CSD-12 marked a new era of two-year implementation cycles, with the first year focusing on review and the second on policy decisions. CSD-13 constituted the first Policy Session in the new two-year  implementation cycle of the CSD, and built on the work undertaken during the CSD-12 review year in deciding on measures to speed up the implementation process and mobilize action to overcome obstacles and constraints in implementing Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.

CSD-13 was preceded by a week long Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (IPM), characterized by an integrated participation of major groups.

Major groups prepared their contributions to and participation in CSD-13  by referring to last year's  discussion papers, to their interactive participation throughout CSD-12 and to the CSD-12 outcomes. Multi-stakeholder participation was characterized by several entry points; an almost complete record of their interventions can be found here.

• Organising partners
• Participation in the IPM of CSD-13
• Documents
• Statements and Web-cast
• Decisions
• Case studies from Farmers on good practices in agricultural water management
• Trade Union Country-by-Country Profiles
• Guidelines for participation
• CSD-13 Main Page

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