Environmental Governance Programme

UNITAR’s Environmental Governance Programme (EG) develops methodologies, facilitates research and provides support to governments and stakeholders to strengthen capacity for effective environmental governance within the context of sustainable development. Relevant activities are linked to the implementation of international agreements, such as Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration and the UNECE Aarhus Convention.
Programme Overview
Civil Society Capacity Building
Aarhus Convention Pilot Projects
Principle 10 Pilot Projects
Public Participation Research
Right-to-Know
UNITAR/Yale Conference

Assessing and Strengthening National Capacities for Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Management: Preparation of a National Profile and Action Plan to Implement Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration

African Region Pilot Projects, 2008-20010

Application Deadline 31 August 2008

Évaluation et renforcement des capacités nationales pour assurer une participation effective des parties prenantes à la gestion de l’environnement : Préparation d’un profil national et d’un plan d’action pour la mise en œuvre du principe 10 de la Déclaration de Rio

Projets-pilotes menés en Afrique, 2008-2010

Date-limite 31 août 2008

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Stakeholder engagement in the implementation of NEPAD’s environment initiative: identifying opportunities for research and capacity development.

An AMCEN-12 side event supported by UNITAR in collaboration with the UNEP Regional Office for Africa and the University of Cape Town

Wednesday, 11 June 2008 (1.15-14.45 pm), Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

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UNITAR-Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy Reveals Deficits in the Understanding of the Democracy - Environment Interface, May 10–11, 2008, Yale University, New Haven, USA

How can democratic institutions and processes be designed so that they are compatible with, and foster environmental sustainability? This question was at the centre of discussion at the UNITAR-Yale Conference on Environment and Democracy. “Democratic participation in environmental governance has become an internationally agreed principle” said Carlos Lopes, Executive Director of UNITAR and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations in his introductory remarks, “but it is the socio-economic context and local capacities which essentially determine how civic participation can effectively contribute to good governance and environmental sustainability.”

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