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XXV RedLAC Congress 2023

From October 23 to 26 in Cusco, Peru

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October

Environmental finance

8:45 am 

Opening

  • Jorge Oviedo, Executive Director of FIAES and President of RedLAC |  Republic of El Salvador
  • Luis Pantoja, Provincial Mayor of Cusco | Peru

9:00 am 

Keynote lecture

Trust Funds: Contributions and sustainable investments for the projects implementation
Speaker: Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO and President of the Global Environment Facility – GEF Costa Rica

9:50 a.m. 

Panel

The role of the public and private sector in conservation
Moderator:  Verónica Sifuentes, General Manager of Es Hoy | Peru
  • Pedro Gamboa, Director of Conservation and Social Articulation from UNACEM | Peru
  • José Koechlin, President of Canatur and Inkaterra | Peru
  • Antonio Montenegro, General Manager of AMSAC | Peru
  • Antonio Olórtegui, Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance at LATAM | Peru

10:30 a.m. 

Keynote lecture

A World in Transition – J.P. Morgan’s Role in the Path to Net Zero
Speaker: Jessica Matthews, Global Head of Sustainable Investments at JPMorgan Chase & Co. | U.S.

10:50 a.m. 

Panel

Zero Carbon: Processes and an internal transformation to achieve an environmentally responsible operation
Moderator:  Natalia Arango, Executive Director of Fondo Acción | Colombia
  • Carlos Adrianzén, Manager of Safety, Environment, and Sustainability at Unacem. Peru
  • Gisella Alfaro, Sustainability Head at LIMA EXPRESA - Vinci Highways | Peru
  • Cecilia Rabitsch, Vice President of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at Southern Peaks Mining | Peru

11:30 a.m.

Networking

11:50 am 

Keynote lecture

Speaker:  Pedro Lerner, Corporate General Manager of the UNACEM Group | Peru

12:10 p.m. 

Panel

Supply Generation: Different types of carbon credit projects and the associated challenges
Moderator:   Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management at Profonanpe | Peru
  • Berioska Quispe, Director of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation at the Ministry of Environment | Peru
  • Luis Espinel, Vice President of Peru and Executive Director of Conservation International | Peru
  • Angelo Sartori, Director of Stakeholder Engagement at Verra | Chile
  • Matthias M. Pitkowitz, CEO of EQX Biome | U.S.
  • Lucía Madrid, Associate Policy Director at Architecture for REDD+ Transactions | Mexico

1:00 pm

Lunch

3:00 pm 

Keynote lecture

Sustainability in the DNA of the modern mining industry: Challenges and opportunities
Speaker:  Fernando Montero, Sustainability & Regional Affairs Manager at Anglo American | Peru

3:20 p.m.

Panel

Green Finance focused on Biodiversity and Climate Change: Trends and farsightedness
Moderator: Elvis García, General Director of Economics and Environmental Financing of the Ministry of the Environment | Peru
  • Mauricio Vélez, Sustainability Director of Asobancaria Colombia | Colombia
  • Martín Sanabria, Promotion and Development Manager of the Peruvian Federation of Municipal Savings and Credit Banks – FPECMAC | Peru
  • Sara Reyna, Senior Advisor at GIZ | Peru
  • Gonzalo Martínez, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank | Spain

4:00 p.m.

Keynote lecture

Governance and its Impact: ESG Policies in Conservation Trust Funds
Speakers: 
  • Juan Etinger, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Argentina
  • Cassio Camara, Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Brazil

4:20 p.m.

Panel

Resilient Cities
Moderator:   Juan Etinger, CEO of Morgan Stanley | Argentina
  • Lorenzo de Rosenzweig, CEO and Founder of Terra Habitus AC | Mexico
  • Elizabeth Valenzuela, Technical Director of Fondo Acción. | Colombia
  • James Leslie, Technical Advisor for Ecosystems and Climate Change at UNDP | U.S.

5:00 pm

Round table

Dashboard:Innovative financial mechanisms with the private sector for biodiversity conservation
Moderator:  Leonardo García, Coordinator of the BRIDGE Project, an initiative for the benefit of RedLAC and COFFEE | Costa Rica
  • Sergio Eguino, Executive Director of FUNDESNAP | Bolivia
  • Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management at Profonanpe | Peru
  • Ahmed Lefghih, Executive Director of the Bank of Arguin and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund | Mauritania

5:40 p.m.

Keynote lecture

Sustainability in tourism promotion and business investments actions
Speaker:  Angélica Matsuda, Executive President of PromPerú | Peru

6:30 pm

Cocktail: 30 years of Profonanpe

  • Albina Ruiz, Minister of the Environment | Peru
  • Profonanpe Board of Directors

Impact Assessment and Knowledge Management

7:30 am

Hotel Costa del Sol
 BRIDGE progress and upcoming activities (closed session for RedLAC and CAFÉ Environmental Funds)
Speaker: Leonardo García, Coordinator of the BRIDGE Project, an initiative for the benefit of RedLAC and COFFEE | Costa Rica

8:45 am

Keynote lecture

Monitoring and evaluating the impact of conservation and climate change projects: the IDB experience.
Speaker: Jaime Fernández-Baca, Senior Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank | Peru

9:05 am

Peru Facing the Climate Crisis

Albina Ruiz, Minister of the Environment of Peru | Peru

9:20 a.m.

