Solicitation of Civil Society Input to Intergovernmental Process on International Environmental Governance
Environment ministers from around the world have acknowledged that the status quo in international environmental governance, characterized by overlap, fragmentation, and resource deficiencies, is no longer an option and reform is imperative. In February 2009, at the 25th session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, ministers launched a formal political process (the so-called Belgrade process) to consider all possible options for reforming the international environmental architecture. Ministers and high-level representatives have begun outlining reform alternatives for the environmental architecture of the UN system. After two additional consultations (in Bogota in July and Helsinki in November 2010), the consultative group of ministers will present its recommendations at the 26th session of the UNEP Governing Council in February 2011.
Thanks to the work of civil society members at the UNEP Governing Council meeting in February 2010, the intergovernmental process is now formally open to input from civil society from around the world through Decision SSXI/1. In preparation for the ministerial meeting in July 2010, UNEP’s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, is soliciting comments on the key documents for the ministerial discussions and constructive ideas on broad institutional reform options. The documents for review are linked below:
- An information note entitled Environment in the UN System
- An information note on United Nations Specialised Agencies and United Nations Programmes
- A background paper on Options on Broader Reform of International Environmental Governance
The Global Environmental Governance Project will be collecting, compiling and communicating input from North American Civil Society. Please submit your feedback either as a comment to this post (below), in an email to info [at] environmentalgovernance [dot] org, or to our Facebook page by June 1, 2010. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Maria Ivanova at Maria [dot] ivanova [at] environmentalgovernance [dot] org.
You can find the series of documents produced from the intergovernmental discussions on international environmental governance on our GEG Bookshelf.
Posted May 27, 2010 by AEN
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