PRE-ENCUENTROS                                     

     Pre-Encuentros (or regional meetings held in preparation for the V Encuentro) was an idea generated as feedback by the border NGOs that gathered for the IV Encuentro in 2003. The main goals of these regional gatherings were: a) To follow-up on the discussions on border environmental affaires, b) Provide further analysis and facilitate the creation of regional liaisons, and c) Facilitate the participation of a larger number of grass roots organizations in their own region.
     

      These meetings were designed and organized by environmental activists to respond to environmental problems, as well as to address the need for the creations of local capacities, and to make sure they had a say and received proper attention during the next V Encuentro.

Expected Outcomes:

      1. To obtain a general idea of the local environmental problems
      2. To make a Directory of local grass roots organizations
      3. To establish alliances for future coordinated actions

Chihuahua, Chih.Chihuahua/Texas First Regional Meeting “Citizens and the Environment”

November 22- 24, 2004
Casa de Cursillos,

      Organized by: Ma. Teresa Guerrero, Consultoría Técnica Comunitaria, A.C., (Community Technical Consultancy), Unidad Fronteriza de Investigación en Salud Ambiental de la Facultad de Enfermería y Nutriología de la UACH (Health Research Unit of the Nutrition School at the University of Chihuahua), el Frente Democrático Campesino (Farmworker Democratic Front), Desarrollo Comunitario y Alternativas Educativas, A.C (Community Development and Educational Alternatives), and the Centro para el Fortalecimiento de la Sociedad Civil del ITESM (Center for the Strenghtening of Civil Society, of the Monterrey Techonology Institute).

    Issues: City’s dangerous waste: Water Geopolitics, Agrochemicals, Global Weather Changes, Genetic Engineering, Information Access (Right to Know) and Environmental Education.
74 participants

OUTCOMES OF THE MEETING