The Institutional bodies
ACTO
Organization Structure
The Directorate of the Permanent Secretariat and the coordination of the projects plan and execute their activities in close collaboration and through consultations with the Member Countries. The work dynamics is carried out through periodic meetings of the Coordination Commission of the Amazon Cooperation Council (CCOOR), the meetings of the Amazon Cooperation Council (CCA) and of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, when they are called by the Member Countries. In addition, meetings and exchange of experiences and information are held with the focal points appointed by the governments in the various areas of action of ACTO.
The Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Regulations of the Meeting of Ministers
Regulation of the CCOOR
2nd Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
4th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
6th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
8th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
10th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
12th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
Regulation of the CCA
1st Meeting of Ministers
3rd Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
5th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
7th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
9th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
11th Meeting of Ministers: Minutes
The Amazon Cooperation Council
The Amazon Cooperation Council (CCA) is made up of high-level diplomatic representatives from the Member Countries of the Treaty. It is empowered to ensure compliance with the objectives and purposes of the Treaty, and the decisions adopted at the meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Regulation of the CCA
The Coordination Commission of the Amazon Cooperation Council
The Coordination Commission of the Amazon Cooperation Council (CCOOR) is composed of representatives of the Member Countries accredited to ACTO. It is an advisory and auxiliary entity to the CCA.
Regulation of the CCOOR
The Permanent National Commissions
The Permanent National Commissions (CNPs) are responsible for the decision-making of the Organization’s instances in each of the Member Countries. These Commissions meet, under the guidance of the Foreign Ministries, to coordinate all the works of the institutions responsible for the Amazonian development and cooperation in their respective territories.
National Commissions
The Meeting of Presidents of the Amazon Countries
It is not an ordinary instance of the Treaty. It is a fundamental forum for the dialogue on common interests, exchange of opinions on issues affecting the region, and consensus on actions aimed at achieving the region’s development through joint policies and strategies.
The Heads of State have met three times in Manaus, Brazil. In 1989, they discussed the future of cooperation for the development and protection of the heritage of their respective Amazonian territories.
In 1992, for preparation of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. In 2009, in addition to addressing issues on Climate Change, they expressed their firm support to the management of the Permanent Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (PS/ACTO).
News
ACTO will hold the launch webinar “ACTO Regional Forests Program for the Basin and Amazon Region”
The webinar will take place on December 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Brasilia time) in the Spanish, Portuguese and English languages...
ACTO opens the selection process for hiring a company to complementing the development and collection of data for the Amazon Regional Observatory
ACTO opens the selection process for hiring a company to complementing the development and collection of data for the Amazon Regional...
Handbook for management of yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in wildness
TECHNICAL PAPER SERIES Abstract: The experience in the management of the species Podocnemis unifilis in the Peruvian Amazon, with its...
Proposal for a Fisheries management plan for the responsible and sustainable use of Arapaima in the Ecuadorian Amazon
TECHNICAL PAPERS SERIES The Bioamazônia Newsletter n. 11 brings the technical article Proposal for a fisheries management plan for the...
November 30th, 2021: Amazon Basin Project Launch Event
On November 30th from 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. (Brasilia time), the Launch event of the Amazon Basin Project-Implementation of the...
The basis of the new ACTO Amazon Basin Project
The Amazon Basin Project was created from the extraordinary results achieved in the previous ACTO/UNEP/GEF Amazon-Water Resources and...