Task Forces under the Marrakech Process

A Task Force is an informal group of countries and organizations coordinated by a lead country that have voluntarily decided to work collaboratively on a specific issue of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) committing themselves to carrying out a concrete set of activities focused on implementation.

FAQs about Task Forces

To date, the following task forces have been created (lead country in parentheses):

Sustainable Building and Construction (Finland)
The Task Force aims is to develop local and national policies and legislation to secure the sustainability of the construction, use and maintenance of the built environment through policies and legislation to promote energy efficiency, energy savings and use of renewable energy in the built environment.
Terms of reference (PDF)
Fact sheet

Contact person: Ms. Kaarin Taipale (taipale@hse.fi)

Website: www.environment.fi/sbc

Sustainable Lifestyles (Sweden)
The objective is to develop and support the implementation of sustainable policies to change consumer behaviour and that of youth to more sustainable lifestyles. Terms of reference (PDF)
Contact person: Ms. Gunilla Blomquist (gunilla.blomquist@sustainable.ministry.se)

Website: under construction

Sustainable Public Procurement (Switzerland)
The principal objective is to promote and support the implementation of public procurement programmes that encourage the uptake of sustainable products and services.
Fact sheet

Contact person: Mr. Philip Kristensen (philip.kristensen@buwal.admin.ch)

Website: http://eea.eionet.europa.eu/Public/irc/envirowindows/scp_procurement/home

Sustainable Products (United Kingdom)
The objective of the Task Force is to raise awareness of product policy as a means of achieving international development and environmental objectives, particularly through support for innovation on product eco-design and performance.
Terms of reference (PDF)
Contact person: Mr. Chris Baker (Chris.Baker@defra.gsi.gov.uk)
Website: http://www.itfsp.org

Sustainable Tourism (France)
The main aim is implementation of actions that promote sustainable tourism focusing on how tourism relates to climate change, biodiversity and protection of cultural and natural heritage.
Terms of reference (PDF) (also available in French)

Contact person: Mr. Thibault Devanlay (thibault.devanlay@ecologie.gouv.fr)

 Website: http://www.veilleinfotourisme.fr/jsp/fiche_pagelibre.jsp?STNAV=&RUBNAV=&CODE=01941191&LANGUE=0&RH=REX&RF=GTIDDT )

Cooperation with Africa (Germany)
The main aim is to encourage and support African countries in the integration of SCP in existing plans and programmes and in developing national, sub-regional and regional action plans on SCP that allow them to leapfrog to more sustainable patterns of consumption and production while at the same time reducing poverty. Terms of reference (PDF)

Contact person: Mr. Ulf D. Jaeckel (Ulf.Jaeckel@bmu.bund.de)
Website: under construction

Education for Sustainable Consumption (Italy)
The objective is to achieve progress in introducing sustainable consumption and production issues into educational curricula (including both formal and non-formal education). Terms of reference (PDF)

Contact person: Mr. Andrea Innamorati (innamorati.andrea@minambiente.it)

Website: under construction

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