IFLA Americas Regional Congress - October 26 to 29 | 2011 | Punta del Este, Uruguay
| Workshop Conveners Acting Secretary | Martha Fajardo + Carlos Pellegrino Raquel Peñalosa |
| Participants | Saúl Alcántara Onofre MÉXICO, Beatriz Berninzoni URUGUAY, Rosa Brescia de Fdkt PERÚ, María Cecilia Curbelo, Jaime Cohen URUGUAY, Aurelio Enciso SUECIA, María Teresa Espinosa BOLIVIA, Gonzalo Firpo, Martha Fajardo, COLOMBIA, Isabel Gil URUGUAY, Ana Laura Goni URUGUAY, Mary Teresa Hampe, Carmen de Ibérico PERU, Carlos Jankilevich COSTA RICA, Noboru Kawashima COLOMBIA, Saide Kahtouni BRASIL, Virginia Laboranti ARGENTINA, Titi Laurie PERÚ, Desiree Martínez MÉXICO, Mara L. Moya URUGUAY, Alexandra Moncayo Vega ECUADOR, Carlos Pellegrino URUGUAY, Raquel Peñalosa CANADÁ, Norma Piazza URUGUAY, Victoria Sánchez URUGUAY, Maribel Rodríguez PUERTO RICO, Alejandra Vásquez URUGUAY |
| Opening Words and Agenda | Martha Fajardo welcomes all participants. Presents the Proposed Agenda, and designates, Raquel Peñalosa as acting Secretary for the Workshop. She then introduces, Desiree Martinez, IFLA President, Carlos Jankilevich, IFLA Americas Vice-President, and Saúl Alcántara, ICOMOS/IFLA CLC, who has received a special invitation from Martha Fajardo to be a part of the Latin American Landscape Initiative Committee to contribute to the writing process of the Latin American Landscape Initiative. All the participants are invited to introduce themselves and to sign a coordinates list. Desiree Martinez expresses her support to the work strategy of the ILC, from the bottom up to continue and support the work started with Mr Bandarini from UNESCO. There is a need to address, from the Landscape perspective, the world issues such as poverty, natural disasters due to climatic impact and see the landscape as a common ground for all. She will meet with the ASLA representatives at their 2011Annual Congress in San Diego, USA to gain their support for the ILC. Carlos Jankilevich salutes the AMERICAS members for their engagement on the landscape charters and encourages the need to continue the work under the leadership of MF. Saul Alcantara is very pleased to respond to MF invitation and will contribute to formalize the Initiative and a global comprehension of landscape definitions. |
| Aim and Objectives of the Workshop | Aims: The Latin America Landscape Charter Initiative seeks a diverse, regional network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the National Landscape Charters within the International Landscape Convention ILC. × To inform on IFLA's advancement on the International Landscape Convention, (ILC) presentations to UNESCO and further on the Latin American Strategy. × To share and discuss on the advancement of the Local Charters. × To identify key persons in the Region to constitute the Regional Latin American Committee. × To set up an action plan and calendar to accompany the Latin American Strategy work. × To draft an unify document of the Initiative to be sign at the next IFLA regional conference in Medellin , Colombia 2012 |
| Background - The Latin American | 3 years | 3 Axes Strategy vs the ILC Strategy | Background · Since 2006 the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) has been promoting the idea of a Global Landscape Charter/Convention. · In 2010, during the World Council in Suzhou, China, it was agreed to call upon UNESCO`s Director General to review the feasibility of a new standard setting instrument. · On October 25 and 26 2010, following the Resolution by the 47th World Congress of IFLA in 2010 and its “Proposal to further enhance the recognition and conservation of landscapes globally (ILC)”, the UNESCO Director-General organized a small international “Expert Meeting on the feasibility of an International Landscape Convention” at UNESCO Headquarters. - On the basis of the deliberations of the experts' meeting, the Director-General submitted to the Executive Board a preliminary study (revised draft document by K. Moore ILC chair) on the desirability of adopting a new international standard-setting instrument on landscape, and whether this matter should be or not included in the provisional agenda for the 36th session of the General Conference. - Although more than 30 countries spoke in favour of the convention, at the end, the Executive Board did not accept the proposal. Opposition was led by the USA, on political grounds, and France on technical reasons (concerns about the cost for UNESCO in the current climate of budget constraints, and overlapping with other tools like ELC, HUL, etc.) Campaign for an International Landscape Convention Working with the input from the October meeting a new proposal for an International Landscape Convention was presented at the UNESCO EXCO meeting in May 2011. Recognition was giving for an effective and influential campaign and to all involved. The Latin America Campaign The strategy proposed to continue the advancement of the proposal was to work from the Regions. The Americas Region Landscape Architects and their Associations are presently working on National Landscape Charters through the Civil Society and Institutions. The following are the Charters developed to present: 1.Argentina Landscape Charter_CAAP 2. Brazil Landscape Charter_ABAP 3. Costa Rica Landscape Charter_ASOPAICO 4. Colombia Landscape Charter_SAP 5. Mexico Landscape Charter_SAPM 6. Peru Landscape Charter_ PAIPERU 7. Venezuela Landscape Charter_SAPV 8. Bolivia Landscape Charter _SAPEMA 9. Chilean Landscape Charter _ICHAP 10. Uruguay Landscape Charter_AUDAPD The key elements of the Initiative are: a bottom-up process promoting the Initiative from the local, to regional, to International Agencies in order to secure support, collaboration, and international acceptance. a declaration of fundamental ethical principles to promote the recognition, evaluation, protection, planning and management of the landscape. the adoption of guidelines, conventions (laws, agreements) to recognize the diversity and values of the Latin American Landscapes. The proposal is fully on line with the goals and ideals of UNESCO, and other International Organizations (ICOMOS, IUCN, UN-Habitat, UNEP, ISOCARP, UIA). The next phase At Global level ILC*: UNESCO supports the content of the proposal. The next step is to reinforce the existing draft. Elaborate a new proposal comprising Natural Landscapes with a more specific emphasis on landscape protection (applicable to conservation, preservation and development). To target the 2012 Florence Meeting to present the new version. To contribute if possible to research the scope and overlaps/ gaps in the current legislation (Ref. to Michel Prieur in Limoges). To set up an International network/ web page to diffuse and exchange on local, national/ regional and international support for Landscape. To add to the existing IFLA web site, links and information from around the world. To encourage the setting of Landscape Observatories through the Regions To foresee the submittal of the ILC proposal to RIO+20 (done - November 1) To identify and engage new partners to support the ILC strategic campaigns. * The Africa Region will be submitting three Landscape Charters in February 2012: South , West and East African Landscape Charters At Regional level Latin American Landscape Initiative ( the objectives of the present workshop) To revise the draft, objectives and to rename the initiative. To endorse the new name, "Latin American Landscape Charter Initiative". To seek the engagement of the diverse regional network of people, organizations, and institutions to participate in promoting and implementing the National Landscape Charters and the ILC. To socialize with individuals, organizations, business, governments and others to establish a holistic tool for planning, managing and creating a sustainable development. The 3 years | 3 axes strategy A region by region strategy but with a World perspective. Axes: a) to review the progress and results of the landscape charters consultation; b) to reach consensus on the Latin American Landscape Charter Initiative document; and c) to consider the future strategy of the LA Initiative within the ILC. 3 year Timetable: 2011: Completion of the National Landscape Charters and the draft of the LA Landscape Charter Initiative by October 29 at the IFLA Americas Regional Conference, Punta del Este, Uruguay 2012: Endorsement (sign) of the Latin American Landscape Charter Initiative. October 18 at the IFLA Americas Regional Conference in Medellin, Colombia 2013: The Regional Initiatives (Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia?) within the global ILC |
| Regional Diagnostics - National Landscape Charters presentations | Martha Fajardo invites the participants to do a brief presentation of their Charters and mentions that to this point, 10 Charters have been submitted from Latin America and that since Canada has joint the development of the ILC proposal, there is a question to extent in the future the Latin American Strategy to an "Americas Strategy" to include Canada and hopefully others. It is understood that until Canada's submittal, the name remains the same: The Latin American Landscape Charter Initiative. × The Quebec Landscape Charter_QLC - Raquel Penalosa. Inspired by the ELC, the QLC was developed in 2000 by the Quebec Landscape Council founded in 1996. A second document, the Landscape Guidelines was developed in 2002 to implement the Charter. Since then, two local municipalities have also implemented Landscape Charters. The Quebec Landscape Manual on Best Landscape Practices - by the "Estrie Landscapes Organism " was developed in 2009. Going beyond the environmental or the ecological perspective the book "talks " from the Landscape perspective instead. The QLC is a starting point to advance towards a Canadian Charter. The challenge is to foresee a common vision for the immensity and diversity of the Canadian landscape. The work must be developed Province by Province and it has to start soon to be able to respond to the September 2012 deadline in Colombia. The ILC proposal will be presented at the CSLA Board meeting in November, recommending the constitution of Task Force Committee with members from the 10 Provinces. × Peru Landscape Charter_ PAIPERU - Carmen B. de Iberico - The PLC is based on the work on Cultural Landscapes by Arq. J. Canziani and recognizes the great diversity of landscapes and geography of the country and its evolution through its history. The main purpose of the Charter is to document particularly the Cultural Landscapes that have been developed through the Peruvian Territory and their unique contribution to the territorial scale and their significant importance as cultural identifiers for the population. The thematic of the Cultural Landscapes will certainly contribute to foster National debate around the Landscape and the need to protect and enhance anthropic impacts and degradation towards a more sustainable development. × Chilean Landscape Charter _ICHAP - Desiree Martinez on behave of the ICHAP The Instituto Chileno de Arquitectos del Paisaje have presented the launch of their Landscape Charter last October in Valdivia at the International Seminar on Landscape Architecture × Bolivia Landscape Charter _SAPEMA - María Teresa Espinosa - A comprehensive preliminary document supported by the Legal Frame defined by the New Bolivian Constitution; its recognition of the "right to " the environment - the right to a healthy, protected and balanced environment and the Responsibility of the Government and its citizens to protect and preserve the environment, the natural resources and the biodiversity. As well as the Environment Law and the Municipalities Law. The BLC is to incentivize landscape awareness, to integrate ethics and aesthetics to the professional practice. The frame of work encompasses the Landscape Dynamics and the Impact on the Landscape. It is based on three principles, integral value, psychology of the landscape and Territorial balance. Fifteen objectives are to guide the development of the Charter. The Engagements: to pursue midterm objectives, to do the Landscape Inventory, to guide the municipal landscape protection and intervention, to encourage inter institutional coordination to protect the landscape and to heighten the awareness to protect the landscape. × Brazil Landscape Charter_ABAP - Saide Kahtouni. With a holistic vision, the BLC is based on twelve principles. The Charter elaboration process has been driven by a holistic vision and a social commitment. And has been worked out through interdisciplinary discussion groups. The Landscape Charter should be comprise as a social instrument for the citizens and should be developed in conjunction with the existing Environmental Laws. × Uruguay Landscape Charter_AUDAPD - Norma Piazza. The Charter is presently in progress, involving different disciplinary groups concerned by "the landscape" in Uruguay. The process has also promoted open participatory working spaces of collaboration. × × The Colombian landscape charter SAP -the first to be set up on the region, approved by the Colombian Society of Landscape Architects; according Martha Fajardo the aim will be to promote the initiative from local, to regional to international agencies with a view to securing support, collaboration and the international acceptance |
| Additional events where the ILC and the LA Initiative had and will be discussing |
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| Discussion on the ILC and National Charters | General comments: × The cross-sectional value of the ILC to Landscape Architecture. × The ILC has a valuable strategic global approach and a multidisciplinary approach that allows for diversification. × An important document to support the advancement of Landscape Architecture for the smaller countries with limited number of practitioners. × The importance of the ILC for the improvement of the quality of life for all. × The bottom-up approach of the ILC defines well the Landscape Architecture profession, and allows reaching the citizens. Specific comments: × IFLA supports both the Top-Down and the Bottom-Up Approaches, working at the same time with UNESCO and with each one of the Regions and the Individual Country Associations. × The need to have a communications and visibility strategy to reach out is raised. × The communication strategy to strengthen the ILC submittal should aim to convey the "well being" provided by the landscape through expert’s research and statistics. × A web page dedicated to the Initiative will be soon available on the IFLA web site. |
| Regional Working Committee (LALCI Committee) | Regional ILC Committee Members (Latin American Landscape Initiative Committee) that will contribute to the writing process of the ILC: × María Teresa Espinosa, BOLIVIA × Martha Fajardo, COLOMBIA × Carmen de Ibérico, PERU × Saide Kahtouni, BRASIL × Alexandra Moncayo Vega, ECUADOR × Saúl Alcántara Onofre, MÉXICO × Raquel Peñalosa, CANADÁ × Carlos Pellegrino, URUGUAY × Norma Piazza, URUGUAY × Maribel Rodríguez, PUERTO RICO Timetable: 2012 February 25 : First draft of the Latin America Landscape Charter Initiative 2012 April 27: Final draft of the document 2012 October 18: Document completed to be signed at the IFLA/SAP Americas Conference in Medellin Colombia |
| Commitments and Closing of the Workshop | Summary: Martha Fajardo gives a summary of the Charters presented: The Charters have different levels of development, some are based on principles, some are more elaborate, some have encompassed Cultural Landscapes, some have a more cross-sectional comprehension of the landscape and others are on preparation, but the majority have responded to the schedule set up at the last meeting. Commitments and action plan : × To elaborate the Latin American Landscape Charter Initiative document to be signed in Medellin, Colombia (October 19 at the closing ceremony of the IFLA-SAP Conference). × To elaborate a communications strategy to improve the visibility and acceptability of the Charter. × To collect " Best Practices" Initiatives that demonstrate the key role that landscape plays for the planning, management and creation of sustainable territories. The ultimate goal is to elaborate the strategy that will lead us to an International Landscape Convention presented by IFLA and its partners to UNESCO, UN and others. Timetable for the Latin American Landscape Initiative elaboration of the document: 2012 February 25: First draft of the 2012 April: Final draft of the Latin American Landscape Initiative document - for the celebration of IFLA's World Landscape Architecture Month 2012: Endorsement (sign) of the Latin American Landscape Initiative LALCI, October 18 at the IFLA Americas Regional Conference in Medellin, Colombia. |
