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What is Border 2012
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Organization
Each branch of Border 2012 facilitates stakeholder participation and encourages open dialogue. All meetings are held in communities within the U.S.-Mexico border region and will be open to the public.
Task Forces
Get involved in region- and community-identified, site-specific projects.
(Contact information)Each Border 2012 branch works on border issues bringing to bear their diverse but complementary perspectives. Each of these branches benefits from broad-based stakeholder input by including non-governmental and community-based organizations, the private sector, academic institutions, local, state, and tribal representatives, binational organizations from both countries with expertise in a variety of fields including, but not limited to: environment, health, natural resource, and emergency response.
Each branch within Border 2012 is charged with accomplishing the following eleven goals:
- Identify and build consensus on respective priorities;
- Identify Task Forces, including leadership;
- Ensure adequate representation of stakeholders in order to plan and implement projects;
- Develop budgets and identify potential funding sources for Task Force efforts;
- Support development of indicators given the availability of adequate resources;
- collect data to monitor progress of activities;
- Leverage resources to achieve program goals;
- Meet a minimum of once per calendar year;
- Manage organizational and logistical aspects of meetings (e.g., develop agendas and schedules, secure meeting venues, provide translation services, etc.);
- Facilitate communication among coordinating bodies to avoid duplication of efforts; and
- Operate under guidance from and report on progress to the National Coordinators.
More information on the responsibilities and Operational Guidelines for the Border 2012 Coordinating Bodies (5 pp, 44K)