Panel

Challenges for the implementation of impact assessment in environmental projects
Moderator: Juana Kuramoto, Head of the Profonanpe Research and Development Office | Peru
  • Jorge Oviedo, Executive Director of FIAES | Republic of El Salvador 
  • María José González, Executive Director of MARFUND | Guatemala
  • Maritza Paredes, Director of the Doctorate in Sociology at the PUCP | Peru
  • Brenda Boddie-John, CBF Board Member and St. Christopher and Nevis Conservation Foundation Board Chair | Saint Kitts and Nevis 

10:00 a.m.

Keynote lecture

Scaling up and replicability of projects to increase climate resilience
Exhibitors:
  • Cristina Dengel, Director of Knowledge Management at Adaptation Fund | U.S.
  • Martina Dorigo, Climate Change Specialist at Adaptation Fund | Italy

10:30 a.m.

Panel

Information Gaps and Knowledge Management
Moderator:   Zdenka Piskulich, CEO of Enduring Earth | Costa Rica
  • Renée Gonzáles, General Director of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature | Mexico
  • Rosa Lemos, Executive Director of FUNBIO | Brazil
  • Karen McDonald, Chieff Director of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Jamaica
  • Gustavo Nakamura, Vice President of the Ibero-American Institute of Public-Private Strategy | Peru
  • Verona Collantes, Senior Gender Specialist at the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) | U.S.

11:10 am

Keynote lecture

Knowledge management for climate action
Speaker: Sukaina Bharwani, Senior Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute – SEI | Swiss

11:30 a.m.

Networking

11:40 a.m.

Lecture masterly

Challenges towards sustainable aviation
Speaker: Manuel Van Oordt, CEO of LATAM from LATAM | Peru

12:00 pm

Panel

Networks Creation and Collaboration for Marine Conservation within the framework of 30x30
Moderator: Tanja Lieuw, Conservation Finance Manager at the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund – CBF | Surinam
  • Leandra Cho-Ricketts, Executive Director of the Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future | Belize
  • Craig Henry, CEO of Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund | St. Lucia
  • Pedro Solano, Member of the Board of Directors of Sernanp | Peru

12:40 p.m.

Keynote lecture 

KfW Development Bank: Promoting biodiversity and forest protection in Latin America
Speaker:  Simon Erhard,   Country Director for Peru of the Development Bank of the Federal Republic of Germany  – KfW | Germany

1:00 pm

Lunch

Protected Natural Areas and the Participation of Indigenous or Native Peoples

9:00 am

Keynote lecture

Conservation Conservation challenges to reach 30x30 initiative
Speaker: Gabriel Quijandría, Regional Director for South America of the International Union for Conservation of Nature – IUCN | Peru

9:20 a.m.

Panel

Conservation Conservation challenges to reach 30x30 initiative
Moderator: Micaela Rizo Patrón, General Manager of Sustainable Peru | Peru
  • Deyvis Huamán, Director of Management of the Protected Natural Areas of Sernanp | Peru
  • Mariana Montoya, Peru Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society | Peru
  • Chad Gallinat, Conservation X Labs' Foundry Director | U.S.
  • Enrique Ortiz, Program Director of Andes Amazon Fund | Peru
  • Violeta Bermúdez, Executive Director of Prevenir USAID Project | Peru

10:00 a.m.

Keynote lecture

Conservation mosaics: connectivity in natural and cultural areas
Speaker: Avecita Chicchón, Program Director of the Andes-Amazon Initiative at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Peru

10:20 a.m.

Keynote lecture

Development driving cores
Speaker: José Carlos Nieto, Head of the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State | Peru

10:40 a.m.

Panel

What elements should be considered for the proper management of Protected Natural Areas?
Moderator: Luis Alfaro, Coordinator of the Natural Heritage Initiative of Peru | Peru
  • Santiago Silva, Coordinator of Protected Areas and Wildlife at FIAS | Ecuador
  • Jessica Tsamajain, Chief of the Tuntanain Communal Reserve – Sernanp Amazonas Region | Peru
  • Amantina Lavalle, Coordinator of the Conservation Area of the Mexican Fund for Nature Conservation | Mexico
  • Juvenal Silva, Program Coordinator at the Frankfurt Zoological Society Peru Peru
  • Jaime Nalvarte, Founder of the Association for Integral Research and Development – AIDER | Peru

11:20 a.m.

Networking: UNESCO

11:40 a.m.

Keynote lecture

The importance of local and indigenous knowledge for facing climate change: experiences from other regions
Speaker: Nigel Crawhall, Chief of Section, Local and Indigenous Knowledge System, UNESCO | South Africa

12:05 pm

Panel

Generating evidence on indigenous peoples’ contribution to addressing climate change and conservation 
Moderator: Andrés Antívil, Mapuche Treasurer of the Nature Fund | Chile
  • Fermín Chimatani, President of ANECAP | Peru
  • Oseas Barbarán, President of CONAP | Peru
  • Julio Cusurichi, Representative of the Board of Directors of AIDESEP | Peru

12:45 pm

Keynote lecture

The contribution of the knowledge of indigenous peoples to biodiversity and the challenges for their access to environmental financing
Speaker: Tarcila Rivera, Founder and President of Chirapaq | Peru

1:10 p.m. 

Closure

Technical Closure and Announcement of the RedLAC 2024 Host-Country 
  • Jorge Oviedo, President of RedLAC | Republic of El Salvador
  • Anton Willems, CEO of Profonanpe | Peru
  • Karen McDonald Gayle, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund | Jamaica
  • Craig Henry, CEO of Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund | St. Lucia

1:30 p.m.

Lunch

4:00 p.m.

Departure from Cusco to Ollantaytambo (Bus)

Meeting point: Cusco Artisan Market

7:00 p.m. 

Departure from Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu Pueblo (Train)

10:00 pm 

Cocktail – Inkaterra MachuPicchu Pueblo Hotel

Macchu Picchu

8:00 am

Departure from the district of Machupicchu to the SH of Machupicchu (Bus)

9:00 a.m.

Entrance to the Sanctuary of Machupicchu

9:20 am

Group Photo at Machupicchu Sanctuary

9:30 a.m.

Guided tour of the MachuPicchu Sanctuary

  • Elvis La Torre, Mayor of Machupicchu | Peru
  • Vladimir Ramírez, Head of the Machupicchu Historical Sanctuary of Sernanp | Peru

11:30 p.m.

Departure from Machupicchu Historic Sanctuary to Machupicchu District

12:30 pm

Ceremony of payment to the land in the central square of the Machupicchu district 

1:00 pm 

Lunch in Machupicchu District

4:00 p.m.

Exit from the district of Machupicchu to Ollantaytambo (Train)

6:30 pm 

Departure from Ollantaytambo to Cusco (Bus)

9:00 pm

End of event

Environmental finance

8:45 am 

Opening

  • Jorge Oviedo, Executive Director of FIAES and President of RedLAC | Republic of El Salvador
  • Luis Pantoja, Provincial Mayor of Cusco | Peru

9:00 am 

Keynote lecture

Trust Funds: Contributions and sustainable investments for the projects implementation
Speaker: Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO and President of the Global Environment Facility – GEF Costa Rica

9:50 a.m. 

Panel

The role of the public and private sector in conservation
Moderator:  Verónica Sifuentes, General Manager of Es Hoy | Peru
  • Pedro Gamboa, Director of Conservation and Social Articulation from UNACEM | Peru
  • José Koechlin, President of Canatur and Inkaterra | Peru
  • Antonio Montenegro, General Manager of AMSAC | Peru
  • Manuel Van Oordt, CEO of LATAM | Peru

9:50 a.m. 

Panel

The role of the public and private sector in conservation
Moderator:  Verónica Sifuentes, General Manager of Es Hoy | Peru
  • Pedro Gamboa, Director of Conservation and Social Articulation from UNACEM | Peru
  • José Koechlin, President of Canatur and Inkaterra | Peru
  • Antonio Montenegro, General Manager of AMSAC | Peru
  • Antonio Olórtegui, Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance at LATAM | Peru

10:30 a.m. 

Keynote lecture

A World in Transition – J.P. Morgan’s Role in the Path to Net Zero
Speaker: Jessica Matthews, Global Head of Sustainable Investments at JPMorgan Chase & Co. | U.S.

10:50 a.m. 

Panel

Zero Carbon: Processes and an internal transformation to achieve an environmentally responsible operation
Moderator:  Natalia Arango, Executive Director of Fondo Acción | Colombia
  • Carlos Adrianzén, Manager of Safety, Environment and Sustainability of Unacem | Peru
  • Luis Zapata, Manager of Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability of Lima Expresa of Vinci Highways | Peru
  • Cecilia Rabitsch, Vice President of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at Southern Peaks Mining | Peru

11:30 a.m.

Networking

11:50 am 

Keynote lecture

Speaker:  Pedro Lerner, Corporate General Manager of the UNACEM Group | Peru

12:10 p.m. 

