The Regional Consultations with civil society will be held prior to the next Governing Council meetings scheduled in February 2010. These Regional Consultations with civil society will be held prior to or in conjunction with relevant major regional meetings/events/fora starting this year. These changes were introduced following amendments made to the Guidelines for Participation of Major Groups and Stakeholders in Policy Design at UNEP (Available at http://www.unep.org/civil_society/PDF_docs/Guidelines-for-CSO-participation-Aug2609.pdf).
The Regional Consultations with civil society will be dedicated to discussing relevant policy and programme issues, possible cooperative actions, and/or preparing the Major Groups’ inputs into those relevant major regional meetings/events/fora. They will serve as capacity building and networking exercises for the Major Groups in the regions, and constitute platforms for Regional Offices to engage with major groups and stakeholders on an annual basis. This will in particular respond to the need for increasing and making more visible UNEP’s presence at the regional level.
Dates of the meetings and any other relevant information will posted on this webpage as soon as they are confirmed and information available.
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