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Demographic Dynamics and Sustainability CommitmentsChapter 5: Agenda 21 and UN Commission on Sustainable Development

6.1.1.1 Research on the interaction between demographic trends and factors and sustainable development6.1.2 Means of implementation

6.1.2.1 Strengthening research programmes that integrate population, environment and development6.1.2.2 Developing information and public awareness6.1.2.3 Developing and/or enhancing institutional capacity and collaboration

7. Stakeholders: Commission on Population and Development, with the assistance of UNDP, the United Nations Population Fund

(UNFPA), UNEP and other relevant institutions7.1.1 Activities

8. Stakeholders: Governments and non-governmental organizations, and the relevant organizations of the United Nations system8.1.1 Activities

9. Stakeholders: Governments and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies

8.1 Formulating integrated national policies for environment and development, taking into account demographic trends and

factors

9.1.1 Activities9.1.1.1 Assessing the implications of national demographic trends and factors9.1.1.2 Building and strengthening a national information base9.1.1.3 Incorporating demographic features into policies and plans

9.1.2 Means of implementation9.1.2.1 Raising awareness of demographic and sustainable development interactions9.1.2.2 Strengthening institutions

10. Stakeholders: Governments and local communities, including community-based women's organizations and national non-

governmental organizations, with the assistance and cooperation of international organizations

9.1 Implementing integrated environment and development programmes at the local level, taking into account demographic

trends and factors

10.1.1 Activities10.1.1.1 Developing a framework for action10.1.1.2 Supporting programmes that promote changes in demographic trends and factors towards sustainability10.1.1.3 Creating appropriate institutional conditions

10.1.2 Means of implementation10.1.2.1 Research10.1.2.2 Human resource development and capacity-building


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1. Stakeholders:Governments

1.1 Developing and disseminating knowledge concerning the links between demographic trends and factors and sustainable development1.1.1 Finance and cost evaluation

Source

Recommendation Target Group

Target Date

Reference

How much has the government contributed to the $10 million estimated average total annual cost of implementing the activities on

grant or concessional terms?

Has the government decided upon any specific strategies and/or programmes?

Agenda 21

Art 5.36

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?

b.) What was the impact?

c.) How was it measured?

2.) If not: Why not?

1.2 Implementing integrated environment and development programmes at the local level, taking into account demographic trends and factors

1.2.1 Finance and cost evaluation

Source


Target Date

Reference

How much has the government contributed to the $90 million estimated average total annual cost of implementing the activities ongrant or concessional terms?

Has the government decided upon any specific strategies and/or programmes?

Agenda 21Art 5.36





1.3 Formulating integrated national policies for environment and development, taking into account demographic trends and factors

1.3.1 Activities

1.3.1.1 Supporting programmes that promote changes in demographic trends and factors towards sustainability

Source

Recommen dation Target Group

Target Date

Reference

Has the government taken active steps to implement, in accordance with country-specific conditions and legal systems, measures to

ensure that women and men have the same right to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children, tohave access to the information, education and means, as appropriate, to enable them to exercise this right in keeping with theirfreedom, dignity and personally held values taking into account ethical and cultural considerations?

Agenda 21

Art 5.50





Source


Target Date

Reference


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Source


Target Date

Reference

Have international and regional scientific institutions assisted Governments, upon request, to include concerns regarding thepopulation/environment interactions at the global, ecosystem and micro-levels in the training of demographers and population and

environment specialists?

Have you included research on linkages and ways to design integrated strategies in the training?

GovernmentsAgenda 21Art 5.41

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?b.) What was the impact?



3. Stakeholders:Non-governmental organizations

3.1.1 Activities

Source


Target Date

Reference

Have NGOs increased communication, cooperation and coordination at the local, regional and international levels with a vie w

towards enhancing their contribution to the mutual understanding of issues related to population and development and facilitatingtheir active participation in the implementation of chapter 5 of Agenda 21 and chapter III of the Programme of Action of theInternational Conference on Population and Development?

