 Working
Group News
Dec.
2006: UNEP calls for input on SPAC paper; deadline Jan 11
We have received and been asked to comment on the draft Category
I paper, "On
Sustainable Consumption and Production," [MS word] prepared
for this year's 'Environment for Europe' Belgrade Conference. Please
send your comments to Rie Tsutsumi, UNEP Regional Office for Europe,
rie.tsutsumi@unep.ch by 11th January 2007 at latest. The revised
draft paper will be submitted to the forthcoming Executive Committee
and the Working Group of Senior Officials meetings.
Please
also be sure to copy the SPAC WG on your input.
Oct.
2006: NGO SPAC statement presented to ECE officials
At the third meeting of the UNECE Working Group of Senior Officials
(WGSO) in Geneva, ANPED's partner network ECO
Forum presented our NGO statement on sustainable production
and consumption, with its proposals for the 2007 Belgrade conference.
The November ECO Forum Newsletter
reports on the WGSO meeting. The statement, "Making
Sustainable Production and Consumption an Overarching Objective
for Europe," is now available on the official UNECE
website, as well as on our Resources page. It calls for a Pan-European
Framework on Sustainable Production and Consumption, linking the
regiononal process to the global 10-Year Framework called for at
the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
In
December, members of ECO Forum's Coordinating Board will discuss
follow-up to this and other matters for NGO strategy and preparations
for Belgrade.
May
2006: ANPED delivers SPAC statement to CSD 14
As part of its contribution to the 14th Session of the UN Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD), several SPAC WG members produced
a statement on "Industry
and Progress: From Sustained Growth to Sustainable Production and
Consumption."
May
2006: SPAC & Energy side event at CSD
For the CSD review on energy, ANPED and the Citizens Network for
Sustainable Development organized the side event "The
Sustainable Production and Consumption of Energy: Views from Civil
Society." The event featured ANPED's Andrey Ozharovskiy
(Energy & Nuclear Issues WG) and Jeffrey Barber (SPAC WG and
CitNet), as well as Donald Brown (Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary
Environmental Policy) and members of the Appalachian coal fields
delegation.
Dec
2005:ANPED SPAC master proposal
The WG's two-year project proposal for ANPED SPAC work in the northern
countries, discussed at ANPED's AGM this year, has now been agreed
to by the Program Committee. We now hope to raise the necessary
funds to implement this in our member countries. Strategies for
moving this forward are now being discussed.
Oct
2005:Reports from Costa Rica
The official report from the 2nd International Expert Meeting on
the 10 - year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption
and Production is available here.
Working Group Coordinator Sylvia Lorek's unofficial report on ANPED's
activities at the meeting is available here. Other NGO reports from
the meeting include those put out by Integrative
Strategies Forum and IISD.
Sept
2005:ANPED AGM to discuss network strategy focusing on SPAC
At the 2005 ANPED AGM, working groups will develop strategies drawing
on SPAC as cross-cutting framework to improve ANPED's more issue-specific
campaigns and projects. Also, the SPAC Working Group will develop
its strategy and plan for 2006
Sept. 2005: ANPED members attend 2nd International expert meeting
on SCP
San Jose, Costa Rica .
ANPED members Sylvia Lorek (German Forum) and Veena Ramani (Citizens
Netowrk and ISF) joined governmental delegates from Europe, North
America, Latin America, Africa and Asia to discuss progress on the
UN's 10-year
framework to promote SPAC initiatives at the 2nd International
Expert Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production, organized
by UNEP & UN DESA in Costa Rica. This meeting represented the
culumination of a series of regional consultations on implementing
SPAC actions called for during the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development.
Jul. 2005: AVAILABLE: Position papers & country reports on SPAC
Members of the SPAC WG have drafted a variety of policy papers and
country reports focused on sustainable production and consumption.
These are being subjected to internal discussion. The papers &
reports are available on the Resources
Page.
Jun.
2005: Informal meeting in Budapest during CEE conference
Some members of the ANPED SPAC working group will be attending a
conference organized by the Network of Central and Eastern European
NGOs for Sustainable Consumption and Environmental Protection between
June 3 - 5 2005. The details aof the conference are available at
http://www.ceenetwork.org/conference.html
During the conference, the ANPED members present will informally
meet to discuss the work plans of the WG, the new SPAC website,
the policy papers submitted and future plans.
May
2005: Response from EC
The European Commission's Directorate-General (Environment) has
responded to the letter "Implementing Sustainable Production
and Consumption in Europe" sent by WG Coordinator Sylvia Lorek
on behalf of the ANPED SPAC WG. The letter is available here.
Apr.
2005: Letters to EU
The ANPED SPAC WG has sent letters
to the European Commission calling for actions to be taken on
the conclusions of the Ostend Stakeholder Meeting on SCP. Responses
have been received from the DG
of Edcation and Culture and the DG
of Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities. Members
who wish to comment on the process should write into the SPAC listserver
or to email the WG Coordinator.
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