1. minu hemmati 10/01/01 1 The Rio Process: CSD & Earth Summit 2002 An NGO Perspective Minu Hemmati

2. minu hemmati 10/01/01 2 Towards Earth Summit 2002 1. Preparatory Process 2. Stakeholder Involvement 3. Women’s Involvement 4. Proposed Activities 5. Necessary Principles & Tools

3. minu hemmati 10/01/01 3 Preparatory Process Local and National Level Local Agenda 21 National consultation processes: priority issues (April 2001) National Assessments: Review of Agenda 21 & 1997 Summit priority issues Mobilisation !

4. minu hemmati 10/01/01 4 Preparatory Process Regional Level Regional PrepComms starting Summer / Autumn 2001 Stakeholder dialogues prior to regional PrepComms Possible strengthening of the regional level: in preparations; decisions; institutional follow- up … see diagram

5. minu hemmati 10/01/01 5 Preparatory Process International Level PrepComms 1. April/May 2001, NY 2. January 2002, NY 3. March or April 2002, NY 4. May 2002, Indonesia Global “Thematic Roundtables” (2 nd part of 2001) … see diagram

6. minu hemmati 10/01/01 6 Preparatory Process: Issues Freshwater Energy Forests Biodiversity Arhus going global? … Poverty & Environment Globalisation & Trade Finance HIV / AIDS Gender Equity Consumption … Institutional Mechanisms

7. minu hemmati 10/01/01 7 The Preparatory Process Should: Provide inclusive, democratic, transparent, gender-balanced mechanisms of participation Build on work being done elsewhere (“joined-up thinking”) Build on appropriate information

8. minu hemmati 10/01/01 8 The Preparatory Process Should: Lead to concrete, action- oriented decisions, possibly type-of-country specific Deliver new and additional resources Deliver ratification of Kyoto; Biosafety; Straddling Fish Stocks

9. minu hemmati 10/01/01 9 Linkages With Other UN Processes Finance for Development, March 2002 Least Developed Countries LDC III, May 2001 Rio Conventions Cairo / Beijing / Copenhagen / Istanbul / World Food Summit Bonn Freshwater Conference Dec 2001

10. minu hemmati 10/01/01 10 Stakeholder Involvement CSD stakeholder dialogues Regional & international PrepComms dialogues Summit dialogues Global “thematic roundtable” & other dialogue processes Initiatives towards the Summit Satellite events Host country initiatives: pilot projects; exhibitions; housing projects

11. minu hemmati 10/01/01 11 Women’s Involvement Women as a Major Group: the CSD Women’s Caucus Women as members of all Major Groups see Women’s Caucus, February 2000

12. minu hemmati 10/01/01 12 CSD Women’s Caucus Membership Registration process since August 2000 44 organisations; 24 countries List Serve since June 1999 458 members; 66 countries Activities Outreach Web-site Facilitation & coordination Liasing Lobbying Position papers Statements NGO reports

13. minu hemmati 10/01/01 13 Proposed Activities 1 Learn from experiences Strengthen the caucus as a global network: - increase number & diversity - publish membership & activities - regional / issue focal points Disseminate information & network regarding 2002, incl. public media Facilitate; build capacity; mentor

14. minu hemmati 10/01/01 14 Proposed Activities 2 Work to ensure that appropriate information is available Women's Action Agenda for a Healthy Planet Women & Local Agenda 21 Review process: government & NGO reporting Gender-mainstreaming of Summit issues Projects in the host country & region Multi-stakeholder processes

15. minu hemmati 10/01/01 15 Necessary Principles & Tools A global, co-ordinated strategy A rich diversity of strategies Individuals, organisations, networks, task forces taking responsibilities Transparency, democracy, accountability within and without Funding

16. minu hemmati 10/01/01 16 Kofi Annan, March 08, 1999: “After all, women are not the feel-good factors of international policy”