Programme of Activities for Information for Decision-Making including Indicators of Sustainable Development

Meetings |  Capacity-Building Activities 

Meetings:

• Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development
  (13 – 15 December 2005, New York)

• Arab Regional Workshop on National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS) and Indicators of Sustainable Development (12-14th December 2004, Egypt)

• Regional Caribbean Workshop on National Sustainable Development Strategies and Indicators of Sustainable Development (14-15 January 2004, St. Lucia)

• National Sustainable Development Strategies for Asia and the Pacific (which included a component on indicators of sustainable development) (29-31 October 2003, Thailand)

• Training Workshop on “Methodologies, Tools and Best Practices for Managing Information for Decision-making on Sustainable Development in Caribbean SIDS” (27-31 October 2003, Trinidad and Tobago) 

• Resource Persons Meeting on “Using Information in Decision-Making for Sustainable Development in Small-Island Developing States” (27-28 May 2003, St. Lucia)

• Seminar on Sustainable Development Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean (29-30 November 2001, Chile) [English]  [Spanish] 

• International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development (7-9 December 1999, Barbados)

• Fifth Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development (7-8 April 1999, United States)

• International Workshop on testing of CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development (19 - 21 January 1998, Czech Republic)

• Fourth Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development (23 - 24 October 1997, United States).

• Regional Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development in Africa (3 - 6 June 1997, Ghana)

• Regional Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development for Latin America and the Caribbean Region (10 - 12 March 1997, Costa Rica)

• Regional Consultative Meeting on Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development Indicators (26 - 29 November 1996, Thailand)

• Second International Workshop: "Launching the Testing of Indicators of Sustainable Development (20 - 22 November 1996, Belgium)

• Third Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development (23 - 25 September 1996, Switzerland)

Capacity-Building Activities:

Capacity-building project on Creating Information Management Systems to Improve Decision-making for Sustainable Development for Caribbean SIDS

The project on “Capacity-building in Creating Information Management Systems to Improve Decision-making for Sustainable Development for Caribbean SIDS” (November 2002-February 2004), which has been one of the more comprehensive projects in terms of its scope and coverage, included several activities and outputs: (i) assessment and establishment of a baseline to identify and assess regional and country status and needs in information management systems for sustainable development; (ii) resource persons meeting on “Using Information in Decision-Making for Sustainable Development in Small-Island Developing States” (May 2003, St. Lucia) to ascertain the needs of the region in the area of information management for sustainable development; (iii) development of a project website which is now available through the DSD website; (iv) identification of mechanisms for and establishment of a regional pilot network of national and regional institutions involved in information management in the region; (v) development of training materials on information management systems for training of trainers available on the website; (vi) training workshop on “Methodologies, Tools and Best Practices for Managing Information for Decision-making on Sustainable Development in Caribbean SIDS” (October 2003, Trinidad & Tobago); and (vii) further in-country training on a wider scale on information management systems. 

National project on Integrated Planning for Sustainable Development and Supporting National Sustainable Development Indicators (St. Lucia)

A national project for St. Lucia on “Integrated Planning for Sustainable Development and Supporting National Sustainable Development Indicators for St. Lucia” (August 2003-October 2004), for which the OECS is the field-managing institution. The main outputs of the project will include a first draft set of national indicators for sustainable development and a first draft framework national sustainable development strategy for Saint Lucia.


National workshop on The Development of Indicators for Use in National Decision-making Processes (Argentina)

A national workshop for Argentina on the development of indicators for use in national decision-making processes (April 2002). A plan of action containing elements of training, workshops and information production and dissemination which would serve a two-fold purpose of developing a national set of indicators for policy-planning in Argentina and strengthen the links and participation in the regional network, was then formulated. 

National project on Indicators of Sustainable Development (Bolivia)

A national project for Bolivia on indicators of sustainable development for (December 2001-December 2002). The main outputs were a proposed set of indicators of sustainable development and a report entitled “Proposed Indicators of Sustainable Development for Bolivia” published in December 2002.

National project on Indicators of Sustainable Development (Costa Rica)

A national project that provided support to the University of Costa Rica to establish an information system to support decision-making for Costa Rica in the area of sustainable development (September 2001 to July 2002). A final collection and methodological description of Costa Rica’s sustainability indicators was made available on the internet, as well as in the publication, “Indicadores Del Desarrollo Sostenible De Costa Rica 2002”.