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United Nations Environment and Development - UK Committee, in collaboration
with Birmingham City Council, is pleased to announce its latest National
Conference on the UK Preparations for Earth Summit 2002
JOHANNESBURG AND BACK
Preparation and Implementation of Earth Summit 2002
Tuesday 16th July, 10am-5.30pm, The International Convention Centre, Birmingham
Introduction
Earth Summit 2002 - the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development
- to be hosted by the city of Johannesburg South Africa in August, will be the
highest-profile international event in which Civil Society makes a significant
contribution to the blueprint for a sustainable world and will be partner to
its outcomes. Six weeks before Prime Minister Tony Blair and other world
leaders meet in Johannesburg, this conference looks at the Summit's
implications for the United Kingdom.
The Aim
Bringing together Ministers and representatives from all stakeholder groups,
the day considers both what has preceded and what is likely to follow Earth
Summit 2002. The morning traces UK Preparations for Earth Summit
2002. The afternoon looks beyond Johannesburg, at the framework agreed
for the implementation of Summit outcomes and at what this will mean for UK
stakeholders.
The event is also a celebration of what has been achieved since the 1992 Rio
Earth Summit, in widening the understanding of environmental and development
issues. Birmingham is the only city twinned with Johannesburg, and is
therefore the ideal setting to convene groups from all over the British Isles
for this review of Earth Summit preparations, and preview of post-Johannesburg
action.
Key issues
How have the UK Government, Devolved Administrations, and Civil Society been
contributing to UK Preparations for Earth Summit 2002?
What are the likely outcomes of the Johannesburg Summit?
How will the Johannesburg outcomes be implemented?
What are the respective roles of different stakeholders in implementation?
How can stakeholders contribute meaningfully and effectively?
The Day
Ministers from the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Executive, Welsh
Assembly and the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will
share a platform for the first time. They will outline their contributions
to Earth Summit 2002 preparations throughout the UK. In parallel, and for
the first time, UK civil society will report on its contributions.
The event will also report on the final global preparatory meeting for the
Summit in Indonesia, May 24 to June 7. UK delegates from that meeting
will report on its outcomes. Workshops showcasing examples of current UK
initiatives will follow, and provide an opportunity to discuss how local and
regional UK stakeholders might take part in implementing the Johannesburg plan
of action.
The concluding debate considers where responsibility lies for putting the
Summit into action. The relative importance of Government commitment verses
voluntary stakeholder initiatives has been highly contested internationally,
within the UN system, and in the UK. Questions and comments on how the
Summit can be most effectively implemented - and by whom - will be put to a
multi-stakeholder panel.
The Speakers
Speakers will include Ministers from the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish
Executive, the Welsh Assembly & the UK Department of Environment, Food
& Rural Affairs.
Mike Ashley (Executive Director, Local Government International Bureau), Sir
Albert Bore* (Leader of the Birmingham City Council), Malcolm Bruce MP (Liberal
Democrats' Shadow Secretary for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs), Derek
Osborn (Chair, UNED-UK Committee), Andrew Simms (Policy Director New Economics
Foundation), Chris Spray* (Environment Director Northumbrian Water), Andrew
Clark (National Farmers Union), Tracy Sortwell (Chairman of Public Affairs
National Federation of Women's Institutes) & Stewart Stacey (Cabinet Member
for Sustainable Development, Birmingham City Council)
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For more information and booking form, please check our website on:
http://www.unedforum.org/conf/birmingham%202002/birmingham0702.htm
________________________________________________________
Gregoire Le Divellec
Administrator - UNED-UK Committee
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
(Formerly known as UNED Forum)
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW CONTACT DETAILS FROM JUNE 1st:
7 Holyrood Street
London SE1 2EL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7089 4300
Mob: +44 (0)7970 525 922
Fax: +44 (0)20 7089 4310
Visit our Websites: http://www.stakeholderforum.org
AND http://www.earthsummit2002.org/
________________________________________________________
Gregoire Le Divellec
Administrator - UNED-UK Committee
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
(Formerly known
as UNED Forum)
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW CONTACT DETAILS FROM JUNE 1st:
7 Holyrood
Street
London SE1 2EL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20
7089 4300
Mob: +44 (0)7970
525 922
Fax: +44 (0)20
7089 4310
Visit our
Websites: http://www.stakeholderforum.org
AND http://www.earthsummit2002.org/
________________________________________________________
Gregoire Le Divellec
Administrator - UNED-UK Committee
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
(Formerly known
as UNED Forum)
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW CONTACT DETAILS FROM JUNE 1st:
7 Holyrood
Street
London SE1 2EL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20
7089 4300
Mob: +44 (0)7970
525 922
Fax: +44 (0)20
7089 4310
Visit our
Websites: http://www.stakeholderforum.org
AND http://www.earthsummit2002.org/
________________________________________________________
Gregoire Le Divellec
Administrator - UNED-UK Committee
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
(Formerly known
as UNED Forum)
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW CONTACT DETAILS FROM JUNE 1st:
7 Holyrood
Street
London SE1 2EL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20
7089 4300
Mob: +44 (0)7970
525 922
Fax: +44 (0)20
7089 4310
Visit our
Websites: http://www.stakeholderforum.org
AND http://www.earthsummit2002.org/