CSD III

Art. 93





4. Stakeholder:Economic and Social Council

4.1.1 Activities

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has EOCSOC examined the division of labour between the Commission on Population and Development and the Commission on

Sustainable Development in the future consideration of the issue of population and sustainable development, taking into accountthe link between chapter 5 of Agenda 21 and chapter III of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Populationand Development?

CPD and CSDCSD IV

Decision4/3Art. 6




Source


Target Date

Reference

CSD IIIArt. 96

Has ECOSOC examined how to ensure synergy and cooperation between the Commission on Sustainable Development and theCommission on Population and Development when considering a common framework for the implementation of the outcome of

United Nations conferences in the economic and social field?

CPD and CSD


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5. Stakeholders:UNFPA and other relevant agencies

5.1.1 Activities

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has UNFPA and other relevant agencies strengthened the coordination of international cooperation activities with recipient anddonor countries in order to ensure that adequate funding is available to respond to growing needs?

Agenda 21Art 5.55





6. Stakeholders: Relevant international, regional and national institutions

6.1 Developing and disseminating knowledge concerning the links between demographic trends and factors and sustainable development

6.1.1 Activities

6.1.1.1 Research on the interaction between demographic trends and factors and sustainable development

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions identified the interactions between demographic processes, natural

resources and life support systems, bearing in mind regional and subregional variations deriving from, inter alia, different levelsof development?

Agenda 21

Art 5.6 (a)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions integrated demographic trends and factors into the ongoing study of

environmental change, using the expertise of international, regional and national research networks and of local communities,first, to study the human dimensions of environmental change and, second, to identify vulnerable areas?

International, regional,

national and localresearch networks

Agenda 21

Art 5.6 (b)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Agenda 21Art 5.6 (c)

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions identified priority areas for action and developed strategies andprogrammes to mitigate the adverse impact of environmental change on human populations, and vice versa?


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6.1.2 Means of implementation

6.1.2.1 Strengthening research programmes that integrate population, environment and development

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions enhanced their scientific capacity, taking full account of communityexperience and knowledge, and disseminated the experience gained in multidisciplinary approaches and in linking theory toaction?

Agenda 21Art 5.8





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions developed better modelling capabilities, identifying the range ofpossible outcomes of current human activities, especially the interrelated impact of demographic trends and factors, per capita

resource use and wealth distribution, as well as the major migration flows that may be expected with increasing climatic eventsand cumulative environmental change that may destroy people's local livelihoods?

Agenda 21Art 5.9


b.) What was the impact?c.) How was it measured?


6.1.2.2 Developing information and public awareness

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions developed socio-demographic information in a suitable format for

interfacing with physical, biological and socio-economic data?

Agenda 21

Art 5.10





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions developed compatible spatial and temporal scales, cross-country and

time-series information, as well as global behavioural indicators, as a result of information learnt from local communities'perceptions and attitudes?

Local communitiesAgenda 21

Art 5.10





Source


Target Date

Reference

Agenda 21Art 5.11

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions increased awareness at all levels concerning the need to optimise thesustainable use of resources through efficient resource management, taking into account the development needs of the populationsof developing countries?

Developing countries


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Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has relevant international, regional and national institutions increased awareness of the fundamental linkages between improving

the status of women and demographi c dynamics, particularly through women's access to education, primary and reproductivehealth care programmes, economic independence and their effective, equitable participation in all levels of decision-making?

WomenAgenda 21

Art 5.12






Has relevant international, regional and national institutions disseminated the results of research concerned with sustainable

development issues through technical reports, scientific journals, the media, workshops, forums or other means so that theinformation can be used by decision makers at all levels and increase public awareness?

