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Statement by Mr. Makoto TSUKIJI
Delegation of Japan
Reporting on intersessional meetings
Inter-governmental Preparatory Meeting
19th Session of the Commission of Sustainable Development
28 Februrary 2011
Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) hosted the ?CSD-19 Intersessional
Conference on Building Partnerships for Moving towards Zero Waste? from 16 to 18
February 2011 in Tokyo with the co-organizers, United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Centre for Regional
Development (UNCRD).
The conference was attended by approximately 180 participants including
representatives of local and national governments, public waste utilities (PWUs), the
private sector, academia, and NGOs, and international resource persons from 50
countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America,
and Oceania as well as UN organizations (UNDP, UNEP, Secretariat of Basel
Convention, UN ESCAP, UNIDO, WHO), development agencies (GEF, GIZ, IDB,
JICA), regional organizations (REC, SACEP, SPREP), and others.
Agenda of the conference are policies and actions for expanding waste management
services of local authorities, such as capacity development, financing mechanisms,
participation of the private sector, partnerships among various stakeholders and so
on.
As an output of this conference, ?Chair?s summary? was adopted, which is to be
distributed as a background document in this IPM. Moreover, the conference
unanimously endorsed the establishment of International Partnership for Expanding
Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA) to be launched during CSD
19 in May.
The Mission of IPLA will be ?to share knowledge, communicate across national
boundaries, and work to spread best practice in order to accelerate the uptake of
waste-related infrastructure and services.
The IPLA will be a knowledge network to connect all key stakeholders by Webportals,
workshops, regional and international events, training and awareness
programs, piloting innovative projects, and so on.
Statement by Mr. Makoto TSUKIJI
Delegation of Japan
Reporting on intersessional meetings
Inter-governmental Preparatory Meeting
19th Session of the Commission of Sustainable Development
28 Februrary 2011
Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) hosted the ?CSD-19 Intersessional
Conference on Building Partnerships for Moving towards Zero Waste? from 16 to 18
February 2011 in Tokyo with the co-organizers, United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Centre for Regional
Development (UNCRD).
The conference was attended by approximately 180 participants including
representatives of local and national governments, public waste utilities (PWUs), the
private sector, academia, and NGOs, and international resource persons from 50
countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America,
and Oceania as well as UN organizations (UNDP, UNEP, Secretariat of Basel
Convention, UN ESCAP, UNIDO, WHO), development agencies (GEF, GIZ, IDB,
JICA), regional organizations (REC, SACEP, SPREP), and others.
Agenda of the conference are policies and actions for expanding waste management
services of local authorities, such as capacity development, financing mechanisms,
participation of the private sector, partnerships among various stakeholders and so
on.
As an output of this conference, ?Chair?s summary? was adopted, which is to be
distributed as a background document in this IPM. Moreover, the conference
unanimously endorsed the establishment of International Partnership for Expanding
Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA) to be launched during CSD
19 in May.
The Mission of IPLA will be ?to share knowledge, communicate across national
boundaries, and work to spread best practice in order to accelerate the uptake of
waste-related infrastructure and services.
The IPLA will be a knowledge network to connect all key stakeholders by Webportals,
workshops, regional and international events, training and awareness
programs, piloting innovative projects, and so on.
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