Regional Consultation Meetings

UNEP Regional Consultation Meetings in preparation for the 2007 Global Civil Society Forum (GCSF) and Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) have successfully concluded.  In Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America and West Asia, civil society representatives met to discuss pressing environmental issues of relevance to their regions and to the global environmental agenda. 

Among the topics discussed were:

• Gender and the Environment
• Water
• Chemicals Management
• Millennium Development Goals and Environment
• Globalisation, Ecosystem Services and Human well-being

Comprehensive review and coverage of the consultations is accessible online for the following regions:

• African Civil Society Meeting: Nairobi, 26-27 October 2006

Outcomes:      Statement            Agenda

• Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society Meeting: Seoul: 2-3 November 2006

Outcomes:      Statement           Agenda

• European Civil Society Meeting: Geneva, 23-25 October 2006

Outcomes:      Statement          Agenda

• Latin America & the Caribbean Civil Society Meeting: Bogotá, 1-2 November 2006

Outcomes:      Statement: (English, Español)         Agenda

• North America Civil Society Meeting: Washington DC, 2-3 November 2006

Outcomes:      Statement          Co-facilitator's Summary             Agenda

• West Asia Civil Society Meeting: Bahrain, 31 October - 1 November 2006

Outcomes:      Statement         Agenda