Pillars for Flourishing Transboundary Coordination

James K. Gasana wrote about "Governing TCBAs"- Trans-boundary Conservation Areas. That's an area of land between two countries that is important for conservation. It is challenging for single entities to protect areas- and it becomes very layered and complic
ated between countries. His example centers on Cambodia, Laos and Thailand "The Emerald Triangle". He notes it is a process that must be built through partnerships. It can't flourish without these items. I just wanted to keep a record of these items because they seemed highly relevant in many other partnership contexts.

1) Political will- from national and sub-national governments

2) Political vision- to address trans-boundary issue of shared interest through coordination of policies, institutions and management

3) Joint structures and synergies- with clear mandates at national levels, inter-institutional coordination, and stakeholder participation mechanisms that include Indigenous Peoples, local communities and municipal authorities

4) A mixture of financing mechanisms - funding from national budgets, private, bilateral and multilateral donors, the private sector, whenever feasible