Panel

Supply Generation: Different types of carbon credit projects and the associated challenges
Moderator:   Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management at Profonanpe | Peru
  • Berioska Quispe, Director of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation at the Ministry of Environment | Peru
  • Luis Espinel, Vice President of Peru and Executive Director of Conservation International | Peru
  • Angelo Sartori, Director of Stakeholder Engagement at Verra | Chile
  • Matthias M. Pitkowitz, CEO of EQX Biome | U.S.
  • Lucía Madrid, Associate Policy Director at Architecture for REDD+ Transactions | Mexico

1:00 pm

Lunch

3:00 pm 

Keynote lecture

Sustainability in the DNA of the modern mining industry: Challenges and opportunities
Speaker:  Fernando Montero, Sustainability & Regional Affairs Manager at Anglo American | Peru

3:20 p.m.

Panel

Green Finance focused on Biodiversity and Climate Change: Trends and farsightedness
Moderator: Elvis García, General Director of Economics and Environmental Financing of the Ministry of the Environment | Peru
  • Mauricio Vélez, Sustainability Director of Asobancaria Colombia | Colombia
  • Martín Sanabria, Promotion and Development Manager of the Peruvian Federation of Municipal Savings and Credit Banks – FPECMAC | Peru
  • Sara Reyna, Senior Advisor at GIZ | Peru
  • Gonzalo Martínez, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank | Spain

4:00 p.m.

Keynote lecture

Governance and its Impact: ESG Policies in Conservation Trust Funds
Speakers: 
  • Juan Etinger, CEO of Morgan Stanley | Argentina
  • Cassio Camara, CEO of Morgan Stanley | Brazil

4:20 p.m.

Panel

Resilient Cities
Moderator:   Juan Etinger, CEO of Morgan Stanley | Argentina
  • Lorenzo de Rosenzweig, CEO and Founder of Terra Habitus AC | Mexico
  • Elizabeth Valenzuela, Technical Director of Fondo Acción | Colombia
  • James Leslie, Technical Advisor on Ecosystems and Climate Change at UNDP | USA

5:00 pm

Round table

Dashboard:Innovative financial mechanisms with the private sector for biodiversity conservation
Moderator:  Leonardo García, Coordinator of the BRIDGE Project, an initiative for the benefit of RedLAC and COFFEE | Costa Rica
  • Sergio Eguino, Executive Director of FUNDESNAP | Bolivia
  • Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management at Profonanpe | Peru
  • Ahmed Lefghih, Executive Director of the Bando de Arguin and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund | Mauritania

5:40 p.m.

Keynote lecture

Sustainability in tourism promotion and business investments actions
Speaker:  Angélica Matsuda, Executive President of PromPerú | Peru

6:30 pm

Cocktail: 30 years of Profonanpe

  • Albina Ruiz, Minister of the Environment | Peru
  • Profonanpe Board of Directors

Impact Assessment and Knowledge Management

7:30 am

Hotel Costa del Sol
 BRIDGE progress and upcoming activities (closed session for RedLAC and CAFÉ Environmental Funds) 
Speaker: Leonardo García, Coordinator of the BRIDGE Project, an initiative for the benefit of RedLAC and COFFEE | Costa Rica

8:45 am

Keynote lecture

Monitoring and evaluating the impact of conservation and climate change projects: the IDB experience.
Speaker: Jaime Fernández-Baca, Senior Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank | Peru

9:05 am

Peru Facing the Climate Crisis

Albina Ruiz, Minister of the Environment of Peru | Peru

9:20 a.m.

Panel

Challenges for the implementation of impact assessment in environmental projects
Moderator: Juana Kuramoto, Head of the Profonanpe Research and Development Office | Peru
  • Jorge Oviedo, Executive Director of FIAES | El Salvador 
  • María José González, Executive Director of MARFUND | Guatemala
  • Maritza Paredes, Director of the PhD Program in Sociology at PUCP | Peru
  • Brenda Boddie-John, CBF Board Member and Chair of the Board of Directors of the St. Christopher and Nevis Conservation Foundation | Saint Kitts and Nevis

10:00 a.m.

Keynote lecture

Scaling up and replicability of projects to increase climate resilience
Exhibitors:
  • Cristina Dengel, Director of Knowledge Management at Adaptation Fund | U.S.
  • Martina Dorigo, Climate Change Specialist at Adaptation Fund | Italy

10:30 a.m.

Panel

Information Gaps and Knowledge Management
Moderator:   Zdenka Piskulich, CEO of Enduring Earth | Costa Rica
  • Renée Gonzáles, General Director of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature | Mexico
  • Rosa Lemos, Executive Director of FUNBIO | Brazil
  • Karen McDonald, Chieff Director of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Jamaica
  • Gustavo Nakamura, Vice President of the Ibero-American Institute of Public-Private Strategy | Peru
  • Verona Collantes, Senior Gender Specialist at the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) | U.S.

11:00 am

Keynote lecture

Knowledge management for climate action
Speaker: Sukaina Bharwani, Senior Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute – SEI | Swiss

11:20 a.m.

