1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination Mechanism(s)/Council(s).
Subcommittee on Sustainable Development
Contact point (Name, Title, Office):
Ms Annette Hugo
Subcommittee on Sustainable Development
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
SOUTH AFRICA
Telephone: 27 12 310-3446
Fax: 27 12 322-6287
e-mail: OMD_AH@OZONE.PWV.GOV.ZA
Mailing address:
Private Bag X447
PRETORIA 0001
SOUTH AFRICA
2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson:
Chairperson: Dr Rudi Pretorius, Director Sustainable Development
2a. List of ministries and agencies involved:
Departments of: Environmental Affairs and Tourism; Foreign Affairs; Water Affairs and Forestry; Minerals and Energy;
Housing; Transport; Trade and Industry; Health; Education; Agriculture; Land Affairs; South African National Defense Force;
Department of Welfare; Department of Finance;
Gauteng Province; Northern Province; North West Province; Mpumalanga Province;
Free State Province; Kwazulu/Natal Province; Northern Cape Province; Eastern Cape Province;
Western Cape Province .
2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as well as participating of academic and private sector bodies:
2c. Names of non-governmental organizations involved:
3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council:
to promote and coordinate the implementation of sustainable development in accordance with Agenda 21. The Committee for
Environmental Coordination, a statutory body, established in accordance with Article 12 of the Environmental Conservation
Act, is the most important coordinating structure. Its functions include: coordinating actions which are taken by departments
and which may have material influence on the protection and utilization of the environment; promoting cooperation between
such departments; drawing up reports; advising departments which are concerned with matters affecting the environment with a
view to pursuing common objectives in respect of the protection and utilization of the environment; investigating the state of the
environment biennially in the manner it deems fit, and reporting to the Minister thereon.
4. If available, attach a diagram (organization chart) showing national coordination structure and linkages between
ministries:
Submitted by
(Name): Ms. Annette Hugo
Signature:
Title:
Date: 26 November 1996
Ministry/Office: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Telephone: As above.
Fax: As above.
e-mail: As above.
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