article 6. education, training and public awareness development of a sbsta work programme kevin...
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Article 6. Education, Training and Public Awareness
Development of a SBSTA work programme
Kevin Grose, Manager, Information Services
Moving from hard to soft issuesin the Convention process
“Hard” issues are dealt with first Legal frameworks, establishment of
benchmarks, setting of standards, guidelines
“Soft” issues are dealt with second Harder to define and resource Inter-sectoral linkages “Article 6” people are not always part
of process
Status of Article 6 Request from SBSTA for a document
based on submissions and other information on national experience Review of Art. 6 in National
Communications Submissions from Parties (1999-2000) Side Events at SB12, SB13 and COP6 Document to be submitted to SB14
Insights from the side events 340 people attended the 3 events
Governments NGOs Media
People came out of interest not mandate
Much experience exists, interest is high Links to Article 5, capacity building,
technology
Some views on needs Education
Inter-sectoral cooperation Longer-term commitment
Training Training on Convention process, negotiation skills “Informal” training on issues, including synergy with CCD,
CBD Training in support of capacity building
Public Awareness Exchange of experience and best practices Support to design & implement national information
strategies & campaigns More information in UN languages, e.g. Le Portail
Francophone Access to tools: Internet, web sites, databases
Conclusions Growing recognition that Article 6 issues
require action Understanding of relationship between
successful technical implementation and need for public support
Opportunities for inter-sectoral cooperation at national level
Opportunities for exchange and cooperation between Parties at international level