Networking

11:40 a.m.

Lecture masterly

Challenges towards sustainable aviation
Speaker: Manuel Van Oordt, CEO of LATAM

12:00 pm

Panel

Networks Creation and Collaboration for Marine Conservation within the framework of 30x30
Moderator: Tanja Lieuw, Conservation Finance Manager at the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund – CBF | Surinam
  • Leandra Cho-Ricketts, Executive Director of the Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future | Belize
  • Craig Henry, CEO of Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund | St. Lucia
  • Pedro Solano, Member of the Board of Directors of Sernanp | Peru

12:40 p.m.

Keynote lecture 

KfW Development Bank: Promoting biodiversity and forest protection in Latin America
Speaker:  Simon Erhard,   Country Director for Peru of the Development Bank of the Federal Republic of Germany  – KfW | Germany

Lunch

3:00 pm

5:00 pm

Protected Natural Areas and the Participation of Indigenous or Native Peoples

9:00 am

Keynote lecture

Conservation Conservation challenges to reach 30x30 initiative
Speaker: Gabriel Quijandría, Regional Director for South America of the International Union for Conservation of Nature – IUCN | Peru

9:20 a.m.

Panel

Conservation Conservation challenges to reach 30x30 initiative
Moderator: Micaela Rizo Patrón, General Manager of Sustainable Peru | Peru
  • Deyvis Huamán, Director of Management of the Protected Natural Areas of Sernanp | Peru
  • Mariana Montoya, Peru Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society | Peru
  • Chad Gallinat, Conservation X Labs' Foundry Director | U.S.
  • Enrique Ortiz, Program Director of Andes Amazon Fund | Peru
  • Violeta Bermúdez, Executive Director of Prevenir USAID Project | Peru
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10:00 a.m.

Keynote lecture

Conservation mosaics: connectivity in natural and cultural areas
Speaker: Avecita Chicchón, Program Director of the Andes-Amazon Initiative at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Peru

10:20 a.m.

Keynote lecture

Speaker: José Carlos Nieto, Head of Sernanp | Peru

10:40 a.m.

Panel

What elements should be considered for the proper management of Protected Natural Areas?
Moderator: Luis Alfaro, Coordinator of the Natural Heritage Initiative of Peru | Peru
  • Santiago Silva, Coordinator of Protected Areas and Wildlife at FIAS | Ecuador
  • Jessica Tsamajain, Chief of the Tuntanain Communal Reserve – Sernanp Amazonas Region | Peru
  • Amantina Lavalle, Coordinator of the Conservation Area of the Mexican Fund for Nature Conservation | Mexico
  • Juvenal Silva, Program Coordinator at the Frankfurt Zoological Society Peru Peru
  • Jaime Nalvarte, Founder of the Association for Integral Research and Development – AIDER | Peru

11:20 a.m.

Networking: UNESCO

11:40 a.m.

Keynote lecture

The importance of local and indigenous knowledge for facing climate change: experiences from other regions
Speaker: Nigel Crawhall, Chief of Section, Local and Indigenous Knowledge System, UNESCO | France

12:05 pm

Panel

Generating evidence on indigenous peoples’ contribution to addressing climate change and conservation 
Moderator: Andrés Antívil, Mapuche Treasurer of the Nature Fund | Peru
  • Fermín Chimatani, President of ANECAP | Peru
  • Oseas Barbarán, President of CONAP | Peru
  • Julio Cusurichi, Representative of the Board of Directors of AIDESEP | Peru

12:45 pm

Keynote lecture

The contribution of the knowledge of indigenous peoples to biodiversity and the challenges for their access to environmental financing
Speaker: Tarcila Rivera, Founder and President of Chirapaq | Peru

1:10 p.m. 

Closure

Technical Closure and Announcement of the RedLAC 2024 Host-Country 
  • Jorge Oviedo, President of RedLAC | Republic of El Salvador
  • Anton Willems, CEO of Profonanpe | Peru
  • Karen McDonald Gayle, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund | Jamaica
  • Craig Henry, Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund | St. Lucia

1:30 p.m.

Lunch

4:00 p.m.

Departure from Cusco to Ollantaytambo (Bus)

Meeting point: Cusco Artisan Market

7:00 p.m. 

Departure from Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu Pueblo (Train)

10:00 pm 

Cocktail – Inkaterra MachuPicchu Pueblo Hotel

Macchu Picchu

08:00 am

Departure from the Machupicchu district to the SH of Machupicchu

9:00 a.m.

Entrance to the Sanctuary of Machupicchu

9:20 am

Group Photo at Machupicchu Sanctuary

9:30 a.m.

Guided tour of the MachuPicchu Sanctuary

  • Elvis La Torre, Mayor of Machupicchu | Peru
  • Vladimir Ramírez, Head of the Machupicchu Historical Sanctuary of Sernanp | Peru

11:30 p.m.

