ALTAS AUTORIDADES DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE EN EL ÁMBITO DEL CIDI- Declaración de Santo Domingo para el Desarrollo sostenible de las Américas AG/RES (XLI-O/11) OEA/Ser.K/XVIII.2 CIDI/RIMDS- II/DEC.1/ Extender la vigencia del Programa Interamericano para el Desarrollo Sostenible (PIDS) por el período e instar a la Comisión Interamericana para el Desarrollo Sostenible (CIDS) a que inicie un proceso de revisión y actualización del PIDS, tomando en cuenta la evaluación del mismo presentada a los Estados Miembros y las decisiones previstas en esta Declaración. DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

B priority mandates.- Mandates comprising activities designed to reach a given goal or to work effectively

C priority mandates.- Mandates that provide political and/or administrative support to the activities of the various functional areas of the Organization, in order to help achieve expected outcomes, as well as mandates to detect and anticipate the financing requirements of a program or activity and at the same time seek alternative sources of financing that can get the job done as efficiently as possible.

Proposed actions to take next

1.- Approve the mandate validation exercise conducted by the Working Groups. 2.- Arrange for that exercise to constitute the inventory of mandates to be subsequently updated and the basis for prioritization. 2.- Approve the classification by topic for the purposes of prioritization at a later stage. 3.- Instruct the CAAP, working together with the General Secretariat, to present a study regarding mandates prior to the period covered in this analysis. 4.- Take note of the presentation of the methodology suggested by the CAAP for prioritizing mandates, for subsequent review by that political organ. The CAAP respectfully requests the Permanent Council to: