the Secretary of Environment (dealing with norms, environmental assessment and monitoring and enforcement procedures). The Directorate for Coastal and Marine Conservation has virtually no role. Interviews in the field support the fact that there is very small collaboration and cross-support between the two ministries. Table: Achievements and challenges in institutional capacity and institutional coordination in the tourism sector Function Description Actor in DR Achievements and Institutional challenges coordination Planning Establish areas Secr. of The first planning effort took Low. and modalities Tourism (earlier place in the 80s with the Currently the of construction was a function IADB-SECTUR plan. The Fourth Tourism and operation of the Central plan has lacked proper Convention, of Tourism Bank) implementation. which sets tourism facilities Recently SECTUR development plans commissioned the preparation for the next 10 of development plans in years, is being led tourism centers but there is no by the Secretariat evidence of their use in of Tourism, with planning. inputs from other Currently SECTUR is ministries. preparing a strategy for tourism development in the next 10 years. Policy To guide the Secr. Tourism Tourism policy is essentially Very low formulation establishment dictated by the Secretariat of of norms and Tourism. The incentive law the (158-01) contains implementation conservationist elements of management putting a strong pressure on plans SEMARN. It should be complemented by norms on the use of economic incentives for environmental protection. The Sub secretariat of Marine and Coastal Resources is notably not involved in policy formulation for the tourism sector. Environmental To establish Subs. Water quality control norms, Low. Norms environmental Environmental standards for effluent Subsecretariats quality Management discharges, solid waste norms and departments standards and (SEMARN) and procedures have been contribute to the natural established. formulation. resources use Environmental To identify and Subs. EIAs have been practiced Medium. The Assessment limit the Environmental regularly since 1998. “Environmental environmental Management 37 EIAs received for revision Review impacts of and other between 1998-1/31/03 of is the Committee” projects and subsecretariats which: 25 approved or not only example of policies. (SEMARN) needing approval; 5 approved coordination Implementation with conditions; 6 in process. among of norms Sector Tourism sector projects have subsecretariats
the Secretary of Environment (dealing with norms, environmental assessment and monitoring and enforcement procedures). The Directorate for Coastal and Marine Conservation has virtually no role. Interviews in the field support the fact that there is very small collaboration and cross-support between the two ministries. Table: Achievements and challenges in institutional capacity and institutional coordination in the tourism sector Function Description Actor in DR Achievements and challenges Institutional coordination Planning Establish areas and modalities of construction and operation of Tourism facilities Secr. of Tourism (earlier was a function of the Central Bank) The first planning effort took place in the 80s with the IADB-SECTUR plan. The plan has lacked proper implementation. Recently SECTUR commissioned the preparation of development plans in tourism centers but there is no evidence of their use in planning. Currently SECTUR is preparing a strategy for tourism development in the next 10 years. Low. Currently the Fourth Tourism Convention, which sets tourism development plans for the next 10 years, is being led by the Secretariat of Tourism, with inputs from other ministries. Policy formulation To guide the establishment of norms and the implementation of management plans Secr. Tourism Tourism policy is essentially dictated by the Secretariat of Tourism. The incentive law (158-01) contains conservationist elements putting a strong pressure on SEMARN. It should be complemented by norms on the use of economic incentives for environmental protection. The Sub secretariat of Marine and Coastal Resources is notably not involved in policy formulation for the tourism sector. Very low Environmental Norms To establish environmental quality standards and natural resources use Subs. Environmental Management (SEMARN) Water quality control norms, standards for effluent discharges, solid waste norms and procedures have been established. Low. Subsecretariats and departments contribute to the formulation. Environmental Assessment To identify and limit the environmental impacts of projects and policies. Implementation of norms Subs. Environmental Management and other subsecretariats (SEMARN) Sector EIAs have been practiced regularly since 1998. 37 EIAs received for revision between 1998-1/31/03 of which: 25 approved or not needing approval; 5 approved with conditions; 6 in process. Tourism sector projects have Medium. The “Environmental Review Committee” is the only example of coordination among subsecretariats
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