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Commission on Sustainable Development 12th Session, 19-30 April 2004

Programme for Wednesday, 21 April 2004

10h00-11h30

Partnerships Fair:

  • Partnership presentations
  • Interactive discussion: Practical issues of defining a partnership's goals and structure
10h00-13h00 Conferences:
  • Statements: Overall Review
  • Water (continued from 20 April)

Learning Centre:

  • Investing in Communities (World Bank)
11h30-13h00

Partnerships Fair:

  • Interactive discussion: Practical issues of defining a partnership's goals and structure
13h15-14h45 Side events:
  • Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: Finding Simple Solutions to Complex Challenges (Department of Science and Technology, South Africa)
  • How People Who Had No Homes Become a Vibrant Community (AVSI & New Humanity of Focolare Movement (Italy, Brazil & Holy See)
  • Best Practices for Education for Sustainable Development: Pumped Up for Peace (NGO Committee on Education)

Related activities:

  • Empowerment of urban youth - Challenges and opportunities for Youth Partnerships with UN-HABITAT (UN-HABITAT)
  • An Introduction to UN Water Virtual Learning Center (United Nations University)
13h30-14h30 Related activities:
  • Outreach Briefing: Development Credit Authority (Government of the United States)
15h00-18h00 Conferences:
  • Status report on request for information from CSD11
  • Thematic discussion on SANITATION, including cross-cutting issues

Partnerships Fair:

  • Presentations: Water Partnerships

Learning Centre:

  • ICT Networking Approaches and Development Solutions for Sustainable Development (The Institute@)
  • Urban Governance Tools to Support Sustainable Urbanization (UN HABITAT)

Related activities:

  • Workshop: Innovative Water Financing (Government of the United States)
18h15-19h45 Side events:
  • Education for Sustainable Development - The Green Schools Initiative (Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government, Ireland)
  • Immediate Action Plan for Water Resources Management in Post War Iraq - The New Eden Project (Ministry for the Environment and Territory, Italy)
  • A Network of Learning in Water Supply, Sanitation and Resource Management (DFID in collaboration withResource Centres WELL & OASIS)