Border 2020 Partners
Although Border 2020 is overseen and administered by EPA and SEMARNAT, all program activities are selected and implemented by coordinating bodies with full consideration of relevant activities implemented by other institutions (e.g., BECC and NADBank) and the advice provided by the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (GNEB), SEMARNAT’s Advisory Council for Sustainable Development (CCDS) and many other organizations. These organizations represent a broad spectrum of programs and perspectives from governmental, non-governmental, academic, and private sectors. Representatives of these organizations participate actively in the work of Border 2020 coordinating bodies, and they provide valuable context for Border 2020 activities.
In addition, Border 2020 aims to maintain a close partnership with institutions such as BECC and NADBank to more effectively maximize and leverage technical and institutional expertise towards supporting the Border 2020 goals and objectives. Border 2020 Program partners may seek BECC/NADBank project assistance covering a wide range of areas which may include: technical, programmatic and implementation assistance.
State Partners
The following links exit the site ExitADEQ - Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality
Lead: Edna Mendoza (Mendoza.Edna@azdeq.gov)
CALEPA - California Environmental Protection Agency
Lead: Matthew Rodriquez (matthew.rodriquez@calepa.ca.gov)
Alejandro Rodarte (arodarte@calepa.ca.gov)
CDPH-COBBH - California Department of Public Health's
California Office of Binational Border Health
Lead: April Fernandez
(April.Fernandez@cdph.ca.gov)
NMED - New Mexico Environment Department
Lead: Thomas Ruiz (Thomas.Ruiz@state.nm.us)
TCEQ - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Lead: Steve Niemeyer (steve.niemeyer@tceq.texas.gov)
Other Partners
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BECC – Border Environmental Cooperation Commission
COCEF – Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza
CCDS – Consejo Consultivo para Desarrollo Sustentable
(Mexico’s Consulting Council for Sustainable Development)
CEC – North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
CCA – Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental de América del Norte
CONAGUA – Comision Nacional del Agua
(Mexico’s National Water Commission)
GNEB – Good Neighbor Environmental Board
IBWC – International Boundary and Water Commission
CILA – Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas
HHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NADB – North American Development Bank
BANDAN – Banco para el Desarrollo deAmérica del Norte
NAEPC – Native American Environmental Protection Coalition
PROFEPA – Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente
(Mexico’s Federal Attorney General for Environmental Protection)
SCERP – Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
SEMARNAT – Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
SS – Secretaría de Salud (Mexico’s Secretariat of Health)
USMBHC - U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission