Fostering Green Transition in Petén TEI Fostering Green Transition in Petén TEI The contribution is Sweden's support to the Team Europe Iniative in Guatemala - "Fostering Green Transition in Petén". Sweden aims to support the TEI with parallel financing through local partners Swisscontact and Conexion. Swisscontact and Conexión will work together in this contribution by jointly supporting the Team Europe Initiative, with the aim to support all the five components in the TEI in a transverse manner - and thereby supporting the outcomes of the overall and specific abovementioned objectives.
The Team Europe Initiative aims at the social and economic green transition of the Petén macro region of Guatemala and the generation of inclusive sustainable and green employment, through the following five components.
•	Component 1: Provide capacity development to local institutions. 
•	Component 2: Foster sustainable management of forest systems. 
•	Component 3: Assist climate resilient agriculture.
•	Component 4: Encourage sustainable tourism. 
•	Component 5: Improve solid waste management and sewage systems. Insatsen avser Sveriges stöd till Team Europe Iniative i Guatemala - "Fostering Green Transition in Petén". Sverige strävar efter att stödja TEI med parallell finansiering genom lokala partners Swisscontact och Conexion.  Swisscontact och Conexión kommer att arbeta tillsammans i denna insats genom att gemensamt stödja Team Europe-initiativet, i syfte att stödja de fem komponenterna nedan på ett transversellt sätt - och därigenom även stödja de övergripande och specifika målen. 
Team Europe-initiativet syftar till den sociala och ekonomiska gröna omställningen i makroregionen Petén i Guatemala och skapandet av inkluderande hållbar och grön sysselsättning, genom följande fem komponenter:
•Component 1: Tillhandahålla kapacitetsutveckling till lokala institutioner. 
•Komponent 2: Främja hållbar förvaltning av skogssystem. 
•Komponent 3: Stödja klimattåligt jordbruk.
•Komponent 4: Uppmuntra hållbar turism. 
•Komponent 5: Förbättra hanteringen av avfall och avloppssystemen. The overall objective of the project "Sustainable Mayan Landscapes" is to link socioeconomic development in the Department of Petén with environment and sustainable use of natural resources protection. Its three main components are:

Component 1: Providing capacity building to local institutions

The project will focus its efforts on the search for financial mechanisms, valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and institutional and organizational strengthening. For this, two intermediate results will be addressed: a) improved capacities of public entities and stakeholders in Petén in inclusive green development issues, and b) improved capacities of Petén public entities and economic stakeholders to develop bankable green projects. The intermediate results are described below. The strategy for this component will focus on creating awareness in central and local governments of the importance and value of ecosystem services and the conservation of protected areas, through valuation exercises of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.

Component 2: Promote sustainable management of forest systems

The Project will work with farmers (women and men) within the buffer zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve that connects both Petén-Itzá Lake watershed and the Maya-Chiquibul Mountains Biosphere Reserve. Interventions will focus on halting degradation of the above-described ecosystems and increasing their ecological connectivity damaged by unsustainable means of production which have affected soil and water resources, biodiversity, production systems, the resilience and quality of life of the most vulnerable population, especially women and youth. The project will support activities to 1) promote climate-resilient agriculture, 2) promote sustainable management of forestry systems, and 3) promote sustainable and slow tourism.

Component 3: Improve waste and waste water management services in the Petén-Itzá watershed municipalities

The strategy for implementing this result is based on the development of a master plan for integrated solid waste management that begins with the separation at source of organic waste, recyclable inorganic waste, and non-recyclable waste for final disposal.

The authorities will be supported in developing and implementing an integrated solid waste management plan that includes both local population and the productive sector, generation of technical capacities in municipalities and companies, completing a legal framework, raising awareness and persuading all sectors on the need to separate waste at the source (valuable, non-recyclable and organic) and the logistics of cleaning and collection to keep them separated.

In order to achieve high levels of waste separation at source, it is essential to promote all the mechanisms for public awareness and participation. The activation of differentiated collection mechanisms and the creation of collection points for recyclable waste through self-sustainable green businesses will increase interest in recycling due to monetary value of the products. The project will promote the entire local recycling chain and the connection with national markets for valuable materials. The project will work at the end of the process, offering technical assistance to improve management of the final disposal site, going from an "open dump" to a sanitary landfill with technical management and high environmental standards.