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National Level Coordination Structure of Agenda 21 Actions

Austria

1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination Mechanism(s)/Council(s). Oesterreichische UNCED-Kommission (Austrian UNCED-Commission)

Contact point (Name, Title, Office): Rosa-Anna Weiss, Dept. for International Relations/European Union, Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family Affairs, Austria

Telephone: 43 1 51522 1628

Fax: 43 1 51522 7626

e-mail: rosa-anna.weiss@bmu.gv.at

Mailing address: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie, Stubenbastei 5, A-1010 Wien

2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson

Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl

2a. List of ministries and agencies involved:

All federal ministries, the Federal Provinces, the Federal Provinces.

2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as well as participation of academic and private sectors:

2c. Names of non-governmental organizations:

ECOROPA; Four Directions Council; Society for Threatened Peoples; Global 2000; Greenpeace Austria; Institute for International Collaboration; Catholic Youth of Austria; Coordinating Office of the Austrian Conference of Bishops; Austrian Society for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection; Austrian Society for Environment and Technology. ÖIE - Austrian Information Service for Development Policy; Austrian Environmental Consultancy; World Wildlife Fund for Nature Austria; Ökobüro.

3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council:

Established in 1991, the National UNCED Commission coordinated national preparations for UNCED and continues as the designated forum for the post-UNCED process.

4. If available, attach a diagram (organization chart) showing national coordination structure and linkages between ministries:

Submitted by:
(Name): Ms. Rosa-Anna Weiss
Signature:Official Seal
Title:
Date: 10 January 1997
Ministry/Office:Federal Ministry of the Environment, Youth and Family Affairs, Department of International Relations/European Union
Telephone: 43 1 51522 1628
Fax: 43 1 51522 7626
e-mail: rosa-anna.weiss@bmu.gv.at

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