Costa Rica: Sustainable Development Strategic Partnership Among Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica (Program for South-south Cooperation)

Among primary themes: Energy for sustainable development. To promote sustainable development on a south-south basis through long term partnership between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica by implementing Agenda 21, program for further implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of implementation based on the principles of equality, participation and reciprocity. Recognizing that lasting poverty alleviation will be achieved only in the context of sustainable development, the partnership will seek to catalyze the transition to sustainability by supporting innovation in the policies, seeding initiatives and replicating success stories. As the first step to translate the vision and objectives of the partnership into concrete projects, a program for south-south co-operation (PSC) was launched in May 2005. Biodiversity conservation, sustainable tourism, sustainable chains of production and consumption and sustainable energy are the key themes with gender equality as cross cutting issue. The partnership will be implemented through policy dialogues, consultation and participation of the multi-interest groups with focus on pilot and reciprocal projects. A Multi-Year-Plan (MYP) for 2006-2008 has been prepared by the partner countries from and the Annual Plan for 2006 is ready for implementation.The National Mechanism (lead agencies) also met in Costa Rica to incorporate the comments of the JMC into the MYP (Oct 2005).

Date Implemented: May 2005

Status: In Force; Multi-sectoral framework policy

References: http://webapps01.un.org/dsd/partnerships/public/partnerships/1493.html