Decision-makers at all

levels

Agenda 21

Art 5.13





6.1.2.3 Developing and/or enhancing institutional capacity and collaboration

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas relevant international, regional and national institutions increased the collaboration and exchange of information between

research institutions and international, regional and national agencies and all other sectors (including the private sector, localcommunities, non-governmental organizations and scientific institutions) from both the industrialized and developing countries, asappropriate?

Industrialized and

developing countries

Agenda 21

Art 5.14






Has relevant international, regional and national institutions intensified efforts to enhance the capacities of national and localgovernments, the private sector and non-governmental organizations in developing countries to meet the growing needs for

improved management of rapidly growing urban areas?

Developing countriesAgenda 21Art 5.15





7. Stakeholders:Commission on Population and Development, with the assistance of UNDP, the United Nations Population Fund,UNEP and other relevant institutions

7.1.1 Activities


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Has the Commission on Population and Development (with the assistance of UNDP, the United Nations Population Fund, UNEPand other relevant institutions) prepared, at reasonable intervals, a report on populations at risk because of environmental

degradation and their needs for additional assistance, including from the international community?

Populations at riskCSD IIIArt. 91



c.) How was it measured?2.) If not: Why not?

8. Stakeholders: Governments and non-governmental organizations, and the relevant organizations of the United Nations system

8.1.1 Activities


Has the government (and non-governmental organizations, and the relevant organizations of the United Nations system)formulated and implemented effective information, education and communication strategies that take into account such linkages,thereby creating the necessary conditions for the rapid achievement of the goals of Agenda 21 and the Programme of Action of the

International Conference on Population and Development?

CSD IVDecision4/3

Art. 4




2.) If not: Why not?Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (and non-governmental organizations, and the relevant organizations of the United Nations system)

mainstreamed a gender perspective, including gender-sensitive analysis, inter alia, as an essential step in the development andmonitoring of sustainable development policies?

WomenCSD IV

Decision4/3 Art. 5






Has the government (and non-governmental organizations, and the relevant organizations of the United Nations system) given

particular attention to the need to involve women in decision-making at all levels of population- and sustainable development-related strategies, policies, projects and programs?

WomenCSD III

Art. 92





CSD IIIArt. 92

Has the government (and non-governmental organizations, and the relevant organizations of the United Nations system) furtherpromoted measures directed at empowerment of women, ensuring their full access to literacy, education and training, and health,and at the removal of all obstacles to their access to credit and other productive resources and to their ability to buy, hold and sell

property and land equally with men?

Women


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9. Stakeholders: Governments and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies

9.1 Formulating integrated national policies for environment and development, taking into account demographic trends and factors

9.1.1 Activities

9.1.1.1 Assessing the implications of national demographic trends and factors


Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) analysed the relationships betweendemographic trends and factors and environmental change and between environmental degradation and the components of

demographic change?

Agenda 21Art 5.19


b.) What was the

impact?

c.) How was it

measured?2.) If not: Why not?


Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) conducted research on howenvironmental factors interact with socio-economic factors as a cause of migration?

Agenda 21Art 5.20


b.) What was the

impact?

c.) How was it

measured?



Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) identified vulnerable populationgroups (such as rural landless workers, ethnic minorities, refugees, migrants, displaced people, women heads of household) whosechanges in demographic structure may have specific impacts on sustainable development?

Vulnerable populationgroups

Agenda 21Art 5.21


b.) What was the

impact?

c.) How was it

measured?



Agenda 21

Art 5.22

Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) assessed the implications of the age

structure of the population on resource demand and dependency burdens, ranging from educational expenses for the young tohealth care and support for the elderly, and on household income generation?


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b.) What was the

impact?

c.) How was it

measured?


Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) conducted an assessment of nationalpopulation carrying capacity in the context of satisfaction of human needs and sustainable development, giving special attention tocritical resources, such as water and land, and environmental factors, such as ecosystem health and biodiversity?

Agenda 21Art 5.23


b.) What was the

impact?

c.) How was it

measured?



Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) studied the impacts of nationaldemographic trends and factors on the traditional livelihoods of indigenous groups and local communities, including changes intraditional land use because of internal population pressures?

Indigenous groups andlocal communities

Agenda 21Art 5.24


b.) What was the

impact?c.) How was it

measured?


9.1.1.2 Building and strengthening a national information base


Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) built and/or strengthened nationaldatabases on demographic trends, factors and the environment, disaggregating data by ecological region?

Agenda 21Art 5.25






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) developed methodologies and

instruments to identify areas where sustainability is, or may be, threatened by the environmental effects of demographic trends andfactors, incorporating both current and projected demographic data linked to natural environmental processes?

Agenda 21

Art 5.26






Agenda 21Art 5.27

Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) developed case studies of local levelresponses by different groups to demographic dynamics, particularly in areas subject to environmental stress and in deterioratingurban centres?


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Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) disaggregated population data by,

inter alia , sex and age in order to take into account the implications of the gender division of labour for the use and management ofnatural resources?

Agenda 21

Art 5.28





9.1.1.3 Incorporating demographic features into policies and plans


Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) taken account of resource needs, wasteproduction and ecosystem health in formulating human settlements policies?

Agenda 21Art 5.29






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) integrated the direct and induced

effects of demographic changes on environment and development programmes and the impact on demographic features assessed?

Agenda 21

Art 5.30






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) established and implemented nationalpopulation policy goals and programmes that are consistent with national environment and development plans for sustainability andin keeping with the freedom, dignity and personally held values of individuals?

Agenda 21Art 5.31





Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) developed appropriate socio-economicpolicies for the young and the elderly, both in terms of family and state support systems?

Young and elderlypopulations

Agenda 21Art 5.32







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Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) developed policies and programmesfor handling the various types of migrations that result from or induce environmental disruptions, with special attention to womenand vulnerable groups?

Women andvulnerable groups

Agenda 21Art 5.33




2.) If not: Why not? Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) incorporated demographic concerns,including concerns for environmental migrants and displaced people, in the programmes for sustainable development of relevant

international and regional institutions?

Environmentalmigrants and displaced

people

Agenda 21Art 5.34






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) conducted national reviews of

environmental strategies?

Agenda 21

Art 5.35






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) integrated population policies innational development?

Agenda 21Art 5.35






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) monitored the implementation andeffectiveness of national environmental strategies?

Agenda 21Art 5.35






9.1.2.1 Raising awareness of demographic and sustainable development interactions


Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) increased the understanding of the

interactions between demographic trends and factors and sustainable development in all sectors of society?

Agenda 21

Art 5.37






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Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) placed stress on local and nationalaction so as to raise awareness of demographic and sustainable development interactions?

Agenda 21Art 5.37




2.) If not: Why not? Source Recommen dation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) coordinated and integrateddemographic and sustainable development education in both the formal and non-formal education sectors?

Agenda 21Art 5.37






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) paid particular attention to populationliteracy programmes, notably for women?

Population literacyprogrammes, notablyfor women

Agenda 21Art 5.37






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) placed special emphasis on the linkagebetween these programs, article 5.37, primary environmental care and the provision of primary health care and services?

Agenda 21Art 5.38





9.1.2.2 Strengthening institutions


Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) enhanced the capacity of national,regional and local structures to deal with issues relating to demographic trends and factors and sustainable development?

National, regional andlocal structures

Agenda 21Art 5.38






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) strengthened the relevant bodiesresponsible for population issues to enable them to elaborate policies consistent with the national prospects for sustainabledevelopment?

Bodies charged withpopulation issues

Agenda 21Art 5.38







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Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) enhanced cooperation amonggovernment, national research institutions, non-governmental organizations and local communities in assessing problems andevaluating policies?

Government, nationalresearch institutions,NGOs and local

communities

Agenda 21Art 5.38





Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) enhanced the capacity of the relevant

United Nations organs, organizations and bodies, international and regional intergovernmental bodies, non-governmentalorganizations and local communities to help countries develop sustainable development policies on request and, as appropriate,provide assistance to environmental migrants and displaced people?

