CSD-12: Workshop on Governance for WSSD Implementation
in Countries in Transition - Istanbul, 16-18 September 2003
A total of 80 people from 24 countries met in Istanbul from 16 to 18 September 2003 for a Workshop on Governance for
the Implementation of Outcomes from the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD) in Countries with Economies in Transition.
The Workshop, which was organized by the UN Department of Economic
and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) and hosted by the Government of
Turkey, addressed the following main themes:
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country experiences with implementing sustainable
development
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institutional arrangements for implementing
sustainable development
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the role of governance and public administration in
the achievement and implementation of sustainable development;
and
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the role of regional organisations in promoting good
governance for the implementation of WSSD outcomes.
This event was a follow-up activity to WSSD (held in
Johannesburg, South Africa, August-September 2002) and also to the Regional Workshop on
Capacity-Building in Governance and Public Administration for
Sustainable Development in Countries with Economies in Transition (held
in Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2002).
Participants in the Workshop included senior government officials
and representatives from the non-governmental community from countries with
economies in transition and from the host country, Turkey.
Representatives
of UN agencies and other international and regional organisations
also attended.
The report of the Workshop will be submitted to the twelfth session
of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12) and to the meeting
of the ECOSOC Committee of Experts on Public Administration, both to be
held in 2004.
For more detailed information, please follow the links on the right.
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