6^th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
INAUGURATING A MILLENNIUM OF IMPLEMENTATION

AND ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

San Jose, Costa Rica

April 14-19, 2002

 

Pre-Conference Workshop

Saturday April 13, 2002

 

Co-sponsored by the University for International Cooperation (UCI)

and the Costa Rican Law Association (ACDA)

 

 

8:30 – 3:30    Locally co-sponsored pre-Conference workshop on issues of particular relevance to Costa Rica and Central American countries for local professionals.  (Conducted in Spanish.)

 

8:30 am             Registration

 

9:00 am          Opening Remarks, Second Vice-President and Minister of the Environment and Energy

·        The Honorable Elizabeth Odio-Benito

 

9:15 am          Principles and Rules for Environmental Enforcement and Compliance  

                        Speaker

·        Davis Jones, International Enforcement and Compliance Division, US EPA

 

10:00 am        Overview of the Environmental Agenda in Costa Rica

                        Speaker:

·        Ms. Vivienne Solis, Coordinator, Environmental Agenda Costa Rica-USA Foundation (CRUSA)

 

10:30 am        Coffee Break

 

10:45 am        Panel 1: “The Role of Institutions on Environmental Enforcement and Compliance: advances in administrative and judicial mechanisms and their relationship”

 

Speakers:       

·        Mr. Rafael Gonzalez-Ballar “Overview on Environmental Enforcement and Compliance”

·        Mr. José Pablo González “The Role of the Judiciary on Environmental Enforcement and Compliance”

·        Mr. Miguel Gutiérrez “The Role of Administrative Institutions on  Environmental Enforcement and Compliance”

·        Moderator: Ms. Lilliana Arrieta

12:00 noon     Luncheon speaker: “Opportunities and Obstacles for Voluntary Compliance”

                        Mr. Lawrence Pratt, Associate Director, Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development, INCAE

 

1:30 pm          Panel 2:  “Lessons from outside of the region in improving environmental enforcement and compliance”

 

Speakers:

 

·        Mr. Marco A. González “State of Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in Central America”

·        Mr. Antonio Benjamin

·        Ms. Patricia Madrigal "The role of the Inter-American Human Rights System on Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in the Western Hemisphere"

 

 

3:00 pm            Closing Remarks

 

4:00 – 6:00 pm            Cocktail Reception hosted by the Dutch Ambassador in Costa Rica The Honorable Wim Wessels at the Ambassador’s Residence