Representatives of the eight member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) — Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela — will meet to exchange best practices and lessons learned in the management of transboundary basins, which will serve as inputs to the implementation of the ACTO/UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project on “Regional Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River Basin Considering Climate Variability and Climate Change”. The workshop will be followed by the second meeting of the project's Steering Committee will review project activities and approve project management instruments for 2013.  

dates: 5-7 December 2012   location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Plurinational State of   contact: ACTO Secretariat   phone: +5561-3248-4119   fax: +5561-3248-4238   www: http://www.otca.info/portal/noticia-interna.php?id=426