Euroclima Annual Meeting 2024

AECID Training Centre, Antigua Guatemala, March 5 - 7

The Euroclima Annual Meeting, held in Guatemala from March 5th to 7th, 2024, brought together a diverse group of stakeholders collaborating within the Programme from the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, and particularly the National Focal Points (NFP) representing the 33 partner countries benefiting from the programme. The Meeting aimed at discussing how Euroclima is addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, considering that the Programme is a platform for dialogue and collaboration among the partner countries of the LAC region and a vehicle to support the just and green transition in LAC and the implementation of the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda.

Agenda

DAY 1. Tuesday 5 March 

 TIME 

EVENT 

MATERIAL

8:00 - 9:00 

Registration of Participants  

·         Introductory video of Euroclima

09:00 - 10:00 

Welcome and Institutional Opening  

Guatemala Authorities, EU Representatives & EU Ambassadors  

·         N/A

10:00 - 10:15 

Group photo & Interviews with the media (in parallel) 

·         N/A

10:15 - 10:30 

Coffee break  

·         N/A

10:30 - 11:00 

Presentation objectives and agenda and inspirational videos 

·         Inspirational video: Celeste Saulo, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization

·         Inspirational video: Kerryne James, Minister of Climate Resilience, Environment and Renewable Energy of Grenada

11:00 - 12:15 

Context Round Table – Triple planetary crisis & LAC region 

Partner Countries and EU Representatives 

·         N/A

12:15 - 13:15 

Euroclima and the EU Global Gateway  

EU Directorate General for International Partnerships. LAC Director. 

·         N/A

13:15 - 15:00 

Lunch  

·         N/A

15:00 - 15:30 

Balance of Euroclima  

Euroclima Team  

·         Presentation: Balance of Euroclima

15:30 - 16:30 

Success stories  

Implementers and Partner Countries’ Representatives  

·         Presentation: H2LAC. Regional partnership on green hydrogen

·         Presentation: Water Forever for Abancay and neighbouring communities (ESP / ENG)

·         Presentation: Social Price of Carbon

16:30 - 16:45 

Euroclima in the Caribbean  

EU Regional Delegation Barbados  

·         Presentation: Euroclima in the Caribbean

16:45 - 17:15 

Closure of first day and coffee break  

·         N/A

17:15 - 19:00 

Side meetings  

National Focal Points and EU Delegations (separate meetings)  

·         N/A

19:00 – 19:15 

Transfer to Las Capuchinas 

·         N/A

19:30 

Dinner and Cultural Presentationat “Convento de las Capuchinas” 

·         N/A

Day 2. Wednesday 6 March 

TIME 

EVENT 

MATERIAL

08:30 - 9:00 

Welcome  

·         N/A

09:00 - 9:30 

Summary of the first day and agenda for the second day  

Brief presentation of the Way Forward document 

·         Presentation: Summary of the Way Forward

09:30 - 11:00 

Accelerating Green and Climate Investments  

European Development Banks and Partners Countries’ Representatives  

·         Presentation: Introducción a la situación del financiamiento sostenible y climático en la región de ALC, e iniciativas regionals existentes

·         Presentation: Impulsar la financiación de la agenda global Gateway, Jose Manuel Otero, EIB

·         Presentation: Acción 3 Programa País Chile, Sandra Briceno, Government of Chile

·         Presentation: Taxonomía de Finanzas Sostenibles de Panamá, Ligia Castro, Government of Panama

·         Presentation: Belize Blue Bonds, Colin Mattis, Belize

11:00 - 11:30 

Coffee Break  

·         N/A

11:30 - 13:00 

Thematic working sessions in groups: 

1.            Sustainable Energy, Biodiversity and Circular Economy/Sargassum 

Working groups’ participants  

·         Presentation: Sustainable energy

·         Presentation: Biodiversity

·         Presentation: Circular economy/sargassum

13:00 - 14:30 

Lunch  

·          

14:30 - 16:15 

Thematic working sessions in groups and Coffee Break 

2.        Green Hydrogen, Water Management and Sustainable Transport  

Working groups’ participants  

·         Presentation: Green hydrogen

·         Presentation: Water management

·         Presentation: Sustainable transport

16:15 - 17:15 

Euroclima and its partners toward the Biodiversity COP16  

Guatemala, EU, and Partners Countries’ Representatives  

·         N/A

17:15-18:15 

Side meetings  

National Focal Points and EU Delegations (separate meetings)  

·         N/A

18:15 - 19:15 

Inauguration of EUROCLIMA photo exposition  

Guatemalan Government and Spanish Agency for International Cooperation Authorities 

·         N/A

 

Free night 

·         N/A


 

Day 3. Thursday 7 March 

TIME 

EVENT 

MATERIAL

08:00 - 8:30 

Registration of Participants  

·         N/A

09:00 - 10:30 

National Focal Point Meeting 

·         N/A

10:00 - 10:30 

Coffee Break  

·         N/A

10:30 – 12:00 

Presentation in plenary  

Presentation of working groups’ conclusions from the previous day  

·         N/A

12:00 - 13:00 

Final Reflection on Way Forward and Acta  

Discussion on the future of Euroclima, next steps, lessons learned, and presentation of revised documents for approval  

·         N/A

13:00 - 14:30 

Lunch  

·         N/A

14:30 - 16:30 

Program Steering Committee  

·         ACTA of the Programme Steering Committee (ESP / ENG)

16:30 - 17:00 

Conclusions and closing  

·         N/A

17:00 

End of the Annual Meeting  

·         N/A

19:00 - 19:15 

Transfer Hotel Soleil to “Ruinas de San José 

·         N/A

19:30 

Closing Dinnerat “Ruinas de San José 

·         N/A

Datos del evento

Fecha del evento 03-05-2024 8:00 am
Fecha fin del evento 03-07-2024 8:00 pm

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