Departure from the SH of Machupicchu to the district of Machupicchu town

12:30 pm

Ceremony of payment to the land in the central square of the Machupicchu district

1:00 pm 

Lunch in Machupicchu District

4:00 p.m.

Exit from the district of Machupicchu to Ollantaytambo 

6:30 pm 

Departure from Ollantaytambo to Cusco

9:00 pm

End of event

Discover the
exchange rooms

Tuesday, 24th | Between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Room 1

carbon markets

Financial Projects for Permanence

Room 2

Project Monitoring
Design

Environmental and Social Safeguards

Room 3

Effective Territorial Management (Coastal Marine)

Effective territorial management (Andean Amazon)

Room 4

Projects design

Innovation in Financing Mechanisms

Room 5

Indigenous or Native Peoples: Knowledge

Indigenous or Native Peoples:  Financing

Room 6

Management of knowledge

Communications

Great speakers

that inspire us!

Exchange experiences with more than 70 experts in environmental finance and sustainability leaders

You will have the opportunity to meet members of environmental funds, representatives of financial entities and the private sector, international cooperation agencies, and other prominent and relevant actors for sustainable development.

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Explore the role of environmental funds in the voluntary carbon market and review project design, through benefit and risk analysis. 

Tuesday October 24 in Cusco

Schedule Activity
3:00 pm.
Welcome

Stefanie Delgado, Director of Investment Portfolio Management at Profonanpe | Peru
3:05 p.m.
Workshop: How to implement a REDD+ carbon project, step by step
Natalia Arango, Executive Director of Fondo Acción | Colombia
3:30 pm.
Session with Questions and Answers
Action Fund and Profonanpe
4:00 p.m.
What are the main functions that environmental funds should assume in the voluntary carbon market?
Natalia Arango, Executive Director of Fondo Acción and Stefanie Delgado, Director of Investment Portfolio Management at Profonanpe
4:55 p.m.
Conclusions and thanks
Stefanie Delgado, Director of Investment Portfolio Management at Profonanpe

Financial Projects for Permanence
(PFP)

  • Exchange knowledge and lessons learned between Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) that have implemented or wish to implement Permanence Finance Projects (PFPs).
  • Articulates a community of CTFs that are implementing or plan to implement PFPs.
  • Provides information to CTFs about Enduring Earth's current and future portfolio.
Hora Activity
5:00 pm.
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Anna Gomes, Conservation Trust Fund Specialist | U.S.
5:05 p.m.
The Story of PFPs
Katy Mathias, Conservation Trust Fund Officer of Pew | U.S.
5:20 p.m.
Lessons Learned from PFP Implementers
Carolina Ortiz, Senior Program Officer of WWF | Colombia
5:50 p.m.
Interactive Discussion Tables

6:35 p.m.
Vision for the Future of PFPs
Zdenka Piskulich, Managing Director of Enduring Earth | Costa Rica
6:55 p.m.
Closing Remarks

Monitoring and evaluation of projects

Exchange experiences and best practices in monitoring and evaluation, exploring environmental trends and standards, and promoting collaboration between RedLAC partner entities.
Schedule Activity
3:00 pm.
Welcome
Omar Corilloclla, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at Profonanpe | Peru
3:10 p.m.
Presentation of participants
Martina Dorigo, Climate Change Specialist at Adaptation Fund | Italy
4:20 p.m.
Exchange with commentators from funders
Omar Corilloclla, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at Profonanpe
4:40 p.m.
Wheel of questions and conclusions

Environmental and Social Safeguards

  • Learn about experiences, best practices and lessons learned between Environmental and Social Safeguards.
  • Identify the topics that have generated the greatest interest in donors during the implementation of the projects.
Hora Activity
5:00 pm.
Welcome
Lourdes Lares, Coordinator of Social and Gender Safeguards of the EBBF Project | Peru
5:05 p.m.
Design and implementation of social and environmental standards in the Amazon from indigenous peoples and with a gender perspective.
Cinthia Mongylardi, Governance and Safeguards Coordinator at WWF | Peru
5:20 p.m.
Safeguards and gender management system, and E&S sustainability in conservation projects
Valeria Biffi, Senior Technical and Gender Advisor at GIZ | Peru
5:35 pm.
Safeguards and environmental sustainability
Florencia Trama, Mission Environmental Officer at USAID | Peru
5:50 pm
Opportunities and challenges of REDD+ safeguards.
Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) | Peru
6:05 pm.
E&S risk management from multilateral development agencies (WB, UNEP, GEF)
Raúl Tolmos, Senior Environment and International Development Specialist | U.S.
6:20 p.m.
Comments and questions from attendees and responses from panelists
6:40 p.m.
Conclusions and closure
Lourdes Lares, Coordinator of Social and Gender Safeguards of the EBBF Project | Peru

Effective management of biodiversity conservation and population well-being in the marine and coastal area

