“The Celebration” has adjusted its programmatic framework to align with the endorsements and theoretical framework of IIICAPLAC.

In 2023, it boasts an intergenerational team with regional representation,

which manages key information, provides training and engages new stakeholders,

supports local leadership, raises awareness of efforts and projects,

inspiring and convening more than 8,600 people from 14 countries,

who are involved in the conservation of 260 protected and conserved areas in our region (average 2020-2024).

 

 

 

Methodological Evolution and Strengthening of Rights (2021–2026)

 

2021 — Beginning of regional coordination and visibility
Beginning of regionally coordinated territorial celebrations.

Mobilization of stakeholders linked to protected and conserved areas.

Initial experiences of:

• multi-stakeholder coordination;

• territorial recognition;

• Visibility of local conservation processes.

• Initial systematization of territorial experiences.

Result: Construction of a regional base for participation, recognition, and collective learning.

 

2022 — Start of regional traceability with a rights-based approach
Explicit incorporation of references to:

• Indigenous peoples' rights;

• self-determination;

• access to information.

Regional expansion of territorial celebrations.

Initial mechanisms for registration and regional coordination.

Result: Transition from a visibility-focused mobilization to processes with greater territorial traceability.

2023 — Participatory consolidation and territorial validation
Strengthening of:

• the gender and intergenerational approach;

• multi-stakeholder dialogue;

• progressive validation of territorial information.

Development of:

training spaces related to protected areas, communication, governance, and rights;

building common competencies appropriate to the territories.

Greater coordination among:

• communities;

• Youth;

• Organizations;

• Environmental authorities;

• Territorial networks.

Result: Improved territorial legitimacy, participation, and regional coordination.

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2024–2025 — Methodological Formalization and Collaborative Governance
Evolution towards:

• Integrated Fact Sheet;

• Methodological Manual;

• Criteria for full and effective participation.

Progressive incorporation of:

• Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC);

• Risk analysis;

• Recognition of the safety of environmental defenders.

• Development of:

• Verifiable metrics;

• Territorial validation;

• Regional systematization of information.

• Integration into the IUCN Contributions to Nature Platform.

Result: Strengthening of:

• Equitable governance;

• Transparency;

• Traceability;

• Territorial sustainability.

 

2026 — Strategic Repositioning and Regional Consolidation
Prioritization of:

• participatory democratic governance;

• verifiable territorial evidence;

• strengthening of territorial leadership.

Definition of:

• shared traceability standards;

• participatory evaluation mechanisms;

• regional advocacy guidelines.

2026 Roadmap focused on:

• territorial validation;

• regional visibility;

• evidence consolidation;

• projection into regional and global spaces.

Expected outcome: to consolidate a participatory, methodological, and rights-based regional architecture to strengthen the territorial implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.