Developing countries,

environmentalmigrants and displacedpeople

Agenda 21

Art 5.39






Has the government (and other relevant actors with appropriate assistance from aid agencies) improved inter-agency support fornational sustainable development policies and programmes through better coordination of population and environment activities?

Agenda 21Art 5.40




10. Stakeholders: Governments and local communities, including community-based women's organizations and national non-

governmental organizations, with the assistance and cooperation of international organizations

10.1 Implementing integrated environment and development programmes at the local level, taking into account demographic trends and factors

10.1.1 Activities

10.1.1.1 Developing a framework for action


Agenda 21Art 5.45

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) established and implemented an effective consultative process with

concerned groups of society where the formulation and decision-making of all components of the programmes are based on anationwide consultative process drawing on community meetings, regional workshops and national seminars, as appropriate?

In doing so, have you ensured that views of women and men on needs, perspective and constraints are equally well reflected in thedesign of programmes, and that solutions are rooted in specific experience?

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) made the poor and underprivileged priority groups in this process?

Poor andunderprivileged

priority groups


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Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with the

assistance and cooperation of international organizations) implemented nationally determined policies for integrated andmultifaceted programmes, with special attention to women, to the poorest people living in critical areas and to other vulnerablegroups, ensuring the involvement of groups with a special potential to act as agents for change and sustainable development?

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) placed special emphasis on those programmes that achieve multipleobjectives, encourag e sustainable economic development, and mitigate adverse impacts of demographi c trends and factors, and

avoid long-term environmental damage?


assistance and cooperation of international organizations) included food security, access to secure tenure, basic shelter, andessential infrastructure, education, family welfare, women's reproductive health, family credit schemes, reforestation programmes,primary environmental care, women's employment should, as appropriate, among other factors?

NGOs, international

organizations andvulnerable groups,especially women andthe poor

Agenda 21

Art 5.46




2.) If not: Why not?Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) developed an analytical framework to identify complementary elements

of sustainable development policies as well as the national mechanisms to monitor and evaluate their effects on populationdynamics?

Agenda 21Art 5.47






Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) given special attention to the critical role of women inpopulation/environment programmes and in achieving sustainable development?

Have these programs taken advantage of opportunities to link social, economic and environmental gains for women and their

families?

WomenAgenda 21Art 5.48

CSD IVDecision

4/3Art. 3 1.) If yes: a.) How and When?






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Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) taken steps towards assuring the empowerment of women througheducation, training and policies to accord and improve women's right and access to assets, human and civil rights, labour-saving

measures, job opportunities and participation in decision-making?






Have population/environment programs enabled women to mobilize themselves to improve their capacity to participate in and

benefit from socio-economic development?


assistance and cooperation of international organizations) undertaken specific measures to close the gap between female and maleilliteracy rates?

WomenAgenda 21

Art 5.48





10.1.1.2 Supporting programmes that promote changes in demographic trends and factors towards sustainability


Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) developed and enhanced reproductive health programmes and services,to reduce maternal and infant mortality from all causes and enable women and men to fulfil their personal aspirations in terms offamily size, in a way in keeping with their freedom and dignity and personally held values?

ParentsAgenda 21Art 5.49






Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) developed culturally based information and education programmes that

transmit reproductive health messages to men and women that are easily understood, consistent with national priorities?

Agenda 21Art 5.52





Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) reinforced your efforts at institution-building in the field of population,

environment and development-related policies with a view to achieving prompt integration of population concerns into sustainabledevelopment planning and policies?

CSD IIIArt. 89






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Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) formulated and implemented population-related policies and

programmes to support the objectives and actions agreed in Agenda 21 and other conferences and other international agreements,taking into account the common but differentiated responsibilities reflected in those agreements?

CSD IIIArt. 85


b.) What was the impact?c.) How was it measured?


