Sunbeach Hotel

Day 1, Friday 14 March 2002

08.00

Welcome and Registration  (Registration is also possible in the evening of 13 March).

09.15

09.25

Welcome by Greek Organising Committee Chair

Plenary Session “Sustainable Development after Johannesburg: New opportunities, new Challenges”- Opening by ANPED chairs Jeffrey Barber and Chris Church

09.35

Presentations, with views from Northern and Southern representatives:

-          “Policy implications emanating from the Johannesburg Programme of Implementation” –Mr. Solomze Madikane, Manager International relations, global WSSD Civil Society Secretariat

-          “The road from Johannesburg to Kiev” – Mrs. Iulia Trombitcaia, Eco-Accord, Russia

-          “Partnerships and Type II Agreements” – Mr. Shao Loong, Third World Network, Malaysia

10.45

Break

11:00

Presentations       

-          World Social Forum: Outcomes and implications – Emmanuel Prinet, Association 4D, France

-          UNEP, the governing council and its implications – Barbara Gemmill, Executive Director, Environment Liaison Centre International, Nairobi Kenya

-          Developments for the role of Civil Society in policy making – Mr. Jan Gustav Strandenaes, Advisor, ANPED

12.00

12.40

Small Breakout groups in Plenary hall (Facilitated by Mr. Chris Church):

            - How can we improve co-operation within Civil Society: what are the possible areas of concern and the new opportunities?

            - What are the key issues where co-operation will be most important and most helpful.

Report backs from breakout groups.

13.00

Lunch

14.30

Workshops: From Johannesburg to a shared future

            - Sustainable Production and Consumption – Mr. Jeffrey Barber (United States Citizen’s Network),Ms. Sylvia Lorek, Forum Germany, Mr. Pieter van der Gaag (ANPED)

            - Environmental Justice, and the Right to a safe and healthy environment – Mr. Chris Church (ANPED), Victor Ricco (Center for Human Rights and Environment, Argentina)  and Maria Adebowale (Capacity International, United Kingdom)

            - Local Action for Sustainable Development – Mikulas Huba (Society for Sustainable Living, Slovakia), Mr. Victor Trebicky (Environmental Policy Institute, Czech Republic), Ms. Natalya Petrushkevich, (Youth ecologycal initiative 'Belaya Rus', Belarus).

Questions:

            * What are the implications of Johannesburg for this issue-area

            * What are the implications for regional processes such as the Kiev EfE process

            * What are the immediate next steps to further implementation of action plans in this issue area.

            * What is the specific role for civil society

16.00

break

16.15

Continuation of workshops

17.15

Plenary: Workshop report backs (ends at 18:00)

18.30

Dinner

21.00

Evening Session:

Workshops covering issues related to the Johannesburg WEHAB Agenda

These workshops provide an extra opportunity to take the views from the 3 afternoon workshops and apply to them concretely to the issues below.

What are the issues and strategies developed in the SPAC, Environmental Justice, and Local action workshops that could be particularly useful for work undertaken in the following issue areas

- Water and Health (Ms. Maureen Butter, Dutch Health and Environment Network and Ms. Svetlana Slesarenok, Luzanovka, Ukraine)

- Agriculture and Biodiversity (Mrs. Olivera Radovanovic, Green Network of Voijvodina, Serbia and Mr. Oleg Tsaruk, Ecocentre Biostan, Uzbekistan)

Same questions as above

22:30

End Day 1

Day 2, Saturday 15 March 2003.

9:00

Plenary with discussion : Multi-stakeholder partnerships. – Mr. Pieter van der Gaag

Goal: To develop an NGO response to the newly emerging WSSD Type II partnerships.

Questions for discussion:

- What are the views of the participants in relation to the role of corporations as partners in Sustainable Development Policy making

- What are the views of the participants in relation to mechanisms to safeguard community rights, related to Multi-stakeholder partnerships and public policy.

- What are the expected impacts of these partnerships, also in relation to a retrenching government.

- Where do civil society partnerships fit into the WSSD process.

- How can local community groups be assured of proper levels of participation.

10:00

Plenary: “North and South and East and West”

- Views from the North, South, East and West on co-operation between NGOs from the North and South. How to improve our relationships.

Speakers: Mrs. Tamara Malkova (Green Dossier, Ukraine), Mr. Uchita de Zoysa (Centre for Environment and Development, Sri Lanka), Mr. Morten Eriksen (Forum Norway), Mr Roger Mpande (ELCI, Zimbabwe)

11:30

Break

11:45

Workshops developing proposals for action carrying out the proposals formulated during day 1 on:

- Water and Health

- Agriculture and Biodiversity

13:00

Lunch

14:30

Workshops on developing proposals for action plans carrying out the proposals formulated during day 1 on:

            - Sustainable Production and Consumption

            - Environmental Justice and the Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment

            - Local Action for Sustainable Development

16:00

Break

16:30.

Plenary discussion of policy statements and action plans proposed during workshops

18:00

Close of conference

19:00

Dinner