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From: “Tara DePorte” <tara@humanimpactsinstitute.org>
Date: Jan 27, 2012 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: [OWS Earth Summit] Yesterday's Major Groups capacity building workshop
To: <mobilizeus@googlegroups.com>
Cc: <ows-earth-summit@googlegroups.com>
Hello all,
Just to follow-up on the Stakeholders meeting with the US Delegation. Alex White (from the Human Impacts Institute) and Molly Delano (from Global Kids) were able to attend that meeting. The problem with those meetings is that they are emphatically “off the record”, so we are finding some difficulty in negotiating how to disseminate and report-back on some key issues covered there. Alex and Molly: would you be up for creating your own summary of what are some of your “lessons learned” from that meeting that wouldn’t interfere with our future participation?
Also, in terms of the great links that Jim sent around: I am planning on asking UN DESA if they will provide a stakeholder engagement training at the U.S./Canada Citizen’s Summit that we are coordinating with MobilizeUS! partners and others in March at Yale University. So, hopefully this will be something that we can really develop as a “train the trainers” for the official engagement in the policy development process for Rio.
In terms of getting outside of the “official mechanisms”, this is where MobilizeUS! as a coalition can really get creative Nationally and in our community. So, what are your ideas for common actions that we can do to really engage the U.S. populous in sustainability action in their communities and pressure on our governments for action? Send your ideas to us! We will be working to put together MyCity+20 event toolkits for MobilizeUS! partners to use between now and June, so we need your resources, ideas, and support!
Thanks and keep the updates and ideas coming!
Tara
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Hierald E. Kane-Osorto <hierald@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
I am currently in NYC following the initial discussion on the zero draft document for Rio+20. I wasn’t able to attend the forum on Tuesday in the morning but my understanding is that it focused on how civil society can contribute to the official process and the role of Major Stakeholders groups in providing input. There is a debriefing on Friday at 6:15PM for major stakeholders at the UN after the official sessions end.
Later that afternoon there was a session that was hosted by IBON International with very important input on the necessity for the Rio+20 process to be about a paradigm shift and the that it include a rights approach that was holistic. What I found helpful about this discussion was that it was the global south playing an active role in defining the shortcomings of the current zero draft and providing important critical perspective in preparation for the official meetings that began yesterday.
Here are some links that might be helpful:
http://iboninternational.org/page/whats_new/124 (From Tuesday Afternoon Meeting)
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/sdc2012/sdc2012.120101.htm (One of the groups present in the afternoon on Tuesday)
Regarding participation I think it does go beyond the official mechanism I think it also should involve participation in debriefings held by the governments along with all the other processes civil society is involved in. I found out at last minute but the US held a stakeholders meeting at the mission yesterday afternoon to get input on their current position on the zero draft. There was mention that they will organizing a meeting in DC in March or April sometime as well. Today there is an event at the New Economic Forum on the People’s Sustainability Treaties I sent an email earlier regarding this as well.
Hope this is helpful.
Best,
Hierald
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Jim Barton <smithmillcreek@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All-
I’m not in Manhattan, so I’m trying to figure this out as best I can.
As far as I can make out, the input pathway for the world’s seven billion people into
the upcoming Rio plus 20 are two-fold:
1- their governments
2- participation in the “major groups” that are seen to encompass most/all of humanity:
Yesterday, there appears to have been a workshop on how to participate in the major group process.
http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&nr=330&type=12&menu=46&template=435 <http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&nr=330&type=12&menu=46&template=435>
There were a few presentations, the slideshows for which are online:
Coalition or division <http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/639strandenaes.pdf>
24 Jan 2012
Presentation by Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Stakeholder Forum
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Rio to Rio <http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/642farookullah.pdf>
Presentation by Farooq Ullah, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Stakeholder Forum
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The process and framework <http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/640process.pdf>
Presentation by Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Stakeholder Forum
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The zero draft <http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/641david.pdf>
Did anyone go to this workshop? Does it seem relevant to what we are doing?
Thanks!
– Jim
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