10.1.1.3 Creating appropriate institutional conditions



assistance and cooperation of international organizations) fostered constituencies and institutional conditions to facilitate theimplementation of demographic activities?

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) gained support and commitment from political, indigenous, religious andtraditional authorities, the private sector and the national scientific community to facilitate the implementation of demographic

activities?


assistance and cooperation of international organizations) closely involved established national machinery for women indeveloping these appropriate institutional conditions?

Authorities (political,

indigenous, religiousand traditional), theprivate sector,

women, and thescientific community

Agenda 21

Art 5.53







assistance and cooperation of international organizations) coordinated population assistance with bilateral and multilateral donorsto ensure that population needs and requirements of all developing countries are addressed, fully respecting the overallcoordinating responsibility and the choice and strategies of the recipient countries?

Bilateral multilateral

donors and developingcountries

Agenda 21

Art 5.54






Agenda 21Art 5.55

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) improved coordination at local and international levels?

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) enhanced working practice in order to make optimum use of resources,

draw on collective experience and improve the implementation of programs?

Has UNFPA and other relevant agencies strengthened the coordination of international cooperation activities with recipient and

donor countries in order to ensure that adequate funding is available to respond to growing needs?


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assistance and cooperation of international organizations) developed proposals for local, national and internationalpopulation/environment programmes in line with specific needs for achieving sustainability?

Agenda 21

Art 5.56







assistance and cooperation of international organizations) implemented, where appropriate, institutional changes so that old-agesecurity does not entirely depend on input from family members?

ElderlyAgenda 21

Art 5.56







assistance and cooperation of international organizations) considered making contributions to the implementation of theProgramme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, taking into account the provisions of

chapters XIII and XIV of the Programme of Action, and the economic constraints faced by developing countries?

Developing countriesCSD III

Art. 94







assistance and cooperation of international organizations) transferred new and additional resources to developing countries, inaccordance with the relevant provisions of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population andDevelopment, in order to ensure that population and development objectives and goals are met?

Developing countriesCSD III

Art. 95






10.1.2.1 Research



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Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) undertaken research with a view towards developing specific actionprograms?

Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) established the necessary priorities between proposed areas of research?

Agenda 21Art 5.58






Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) conducted socio-demographic research on how populations respond to a

changing environment?

Agenda 21Art 5.59







assistance and cooperation of international organizations) improved the understanding of socio-cultural and political factors thatcan positively influence acceptance of appropriate population policy instruments?

Agenda 21

Art 5.60




Source Recommen dation Target Group Target Date Reference


assistance and cooperation of international organizations) undertaken surveys of changes in needs for appropriate services relatingto responsible planning of family size, reflecting variations among different socio-economic groups and variations in differentgeographical regions?

Agenda 21

Art 5.61






Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) undertaken research on the linkages among population, poverty,

consumption and production, environment and natural resources, education and human health as a guide to effective sustainabledevelopment policies?

CSD IIIArt. 87





10.1.2.2 Human resource development and capacity-building



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Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) made the areas of human resource development and capacity-building,with particular attention to the education and training of women, a very high priority in the implementation of population

programs?








assistance and cooperation of international organizations) conducted workshops to help programme and project managers linkpopulation programmes to other development and environmental goals?

Programme and

project managers

Agenda 21

Art 5.63






Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) developed educational materials, including guides/workbooks forplanners and decision makers and other actors of population/environment/development programs?

Planners and decision-makers

Agenda 21Art 5.64





Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) developed cooperation between governments, scientific institutions andnon-governmental organizations within the region, and similar institutions outside the region?

Governments,scientific institutionsand NGOs

Agenda 21Art 5.65






Has the government (and local communities, including community-base womens organizations and national NGOs, with theassistance and cooperation of international organizations) fostered cooperation with local organizations in ordered to raise

awareness, engage in demonstration projects and report on the experience gained?

Local organizationsAgenda 21Art 5.65





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