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African negotiators say progress is finally being made on Rio+ 20 outcome statement
(2012-06)
Less than a day to the arrival of world leaders who are expected to consider and endorse the Rio+20 outcome document, the African Group of Negotiators here says it is finally making crucial progress on some testy areas of ...
Why means of implementation is a thorny issue at the Rio+20 conference
(2012-06)
The High-Level segment of the Rio+20 Conference went into full gear today with some 100 Heads of State and Government in attendance. This signals the end to all negotiations on the draft outcome document. But the mood ...
NEPAD stakeholders call for platform to review implementation and coordination
(2012-06)
NEPAD stakeholders have strongly recommended the convening of a regular session to review joint coordination efforts towards the implementation of NEPAD programmes and projects in African countries and agree on ways of ...
Towards an African consensus statement for Rio+20
(2011-03)
A source at the ongoing workshop on institutional and strategic frameworks for sustainable development in Africa today assured the Information and Communications Service (ICS) of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) that ...
Sustainable Development workshop on the road to Rio+20 kicks off
(2011-03)
The workshop on Institutional and Strategic Frameworks for Sustainable Development kicked off at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Addis Ababa. The workshop is part of the Africa Regional Preparatory process ...
World conference Rio +20 North Africa is getting ready
(2012-03)
One of the highlights of the 27th session of ICE to be organized by the Office for North Africa of ECA will be the Expert Group Meeting on Rio + 20: Progress and Challenges for North Africa”. This meeting has two major ...
North Africa: Greening the Economy to Speed up Industrialization
(2016-01)
The ECA office in North Africa is organizing on 1- 4 March 2016 in Rabat (Morocco), its 31st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) under the theme: Green economy to speed up industrialization in North Africa. ...
Side-Event: the midterm review conference of the Istanbul programme of action
(2016-06)
The Midterm Review conference for the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) took place in Antalya, Turkey from 27-29 May 2016. The conference undertook a comprehensive review of the implementation of the IPoA by the least ...