Links to UN bodies
Division for Sustainable Development
Secondary Links
Links
UN system and Civil Society Engagement
- FAO cooperation with Civil Society
- IFAD Partners and Indigenous Peoples
- Global Environment Facility (GEF) and NGO participation
- UNAIDS Partnerships
- UN and Business
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity –NGO perspective
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- UNCTAD and Civil Society
- UNDP and Civil Society Partners
- UN ECOSOC NGO Section
- UNEP major groups and stakeholders
- UNEP Youth and Children Programme
- UNESCO: Cities and Local Authorities, NGOs and Private Sector
- UN Financing for Development
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UN Forum on Forests
- UN-Non Governmental Liaison Service
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- UNICEF Voices of Youth
- UN-Habitat
- UN Youth Unit
- WHO Civil Society Initiative
- WIPO participation
- World Bank and Civil Society
- World Trade Organisation
Other relevant resources
The list is only indicative and bound to be expanded, and we welcome suggestions.
- Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (UN-ECE)
- Bridging the Gap: Financing Gender Equality
- Civil Society in United Nations Conferences: A literature Review
- Civil Society Organizations and Service Provision
- Engaging the Disenfranchised: Developing Countries and Civil Society in International Governance for Sustainable Development
- Green Jobs Initiative: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World by UNEP, ILO, IOE, ITUC
- Guide to decision making processes (UN-NGLS)
- Guidelines for Policy Work on Sustainable Development (European Youth Forum)
- Negotiating and Implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Manual for NGOs (UNEP)
- Policy Directions to 2050: A business contribution to the dialogues on cooperative action
- NGOs and Social Movements: A North/South Divide?
- Plannig Sustainable Cities: Policy Directions (UN-HABITAT)
- Political Space for Non-Governmental Organizations in United Nations World Summit Processes
- Promoting Enfranchisement: Toward inclusion and influence in sustainable development governance
- Rural poverty knowledgebase (IFAD)
- Special Study on stakeholders dialogues at the CSD (1998-2002)
- Strengthening Dialogue - UN Experience with Small Farmer Organizations and Indigenous Peoples (UN-NLGS)
- Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Developemnt (SARD)
- Sustainable cities and localizing Agenda 21
- Trends in Government Support for Non-Governmental Organizations: Is The "Golden Age" of the NGO Behind Us?
- Trade Unions and NGOs: A Necessary Partnership for Social Development
- Training Modules for CSOs on MDG-Based National Development Strategies
- UN Reform: Civil Society and UN Relationships
- UN Women Wathch: women, gender equality and climate change
- UN World Summits and Civil Society: The State of the Art
- Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society
- youthXchange: Guide for sustainable lifestyles (UNEP-UNESCO)