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 “organising 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

Ms. Kobie Brand
ICLEI Africa, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
7th Floor, 44 Wale Street,
PO Box 16548, Vlaeberg, 8018, Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)21 487 2293 or +27 (0)84 2000 110; Fax: +27 (0)21 487 2578
E-mail: kobie.brand@iclei.org

Mr. Lucien Royer
International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) &
Trade Union Advisory Council to the OECD (TUAC)
26 rue Laperouse 75016 Paris, France
Tel: +331-5537-3734; Fax: +331 4754 9828
E-mail: Royer@TUAC.org

Mr. Winston Gereluk
IInternational Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) &
PSI/TUAC
11207 - 70 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 2H2
Tel: +1-780-434-1690; Fax: +1-780 434 1690
E-mail: winstong@athabascau.ca

Mr. Guy Ryder
International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC)
26 rue Laperouse 75016 Paris, France
Tel: +32-2-224-0328; Fax: +331 4754 9828
E-mail: guy.ryder@icftu.org

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. Kristen E. Sukalac
International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFIA)
28, rue Marbeuf; F-75008 Paris, France
Tel.: +33 (0) 1 53 93 05 33; Mobile: +33 6 27 39 39 15; Fax: +33 1 53 93 05 47
E-mail: ksukalac@fertilizer.org
 
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