The government of Bolivia, together with the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and the Organization of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (OTCA), is developing, within the framework of the Amazon Basin Project (OTCA/PNUMA/GEF), the intervention Water Security in the cities of La Paz and El Alto, through the efficient use of [...]

The most dynamic urban agglomeration of all the Amazonian borders, formed by the twin cities of Leticia and Tabatinga, is located on the border between Brazil and Colombia. The local population moves freely between the two cities and the two countries, sharing economic and kinship ties, as well as common [...]

The cycle of National Workshops for the Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP), being held in all member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) since August, arrives this week in Suriname and Guyana. On October 2 and 3, Suriname will hold its workshop in Paramaribo, while Guyana [...]

The government of Peru, through the National Water Authority (ANA), and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization inaugurated today in the capital Lima the National Workshop for the Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP). At the opening of the event, the General Manager of the National Water Authority (ANA - [...]

After the successful national workshops in Bolivia and Colombia, Peru is preparing to host the National Workshop of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP), a joint event organized by the National Water Authority (ANA) of Peru and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). This important meeting will take place on September [...]

On September 7 and 8, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA), through the Amazon Basin Project (OTCA/UNEP/GEF), will hold the Strategic Actions Program (SAP) Implementation Workshop in Leticia, a city bordering Brazil. The event aims to identify, along with relevant [...]

Gathered in Belém do Pará, Brazil, on August 6 during the Amazon Dialogues, Directors and Water Authorities from the eight member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela - agreed to create the Amazon Network of Water Authorities (RADA). [...]

On August 6, ACTO will hold the Working Meeting of the Water Directors of the Amazonian Countries with the aim of agreeing on the basic guidelines for the constitution and operation of the ACTO Amazon Network of Water Directors within the framework of the Amazon Basin Project - Implementation of [...]

The Permanent Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (PS/ACTO), together with UNEP and IDB, presented the PIF (Project Identification Form) proposal “Towards a better understanding of the Amazon Aquifer Systems for their protection and sustainable management” to the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8). This proposal was approved on June 26 [...]

ACTO will facilitate the articulation between the countries to obtain compatible information on the entire basin and thus inform decision making for IWRM and the conservation of aquatic ecosystems, through the Amazon Basin Project, under its execution. ACTO, which has the Amazon Regional Observatory (ORA), presented the Situation Room to [...]