Third International Expert Meeting
Stockholm (26 - 29 June 2007)
The Third International Expert Meeting on the 10-Year Framework
of Programmes (10YFP) for Sustainable Consumption and Production
(SCP) was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 26 to 29 June 2007.
The meeting was organized by the United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Environment
Programme, and hosted by the Swedish Ministries of Environment
and of Integration and Gender Equality. Financial support for
the meeting, particularly for the participation of experts from
developing countries, was provided by the Government of Sweden.
The meeting was organized to: i) review progress since the
second International Expert Meeting on the 10YFP for SCP, held
in San Jose, Costa Rica, in September 2005.; ii) present for
discussion purposes a first draft outline of the 10YFP on SCP;
iii) engage effectively major groups that are working on SCP
programmes either within their organizations or in their
countries.
Participants in the meeting were experts on various aspects of
sustainable consumption and production from governments, local
authorities, consumer organizations, business and industry,
trade unions, non-governmental organizations, academic
institutions, think tanks, international organizations and
development cooperation agencies. Before the Third
International Expert Meeting on SCP, the
Institut de l'energie et de
l'Environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF) organized a
preparatory meeting on 24-25 June 2007 in Stockholm with
participants from 14 french-speaking countries.
Also prior to the Third International Expert Meeting on SCP, on
26 June 2007, Business & Industry and NGOs each organized
half-day parallel Forums to discuss how they can become more
fully engaged in the Marrakech Process and what their priorities
are for work within that process.
Conclusions
The Stockholm
meeting benefited from a significantly stronger engagement of
business and NGOs in the Marrakech Process and a good regional
balance with respect to delegates from governments. That balance
and that engagement needs to be continued and strengthened in
the coming years.
The Marrakech
Process is now shifting gears, beginning to move from the
technical level towards a political process at the Commission on
Sustainable Development in 2010/11. Moving forward, there is
need for a clear vision shared widely among stakeholders of
where the Marrakech Process should be heading, and of what
should be achieved by the end of the 10YFP in 2021 in order to
advance sustainable consumption and production.
Specific
recommendations regarding the content and process leading to the
development of the 10YFP, the regional and national processes,
the work of the task forces and the development cooperation
dialogue can be found in the Report of the Meeting. The Report
further captures the interest of stakeholders from major groups,
to engage more actively with different stakeholders and
mechanisms (e.g. regional processes, task forces, etc) in
support of the Marrakech Process. Finally, key action points
from the thematic/sectoral Working Groups are also detailed in
the Report.
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