The preparation of multi-stakeholder participation within the CSD is itself a multi-stakeholder process. Key major group networks are invited by the CSD Bureau to form a facilitating group called “organizing partners”, which coordinates the preparations and assists the Secretariat in generating and guiding the engagement of stakeholders for each major group sector. The Secretariat chairs the facilitating group and supports its work throughout the preparatory process and the CSD session.

The major groups organizing partners main responsibilities include:

• Consulting with networks to prepare written inputs in the form of discussion papers addressing agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification, and Africa —including the cross-sectoral themes—that reflect their group’s views on progress made, outline obstacles and constraints to implementation, and identify new challenges to be met by major groups to expedite implementation.

• Organizing, managing and disseminating data and information on Major Groups and the CSD-16.

• Consulting with networks to identify participants to serve on their sector’s delegation.

• Coordinating and facilitating the participation of representatives of their respective sector throughout the CSD-16 session, working in collaboration with other major group sectors’ representatives present at CSD-16 and in the RIMs.

Ms. Jeannette Gurung
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
26 Beckett Way, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
Tel: 607-319-0347
E-mail: jeannettegurung@wocan.org

Ms. Charity Kabutha
African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (AWLAE)
Nigeria
Tel: +254-20-4453051/2/3 ; Fax: +254-20-4453053 ;
E-mail: c_kabutha@yahoo.com

Ms. Sabina Anokye Mensah
The GRATIS Foundation
Heavy Industrial Area
P. O. Box CO151 Tema, Ghana
Tel/Fax: +233-22-212551
E-mail: sabinamensah@hotmail.com

CSD Youth Caucus through:
Mr. Luckson Katsi
Young Water Action Team
79 Eves Crescent, Ashdown Park, Mabelreign, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-91-2-764976
E-mail: luckson_katsi@yahoo.com

Ms. Selene Biffi
Youth Action for Change
Via Curiel 63, 20050 Mezzago (Mi), Italy
Tel/Fax: +39 039 622329; Mob: +39 348 7407314
E-mail: selene@youthactionforchange.org, selene_biffi@yahoo.com

Ms. Vicky Tauli Corpuz
CSD Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus
Tebtebba - Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education
1 Roman Ayson Road, Baguio City, Philippines, 2600
Tel: +63-74-4447703; Fax:+ 63-74-4439459
E-mail: vicky@tebtebba.org  -- vtcorpuz@yahoo.com

Ms. Jocelyn Carino Nettleton
Tebtebba - Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education
 European Office
111 Faringdon Road, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxon SN7 8LD, UK
Tel: +44-1367-718889 (work/home); +44-207-326-0363 (work)
E-mail: tebtebba@gn.apc.org; tongtong@gn.apc.org; joji@tebtebba.org

Mr. Tom Goldtooth
Indigenous Environmental Network
P.O. Box 485, Bemidji, MN 56619-0485,USA
Tel: +1-218-751-4967; Fax: +1-218-751-0561
E-mail: ien@igc.org

Sustainable Development Issues Network through:
Mr. Jan-Gustav Strandenaes
Northern Alliance for Sustainable Development (ANPED)
P.O. Box 59030, 1040 KA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 475 1742 / + 47 648 73030; Fax: +31 20 475 1743
E-mail: jgstr@online.no

Ms. Elenita C. Dano
Third World Network
P.O. Box 225
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines
Tel/Fax: +63-82 305-3658
E-mail: nethdano@pacific.net.ph

Mr. Cyril Ritchie
Environment Liaison Centre International
P.O. Box 72461 Kasarani Road – ICIPE Duduville, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +41 22 733 6717; Fax: +41 22 734 7082
E-mail: c.ritchie@fiig.org

Mr. Ruud Schuthof
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
City Hall, West Tower, 16th Floor; 100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2 , Canada
Tel.: +1-416/392-1462; Fax.: +1-416/392-1478
Tel.: +49-761/368-9287 (Freiburg office); Fax: +49-761/368-9229 (Freiburg office)
E-mail: secretary.general@iclei.org

Ms. Anabella Rosemberg
International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC)  &
Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
15 rue Laperouse, 9 Rue Emile Gilbert, 75016 Paris, France
Tel: +33 155 373 735; Fax: +33 147 549 828
E-mail: Rosemberg@TUAC.org

Ms. Tina Loeffelsend
Stiftung Soziale Gesellshaft – Nachhaltige Entwicklung &
Foundation Coaiel Society Susdev – SSGEN
38 Luisenstr., 10111 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49-302 463 9510; Fax: +49 302 463 9333
E-mail: tina.loeffelsend@peco-ev.de
 

Mr. Carlos Busquets
International Chamber of Commerce
38 Cours Albert 1er, 75008 Paris, France
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 49 53 29 75; Fax: + 33 (0) 1 49 53 57 95
E-mail: carlos.busquets@iccwbo.org

Ms. Robynne Anderson
CropLife International
Avenue Louise 326, Box 35, B - 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Mobile: +1 204 227 4611
E-mail: robynne@robynneanderson.com
 
Ms. Eva Haden
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
4, chemin de Conches, CH-1231 Conches-Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 8393 177; Fax: +41 22 8393 131
E-mail: haden@wbcsd.org

Mr. Thomas Rosswall
International Council for Science (ICSU)
5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, France
Tel: +331-4525-0329; Fax: +33 1) 42 88 94 31
E-mail: thomas.rosswall@icsu.org

Mr. Gisbert Glaser
International Council for Science (ICSU)
5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, France
Tel: +33 1 45 25 03 29; Fax: +33 1 42 88 94 31
E-mail: gisbert.glaser@icsu.org

Mr. Jorge Spitalnik
World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO)
1 rue Miollis - Maison de 1’UNESCO, 75015 Paris, France
Tel: +55 21 2267 4050; Fax: +55 21 2522 2760
E-mail:  jspitalnik@alternex.com.br

Mr. David King
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
60 Rue St. Lazare, 75009 Paris, France
Tel: +33-1-45-26-05-53; Fax: +33-1-48747212
E-mail: David.king@ifap.org

Ms. Nora Ourabah
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
60 Rue St. Lazare, 75009 Paris, France
Tel: +33-1-45-26-05-53 ; Fax: +33-1-48747212
E-mail: NoraOurabah@ifap.org