Sunday, February 05, 2006: 7 th Global Civil Society Forum

7:30 – 8:45

Registration

9:00 – 10:15

Agenda item 1 – Opening statements

• Director, Regional Office of West Asia (ROWA)
• Chairman of the Zayed International Prize for the Environment
• Chairperson, West Asia civil society host committee
• Vice Chairman, Secretariat of the West Asia Host Committee, Emirates Diving Association
• Executive Director, UNEP

Questions and answers

10:15 – 10:30

Coffee and tea break

10:30 – 11:00

Agenda item 2 – Organization of the Global Civil Society Forum

• Election of chairpersons and rapporteurs
• Presentation and adoption of the agenda

Agenda item 3 – The 9th special session of the UNEP GC/GMEF: International Environmental Governance. What is at stake during the UNEP GC/GMEF?

11:00 – 12:00

• Northern perspective, the Northen Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED)
• Southern perspective, Mazingira Institute

Questions and answers

12:00 – 15:00

Lunch break

13:00 – 14:45

Side event– Negotiating and Implementing MEAs: A Training Manual for NGOs working on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

• Sharing ideas on How to Lobby at MEAs – Discussion on new
  Manual by Centro de Estudios Ambientales, Earth Media, Stakeholder Forum and UNEP

Questions and answers

Agenda item 4 – The 9th special session of the UNEP GC/GMEF: Ministerial Consultations on Tourism and Energy

15:00 – 16:00

Recommendations to the Ministers on Tourism

• Global perspective , Worldwatch Institute
• West Asian perspective, Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Recommendations to the Ministers on Energy

• Global perspective , the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),
• Latin American perspective, Forum Brasileiro de ONGs e Movimentos Socias para o Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (FBOMS) ,

Questions and answers

Agenda item 5 – Civil society discussions on Tourism, Energy and International Environmental Governance

16:00– 18:00

Working groups

18.30 - 20.30

Cocktail dinner

Welcoming Remarks, Executive Director, UNEP

Monday, February 06, 2006: 7 th Global Civil Society Forum

Agenda item 6 – Civil society discussions on Tourism, Energy and International Environmental Governance (Follow)

09:00 – 10:30

Plenary report from the working groups

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee and tea break

11:00 – 12:00

Agenda item 7 – Outcomes of the Trade Union assembly

• SustainLabour Foundation

13:00 – 15:00

Side event– “A Toxic Free Future and the 2020 SAICM goal, by the International POPs Elimination Networks”

15:00 – 15:45

Agenda item 8 – Youth and business perspectives on the policy issues of the 7 th GCSF

• Business and industry presentation
• Youth presentation on energy, chemicals management and tourism - Youth presentation on energy

15:45 – 16:45

Agenda item 9 – Outcome of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM)

• Business and industry perspective
• NGOs perspective
• Trade unions perspective

16:45 – 17:15

Agenda item 10 - UNEP- Global Environment Outlook (GEO)

• Presentation of 4th Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4) and the GEO yearbook 2006.
• Introduction to the UNEP Educational Poster Series (“The Living Earth in the Fight against Poverty”)

17:15 – 17:45

Agenda item 11 – Civil society Engagement with the GC/GMEF

• Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future

17:45 – 18:00

Agenda item 12 – Closing ceremony

Closing remarks

Your views are important to keep improving the GCSF. Our evaluation form on the 7 th GCSF is already available for your review. Forms will be collected at the end of the GCSF.