INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2013 REGIONAL CONSULTATION MEETING FOR MAJOR GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2013 REGIONAL CONSULTATION MEETING FOR MAJOR GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN


2 October 2013
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in preparation for the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF)—scheduled for June 2014—invites the various civil society groups of the region to nominate candidates to take part in the Regional Consultation Meeting on 18 and 19 November in Panama City, Panama.


Background

The Global Forum is built through six regional consultation meetings, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America and Western Asia.
Among other topics, the agenda of the meeting will address two key issues:
1. The Post-2015 Development Agenda: incorporation of environmental sustainability into the new development programme and the Sustainable Development Goals.
2. Implementation of Decision GC 27/2 ahead of the first meeting of the United Nations Assembly for the Environment in June 2014. Paragraphs 5 (e), 7, 9, 10 and 17 of Decision UNEP/GC.27/2 GC on institutional arrangements require establishing new mechanisms to enhance the participation of principle actors and transparency based on the best practices of multilateral organizations.

The conclusions of this regional meeting will help enrich discussions at the 15th Session of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF) and the 1st Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEA).

Rules and conditions for participating

The meeting is open to attendance by representatives of the major groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. With a view to promoting the representation of all the major groups, UNEP will finance the participation of up to two representatives per group. To determine which representatives will receive funding, a selection process will be carried out based on the applications received.

Applications are to be sent by e-mail to: elba.cortes.affiliate@pnuma.org. Application letters should consist of a maximum of 400 words explaining the candidates' merits on the basis of which they should be chosen as participants. They are to detail the candidates' experience and the manner in which they will utilize of their attendance at the meeting to give continuity to and follow up on the items to be addressed, encouraging discussion and information sharing on the priority themes for UNEP among the organizations of their major group. In addition, candidates are to complete and forward the registration form, which is appended to this document.

The children and youth major group will be represented by the Regional Advisers of the Tunza Initiative.

Further information is available on the following web page: http://www.unep.org/civil-society. 

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