  • Shares regional marine-coastal initiatives in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, with local scope in blue economy initiatives for the region.
  • Analyzes key approaches to achieve effective territorial management in marine-coastal regions that, in turn, allow commercial and financial coordination that favors the sustainability of resources.
Schedule Activity
3:00 pm.
Welcome
Mariana Montoya, Peru Director of Wildlife Conservation Society | Peru
3:05 p.m.
Round 1: Territory

Panelists:

– Lucy Riojas Rivera, Subgerente Regional de Gestión de Recursos Naturales del Gobierno Regional de Piura | Peru
– Eduardo Ferreyros Küppers, Presidente de Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería (SNP) | Peru
– Jeff Pradel Cáceres, Coordinador de proyectos del sector biodiversidad y protección forestal de KfW Perú | Peru
– Carlos Enrique Michaud López, Director de Gestión Sostenible del Patrimonio de Fauna Silvestre de SERFOR | Peru
3:30 pm.
Round 2: Effective Management

Intervention of panelists

4:00pm.
Round 3: Challenges and opportunities

Intervention by panelists
4:30 pm.
Final message
Intervention by panelists
4:50 pm.
Conclusions from the table

Governance of natural resources and effective management in the Andean - Amazonian Protected Natural Areas

  • Learn about the outstanding experiences of sustainable ventures in Protected Natural Areas, as a contribution to the conservation of biological diversity and local development.
  • Find opportunities to develop new sustainable investments in the ANP within the framework of strengthening governance and the fair and equitable use of biological diversity.
  • Generates alliances for governance as a key factor for effective management and strengthening resilience against climate change
Hora Activity
5:00 pm.
Welcome
María Elena Gutiérrez Herazo, Directora Ejecutiva de Conservación Amazónica – ACCA | Peru
5:10 p.m.
Presentation of the Green List
Zornitza Aguilar, Regional Coordinator of Protected and Conserved Areas and IUCN Green List | Peru
5:30 pm.
Panel
– Rocío Guzmán, Marketing Manager en Rainforest Expeditions | Peru
– Nicomedes Ojeda, Representante de Asociación de Productores de Aguaymanto – Reserva de Biosfera del Manu | Peru
– Jorge López – Doriga, Director Global de Comunicaciones y Sostenibilidad de AJE | Peru
6:00 pm.
Wheel of questions and conclusions

Projects design

Share experiences, challenges and lessons in the design of environmental fund projects and discover opportunities to access financing. Join now!
Hora Activity
3:00 pm.
Welcome
Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management at Profonanpe | Peru
3:10 p.m.
Panelists:

– Elizabeth Valenzuela, Directora técnica en Fondo Acción. | Colombia
– Verona Collantes, Especialista Senior en Género (GEF) | U.S.
– Tanja Tlieuw, Gerente de Finanzas para la Conservación en Caribbean Biodiversity Fund | Dominican Republic
3:25 p.m.
shared experiences
Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management of Profonanpe
3:45 p.m.
What challenges have you encountered in these experiences?
Exchange with panelists
4:10 p.m.
What lessons learned and opportunities have you found in these experiences?
Exchange with panelists
4:30 pm.
question wheel
4:40 p.m.
conclusions
Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management of Profonanpe

Innovation in Financing Mechanisms

Known challenges and lessons of innovation in design of financing mechanisms developed with the sector public, private, organizations and citizens.
Schedule Activity
5:00 pm.
Welcome
Who are we and what do we do as an innovation team?
Fernanda Peláez Castillo, Innova project manager | Peru
5:20 p.m.
Design of innovative mechanisms based on experience with the sector, public, private, organizations and citizens

Panelists:

– Juniors Salcedo Rivera, Jefe de Producto Agropecuario de Caja Municipal Ica | Peru
– Elvis Valdez Romero, Inteligencia Comercial e Innovación de Caja Municipal Ica | Peru
– Eduardo Nycander, Fundador del Programa Wired Amazon de Rainforest Expeditions | Peru
– Fanny Cornejo, Directora Ejecutiva de Yunkawasi | Peru
– Carlos Sánchez Rojas, Responsable de la Unidad Operativa Funcional de Manejo de Recursos de la Dirección de Gestión de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas | Peru
6:00 pm.
Questions for panelists
6:10 pm.
What have been the challenges and learnings to achieve these mechanisms?
Fernanda Peláez Castillo, Innova project manager | Peru
6:25 p.m.
Analysis on the prioritization of challenges and learning
Participants attending the thematic table
6:35 p.m.
Reflections of the participants
Participants attending the thematic table
6:50 p.m.
Conclusions, questions and Leave us your Feedback!
Fernanda Peláez Castillo, Innova project manager | Peru

Indigenous or Native Peoples:

