MERCOSUL Subgrupo de Trabalho Nº 6 Meio Ambiente XXXI Reunião Ordinária do SGT Nº 6 Meio Ambiente Brasília, Brasil ANEXO XVIII APRESENTAÇÃO SOBRE INICIATIVA HEMA MERCOSUL/XXXI SGT Nº 6/DI Nº 4/04
Subgrupo de Trabalho Nº 6 - MEIO AMBIENTE XXXI Reunião Ordinária The Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA) Initiative An Agenda for the Americas Guilherme Franco Netto Ministério da Saúde - Brasil Brasília - 30 de Agosto a 1º de Setembro de 2004
Overview Origins of HEMA Ministerial Direction The Follow-up Process Progress to Date Building Support HEMA and the Southern Cone Preparing for HEMA II Next Steps
Origins of HEMA Why health and environment Summit of the Americas process - COPASAD Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA) - Meeting in Ottawa in March 2002 Ministerial Declaration Membership and Structure of HEMA-WG Meetings of HEMA-WG (May 2003, August 2003, November 2003 and March 2004)
Ministerial Direction Future Directions: 8 priority areas, working towards 12 shared goals Building and sharing capacities to respond to threats Identified messages fot he World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) Process: To establish a Task Force to make a proposal on a follow up process To hold regular Ministerial meetings, prior to the Summits of the Americas, to set directions and assess progress
HEMA Priorities Water and Sanitation and Solid Waste Sound Management of Chemicals Air Quality Climate Variability and Change Cross Cutting all Goals and Priority Areas
Follow-up Process HEMA Task Force: Senior officials of health and environment ministries or sub-regional organizations Co-chairs, current and past Summit of the Americas hosts, report to Ministers PAHO, OAS, and UNEP-ROLAC: Key Partners Task Force Activities: Follow up process Region-wide inventory of HEMA goals Potential projects to meet HEMA goals
Follow-up Process (cont d) Mandate of HEMA Working Group: Make recommendations to Ministers at second Ministerial meeting Support preparations for the next meeting Continue to integrate health and environment and strengthen inter-agency cooperation
Progress to Date Endorsement of HEMA by Leaders at Special Summit of the Americas, January 2004 Nuevo Leon Declaration On-going discussion with international cooperation agencies on priority projects Some key projects underway Integred assessment in Latin America and Caribbean, including the development of children s health and environment indicators with a focus on water Inventory of health and environment initiatives in the hemisphere HEMA website being developed
Building Support Sub-regions and Organizations taking lead in integrating HEMA at Ministerial and other fora CARICOM Ministers of Health Caucus & COHSOD, and Caribbean sub-regional HEMA Information Session (September 2003, March 2004 and June 2004) Forum of Environment Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean (November 2003) HEMA at the Andean Ministers of Health Meeting (March 2004) HEMA Roundtable at the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS) Conference in Puerto Rico (August 22-27, 2004)
HEMA and the Southern Cone Brazil is the coordinator for the Southern Cone in the establishment of the HEMA Task Force Brazil serves as the environment and health representative on the HEMA Task Force/Working Group Southern Cone HEMA Priorities PAHO - Brazilian Ministry of Health Indicators Workshop Health and environment issues and approaches - sharing experiences
Priorities Southern Cone Region 1 - Water (water, sanitation and waste management) 2 - Capacity Building Activities for the Development and implementation of National policies on POPs 3 - Outdoor Air Pollution 4 - Adapting to Climate Variability and Change (including health impacts) 5 - Undertaking na Integrated Assessment of Environment and Health in America and Developing Indicators with reference to Vulnerable Population (Workshop in Recife)
Brazilian Experience Technical Cooperation between Health and Environment Ministers (signed November 2001) Priorities: Water Waste and Polluted Soils Air Pollution Natural and Technological Disasters Chemical Safety Climate Variability and Change Methodologies of Environement and Health Integrated Management Environmental Permissions - Licenciamento Agenda 21 and Sustentability Electromagnetic Field (EMF)
Preparing for HEMA II HEMA II to be held in June 2005 HEMA II: Possible Ministerial Declaration (including: vision, objectives and desired outcomes for HEMA) Progress since Ottawa Setting future direction for action areas Sustainability of HEMA (finances)
Next Steps Implementing priority in the Hemisphere and/or the subregions; Exploring possibility of establishing a HEMA Secretariat at a regional organization; Examining options to assure sustainable financing for HEMA; Building synergies and working collaboratively with development agencies in improving human health and well-being by reducing environmental threats; Preparing progress report to advise Ministers on priorities.
7. Agenda Comentada - Temas Setoriais Reativação da Comissão Intergovernamental de para uma política de Gestão de Risco e Diminuição da Vulnerabilidade (1998) Criação da Comissão Intergovernamental de Saúde Ambiental e Saúde Ocupacional (2004) Trabalhos pontuais: diagnósticos, integração das ações de saúde na área de fronteira do Mercosul, desenvolvimento de estratégias comuns na área de ciência e tecnologia (especialmente pesquisa), atendimento a solicitação de emergências (Paraguai - 2004)
Interfaces do Setor Saúde - Agenda Grupo Ad Hoc para definir uma agenda de trabalhos em químicos Protocolo de Emergências - identificação de pontos focais Recursos Hídricos - Qualidade da Água para consumo humano Água de Lastro Geo Mercosul: Saúde Ambiental Encontro Mercosul sobre Comércio, Meio Ambiente e Combate a Pobreza
Guilherme Franco Netto General Coordinator of Environmental Health Surveillance Ministry of Health - Brazil SAS Quadra 4 Bl. N, 10º andar, sala 1001 70058-902 Brasília /DF- Brazil Phone: + 55 61 314 6404 Fax: + 55 61 314 6403 Email: guilherme.netto@funasa.gov.br