About PLACA
The Platform of Latin America and the Caribbean for Climate Action on Agriculture is a regional mechanism for voluntary collaboration among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on agriculture and climate change, aimed at productive agricultural development that is adapted to the effects of climate change and is resilient and low in greenhouse gas emissions.
The initiative, which was launched in 2019 in the framework of COP25, seeks to generate a regional space for the exchange of knowledge, technologies and collaborative practices in agriculture to support the implementation of domestic climate change policies.
The Platform considers the social, environmental and economic dimensions to seek synergies with major environmental conventions, such as the Climate Change Convention, Agenda 2030, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, and the Conventions on Biological Diversity and Combating Desertification and Drought.
General Objective
Promote and enhance the collaboration between countriesand with regional and international initiatives, multi-stakeholder platforms, alliances and institutions, for the implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures to support regional strategies and national policies related to the impacts of climate change and climate variability in the agricultural sector, considering the dimensions social, environmental and economicand seeking synergies with the Climate Change Convention, Agenda 2030, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Conventions on Biological Diversity and Combating Desertification and Drought.Specific objectives
- Promote a space for cooperation for the exchange and co-creation of knowledge, technologies, generation and strengthening of capacities and support for national governance.
- Access to financing and support for cooperation.
- Institutional and policy management support.
From July 2024, the Presidency of PLACA is represented by Guatemala, and co-chairmanship by Peru. The Assembly shall be chaired by the Focal Point of the country in charge of the elected Presidency and co-chaired by the country in charge of the future Presidency.
The functions of the Presidency and Co-Chairmanship are as follows:
- Facilitate the meetings of the Assembly;
- Prepare, at the request of the General Assembly, the annual work plan, in consultation with the thematic working groups, for which the Secretariat will be logistically supported, and present it for approval by the Assembly;
- Provide guidance to the Secretariat;
- Present matters to the Assembly for decision between meetings, when this is requested by representatives of any of the member countries;
- Communicate to the Secretariat the decisions of the Assembly;
- To prepare proposed decisions for deliberation at the regular sessions of the Assembly, when this is necessary in the period between its meetings.
PLACA Presidencies:
- Rafael López (Guatemala): Period 2024 - 2025
- Sol Ortiz (Mexico): Period 2023 - 2024
- Karla Mena (Costa Rica): Period 2022 - 2023
- Cecilia Jones (Uruguay): Period 2021 - 2022
- Angelina Espinoza (Chile): Period 2020 - 2021
Thematic working groups ("working groups") are created by decision of the Assembly, to facilitate the Platform's activities and objectives in accordance with PLACA's Founding Charter and will be assisted by the Secretariat. Each working group will develop and implement an action plan to promote and facilitate activities consistent with the objectives of the Platform, the Annual Work Plan and the specific scope of the working group in question. The working groups will present progress and results annually to the Assembly for validation.
Each working group will report its activities to the Secretariat in a standard format every six months, for dissemination to the Assembly and other working groups, in accordance with the Platform's communication policy.
Adaptation and Mitigation Group: Lo coordina Argentina. Además participan: Bahamas, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú y República Dominicana
Public Policy Group: Lo coordina Chile. Además participan: Argentina, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, República Dominicana y Uruguay.
Knowledge Management Group: It is coordinated by Mexico. Other participants are: Argentina, Bahamas, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay and Peru
Research, Development and Technological Innovation Group: Lo coordina Guatemala. Además participan: Argentina, Bahamas, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haití, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, República Dominicana y Uruguay.
For internal coordination, go to: https://dgroups.org/fao/placa
PLACA Members are the Ministries of Agriculture that signed the Letter of Accession at the PLACA launch ceremony held on December 5, 2019 during COP25 in Madrid, Spain, as well as those Ministries of Agriculture that formally notify the Secretariat, and sign the Letter of Accession to PLACA. The Secretariat will request each member to formally nominate its representatives to PLACA. Participation in PLACA is voluntary.
Each member individually determines the nature and extent of its participation in any PLACA activity, adopting as minimum actions those proposed in these statutes.
Members may apply to join PLACA, and the Assembly shall be responsible for approving the adhesion by consensus.
PLACA has six partner organizations: the World Bank; Conservation International; the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA); the Natural Resources Institute of Finland (LUKE); and the World Meteorological Organization.
For more information on PLACA, country membership process, or interest in becoming a partner organization, write us in our contact form.
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Platform member countries
PLACA brings together representatives of the ministries of agriculture of Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay to support national and regional strategies related to climate action in agriculture.
Argentina
Focal Point: Patricia Degracia
Alternate Point: Andrés Said
Bahamas
Focal Point: Delreese Grant
Alternate Point: Jeri Kelly
Brazil
Focal Point: Fernando Sardenberg
Alternate Point: Gustavo Mozzer
Chile
Focal Point: Angelina Espinoza
Colombia
Focal Point: Nelson Lozano
Costa Rica
Focal Point: Karla Mena
Alternate Point: Gabriela Carmona
Ecuador
Focal Point: Edwin Encalada Paguay
Alternate Point: Tatiana Paredes Valdivieso
El Salvador
Punto Focal: Lucia Alicia Gómez
Guatemala
Focal Point: Rafael López
Punto Alterno: Geraldinn Cortez
Haití
Focal Point: Donald Joseph
Alternate Point: Midouin Lidelias
Mexico
Focal Point: Sol Ortíz García
Alternate Point: Lourdez Cruz Trinidad
Panamá
Focal Point: Ibélice Añino Nieto
Alternate Point: Temilda Yanet Sierra
Paraguay
Focal Point: Lourdes Sofía Jou
Alternate Point: Aracely Cardozo Balbuena
Peru
Focal Point: Jorge Alexander Vásquez
Punto Alterno: Luis Eduardo Ramírez
Dominican Republic
Focal Point: Juan Mancebo
Alternate Point: Dominga Zorrilla
Uruguay
Punto Focal: Gonzalo Becoña
Partners
PLACA has six partner organizations: the World Bank; Conservation International; the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA); the Natural Resources Institute of Finland (LUKE); and the World Meteorological Organization.
Relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals
