Rio de Janeiro 28/10/08 - Entre los días 13 y 17 de octubre se reunió en Dubai el Comité Técnico Evaluador del Premio Internacional de Dubai de Mejores Prácticas. El grupo de expertos reunidos contó con una significativa representación de América Latina.

Los profesionales elegidos para formar parte del Comité fueron:

   1. Sra. Maria Cristina Teixeira Lima Verde, Brasil
   2. Sr. Victor Delgadillo Polanco, México
   3. Sra. Maria Pia Ferreyra Diaz, Argentina
   4. Sr. Manuel Esteban Acevedo, Colombia
   5. Sr. José Antonio Corraliza Rodriguez, España
   6. Sr. Josiah Omotto, Quenia
   7. Sr. Jacques Du Toit, África del Sur
   8. Sr. Syed Imran Rizvi, Paquistán
   9. Sra. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Japón
  10. Sr. Paul Adrian Hildreth, UK
  11. Sra. Annette Ittig, Dubai
  12. Sr. Gustavo Riofrío, Perú
  13. Sr. Ragheb Tahhan, Jordania
  14. Sr. Sentel Neisin, India

El Comité Técnico evaluó las 470 prácticas inscriptas en el Premio, concluyendo en la catalogación de 102 iniciativas como "Mejores Prácticas", una lista corta de las 48 prácticas y 7 transferencias que pasaron a la 2º fase de evaluación.(Descargue aquí la lista de 102 practicas catalogadas como "Mejores Prácticas")

Estas 48 prácticas más las 7 sete transferencias,serán evaluadas por el Jurado entre los días 12 y 14 de noviembre en Dubai, cuando se seleccionarán las 12 ganadoras.

El listado de 48 prácticas está formado por 18 prácticas de América Latina, 6 de los Estados Árabes, 9 de África, 10 de Asia,  4 de Europa, 1 de América del Norte .

La lista de 7 transferencias contiene 2 prácticas de América Latina, 2 de los Estados Árabes, 2 de Asia y 1 de Europa.

LISTA CORTA DE PRÁCTICAS PARA LA SEGUNDA FASE DE EVALUACIÓN
 

 América Latina y Caribe

1. Building Bridges for Life  - Mendoza , Argentina.
2. Program of Integral Approach of the Problematic  Situation of Children and Adolescents who Live in the Streets - Rio Cuarto, Argentina.
3. Doncel - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
4. Organization of sex workers for improvement of live quality – Argentina.
5. Caprichando a Morada (Caring for your Homes) – Chapecó, Brazil.
6. Building new times: Experience of Municipal Integrated Management for the Social Promotion of Children and Adolescents taken out of Kiln Work – Paragominas,      Brazil.
7. Associação Saúde Criança Renascer – an integral perspective of health - Rio de Janeiro          , Brazil.
8.  Local Oversight Group of Vila Velha - Vila Velha, Brazil.
9. Clean Alternative Electrical Energy via Micro Hydroelectric Turbines – Santarem, Brazil.
10. Housing for us all -  Brazil.
11. The Regional Base Observatory of Sustainability Indicators (ORBIS) and The Movement “We can Paraná: Indicators and a social movement Transforming Paraná” Brazil.
12. Cultivate Plants, Cultivate Peace – Macaé, Brazil.
13. Recycling wastes, we can save lives and promote Entrepreneurship – Bucaramanga, Colombia
14. Strategy for Sustainable Development, Conservation Corridor Guantiva - Santander, Colombia.
15. Heartfelt Houses – Medellin, Colombia.
16. Ojo de Agua del Husillo, sustainable settlement – Havana, Cuba.
17. From Discontent to Collective Action: A Social Movement that Protected Balandra Bay, A Social and Natural Icon in Northwest Mexico - La Paz, México.
18. Experience Community Pantano Abajo Neighborhood – Coro, Venezuela.

 África

1. APROCOBU (Association for the Promotion of   Cooperative stores for Production, Selling and Supplying in Burundi – Bujumbura, Burundi.
2. Involving Indeginous people in Forest Management in Decision making – Pokola, DRC .
3. Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) – Nairobi, Kenya.
4. Micro-gardens in Dakar – Dakar, Senegal.
5. Promotion of Low Cost Housing and Environment – Mwanza, Tanzania.
6. "Sakhasonke Village".  A higher Density Housing solution for the Urban Poor – Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
7. Community peace program – South Africa.
8. Marianhill Landfill Conservancy Durban – KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
9. Sustainable Solutions to homelessness/poverty and Improved access to Water and Sanitation – Zambia.

Estados Árabes

1. Al Darb Al Ahmar Housing Rehabilitation Programme – Cairo, Egypt.
2. Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative – Siwa Oasis, Egypt.
3. The Palestinian Housing Council – AL Ram, Palestine.
4. Wastewater Management on Household Level in Palestine – Bethlehem and Hebron, Palestine.
5. Global Campaign “Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS” – Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
6. Women in Technology (WIT) Program – Sanaa, Yemen.

Asia

1. Community Managed Water and Sanitation Programme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) – Bangladesh.
2. The New Qingpu Practice. Sustainable Construction of Ecology and Humanity – Shanghai, China.
3. To protect poor farmers from chrome vi menace through remediation of underground water and soil providing safe drinking water – Kanpur, India.
4. Integrated people-driven reconstruction in post-tsunami – Aceh, Indonesia.
5. Gwangju Rail-to-Greenway Movement – Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
6. Water and Sanitation extension program (WASEP) – Northern Pakistan.
7. River, Fiber and Power:  Bringing Lights and Life to Poor Coconut Farmers  in Remote Areas – Tayabas, Phillipines.
8. Community Leadership in Disaster Recovery – Colombo, Sri Lanka.
9. Rush and Reed Conservation and Diversification – Horana, Sri Lanka.
10. Three reductions, three gains – Vietnam.

Europa

1. Programme for the Social and Employment Integration of Immigrant Women – Madrid, Spain.
2. San Ildefonso – La Granja: Illustrated Paradigm of The Scenery – San Ildefonso, Spain.
3. Best Practice Transfer of “Spanish Greenways Programme” – Madrid, Spain.
4. Spanish Network of Cities for the Climate – Spain.

Norteamérica

1. Partnership in Opportunities for Employment through Technology in the Americas – Washington, United States.

LISTA CORTA DE TRANSFERENCIAS PARA LA SEGUNDA FASE DE EVALUACIÓN

 América Latina y Caribe

1. Cultivate Plants, Cultivate Peace – Macaé, Brazil.
2. From Discontent to Collective Action: A Social Movement that Protected Balandra Bay, A Social and Natural Icon in Northwest Mexico – La Paz, México.
   

Estados Arabes

1. The Palestinian Housing Council – AL Ram, Palestine.
2. Women in Technology (WIT) Program – Sanaa, Yemen.

Asia

1. Community Managed Water and Sanitation Programme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) – Bangladesh.
2. Water and Sanitation extension program (WASEP) – Northern Pakistan.

Europa                    

1. Best Practice Transfer of “Spanish Greenways Programme – Madrid, Spain.