Room 1: Knowledge

Hora Activity
3:00 pm.
welcome to the room
Patricia Balbuena, Datem Wetlands Project Director | Peru
3:10 p.m.
Table:
– César Sotomayor, Coordinador Nacional del Proyecto GEF Agrobiodiversidad SIPAM | Peru
– Aniceto Quispe Huilca, Presidente de la Comunidad Quico en Nación Q’ero | Peru
– Sanilda Allui, Consejera Regional por la Provincia de Moyobamba en Gobierno Regional San Martín | Peru
-Teresa Campos Chong, Deconcentrated Subdirectorate of Interculturality DDC Cusco | Peru
3:50 p.m.
Experiences and identification of indigenous and local knowledge about the environment
-Nigel Crawhall, Chief of section, Local and Indigenous Knowledge System – UNESCO | South Africa
4:20 p.m.
Shared experiences, challenges and lessons learned
question wheel
4:40 p.m.
conclusions
Patricia Balbuena, Datem Wetlands Project Director | Peru

Indigenous or Native Peoples

Room 2: Financing

Hora Activity
5:00 pm.
Welcome to the Dashboard
Yohannaliz Vega, Head of the Indigenous Peoples Unit of Profonanpe | Peru
5:10 p.m.
Panelists:
– Milagros Castro, Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) – Prevenir USAID | Peru
– Joaquín Wray, Director de Proyecto CEFO – Equitable Origin | 0
– Diego Saavedra, Líder de Proyectos – DAR | Peru
– Walter Quertehuari, Presidente del Ejecutor del Contrato de Administración de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri | Peru
– Jamer López, Presidente ORAU | Peru
– Matthew Clark, Presidente y CEO de Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional | U.S.
– Elaine Shaijan – Presidenta Corpi-SL | Peru
– Fanny Kuiru – Coordinadora General de COICA | Colombia
5:40 p.m.
Why is it important to provide financing to indigenous peoples and what challenges have they encountered?
Intercambio con panelistas – Rueda 1
6:10 p.m.
Why could indigenous peoples better manage the budget directly and what difficulties exist in indigenous institutions to access financing?
Intercambio con panelistas – Rueda 2
6:40 p.m.
Final reflection
Luis Felipe Duchicela, Former Minister of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Affairs of the Republic of Ecuador and Former Global Advisor for Indigenous Peoples at the World Bank and USAID | Ecuador

Knowledge Management

Find out how Knowledge Management tools can drive scaling and continuous improvement in project management.
Hora Activity
3:00 pm.
Welcome
Juana Kuramoto, Head of the Profonanpe Research and Development Office | Peru
3:10 p.m.
Knowledge and lessons learned generated through the Adaptation Fund portfolio of interventions
Cristina Dengel, Knowledge Management Officer of Adaptation Fund | U.S.
3:30 pm.
Case: Knowledge management experience in the Caribbean Sustainable Financial Architecture Network
Tanja Lieuw, Conservation Finance Manager at Caribbean Biodiversity Fund | Surinam
3:50 p.m.
Case: Knowledge management experience within the framework of the North Amazon Alliance.
Guillermo Maraví, Executive Director of Nature and Culture International | Peru
4:10 p.m.
Knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation of initiatives around indigenous education in the southeastern Amazon of Peru
Enrique Herrera Sarmiento, Education Coordinator of FZS Peru | Peru
4:30 pm.
Case: Tools that facilitate knowledge management at Profonanpe
Juana Kuramoto, Head of Profonanpe’s Research and Development Office
4:40 p.m.
Discussion on the experiences presented among the participating institutions
4:50 pm.
Conclusions from the table
Juana Kuramoto, Head of Profonanpe’s Research and Development Office

Communications

Exchange experiences with specialists in communication of environmental funds and generate proposals for 360 communication campaigns related to green finance.
Hora Activity
5:00 pm.
Welcome
Alex Portillo, RedLAC Communications Coordinator | Republic of El Salvador
5:10 p.m.
Other ways of communicating to connect with audiences.
Luisa Mendoza, Communications Coordinator at Fondo Acción | Colombia
5:25 p.m.
Marketing and communication for environmental finance.
Yuliana Castro, Communications and Corporate Affairs Manager at Profonanpe | Peru
5:40 p.m.
PR Management and Spokesperson Training
Helio Hara, Head of Communication and Marketing at FUNBIO | Brazil
5:55 p.m.
Internal Communication: Transmedia annual reports
Ulises Vera, Responsible for the coordination of strategic communication of the Mexican Fund for Nature Conservation | Mexico
6:10 p.m.
Environmental Journalism Networks
Nelson Rodríguez, Press and Communications Technician of FIAES | Republic of El Salvador
6:25 p.m.
Financing of events and alliances with other networks
– Stephany Rodríguez, Gerenta de Comunicaciones de Catholic Relief Services | Republic of El Salvador
6:40 p.m.
Audience question round.
6:50 p.m.
Presentation of the guide for communication management in environmental finance.
Alex Portillo, RedLAC Communications Coordinator