 Working
Group News
Sept. 2005: ANPED AGM to discuss
network strategy focusing on SPAC
This year at ANPED's AGM, working groups will develop strategies
drawing on SPAC as cross-cutting framework to improve ANPED's more
issue-specific campaigns and projects. Also, the SPAC Working Group
will develop its strategy and plan for 2006..
Sept.
2005: ANPED members attend 2nd International Experts Meeting on
10-Year Framework on SCP
San Jose, Costa Rica. ANPED members
Sylvia Lorek (German Forum) and Veena Ramani (Citizens Netowrk and
ISF) join governmental delegates from Europe, North America, Latin
America, Africa and Asia this week to discuss progress on the UN's
10-year
framework to promote SPAC initiatives. This meeting represents
the culumination of a series of regional consultations on implementing
SPAC actions called for during the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development. On Monday ISF will deliver North American civi society
statement (see Member News.)
Mar.
2005: European Consumer Day: European Economic and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee is kind of a fourth pillar
of the European Union (beside Commission, Parliament and Council).
Representatives from all stakeholder groups are delegated into the
Committee on a regional balance. www.esc.eu.int
The ESC celebrates the European Consumer Day every year at the 15th
of March. This year it was devoted to the topic of sustainable consumption.
ANPED was invited to give a speech. The conference dealt with the
question if and how sustainable consumption is compatible with economic
growth, talked about sustainable products and services and the role
of retail sector and asked if sustainable consumption is a real
choice for consumers.
Mar.
2005: Workshop on MEAs & Private Investment
ANPED
has received an invitation to a workshop titled "Multilateral
Environmental Agreements and Private Investment: Promoting business
contributions to addressing global environmental problems".
The workshop will be organized by the Finnish Environmental Institute
on June 16-17 2005.
Working group members who are interested in attending the workshop,
or providing input to the same should contact Sylvia
Lorek.
Mar.
2005: ManVis Project: Demand Perspective workshop
The Manufacturing
Vision Project deals with foresights and scenarios of future (European)
manufacturing industry. To back the mostly industrial and financial
approaches of participating industry and research representatives
a workshop was held inviting representatives from the demand side.
Delegates came from consumer and environmental organizations, youth
and students groups, disabled associations and trade unions. They
presented and discussed their expectations for future production
and products. The results made will feed into the project that finally
shall influence the design of the next research program of the European
Union.
Mar.
2005: Synergizing sustainable consumption and competitiveness
The
meeting brought together about 20 participants form Governmental
and Non-Governmental Organizations as well as business. In an open
manner it was discussed (1) what is needed to achieve sustainable
consumption (technological improvements, efficiency but also more
fundamental societal changes) (2) which benefits sustainability
strategies can bring for enhanced competitiveness and more practical
(3) what to do to integrate sustainable consumption and its underlying
elements into ongoing EU policies.
Feb.
2005: SPAC WG website launched
The webpage
of the ANPED SPAC Working Group has been launched here..
Jan.
2005: Exploring necessities and opportunities for a CEE-specific
network on sustainable consumption issues
The Association
of Conscious Consumers, Hungary, hosted a two days consultation
to explore whether and how Central and Eastern European NGO’s working
on sustainable consumption issues could do this in a better and
more coordinated way. A short report is available here.
Jan.
2005: New policy papers and country reports available
Members
of the SPAC WG have drafted a variety of policy papers and country
reports focused on sustainable production and consumption. These
are available on the Resources Page.
Dec.
2004: European SCP Meeting: Report and Documents
The
report of the European Stakeholder meeting on sustainable consumption
and production is available here
. Other information about the meeting, including background
documents is available here
.
Dec.
2004: Country reports on SPAC
The SPAC WG coordinator has
called on members to prepare country reports on sustainable production
and consumption. Reports that are submitted by the end of the year
will receive 100 € as compensation.
Read outline for country
report
Nov.
2004: WG members attend European stakeholder meeting on SCP
Members of the ANPED SPAC
Working Group attended the European Stakeholder Meeting on Sustainable
Consumption and Production and participated in the working groups.
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