| APFED
-for an Equitable and Environmentally Sustainable
Society- |
Officially launched
at ECO
ASIA 2001 in October 2001, the Asia-Pacific
Forum for Environment and Development (APFED),
which consists of twenty-six eminent persons,
aims to address critical issues facing Asia
and the Pacific region and to propose a new
model for equitable and sustainable development
of the region. IGES contributes to the APFED
deliberation process by providing relevant
background information and proposing options
for policy recommendations.
At the
Fifth Ministerial Cnference on Environment and Development
in Asia and the Pacific (MCED2005), IGES hosted
a side event on Multi-stakeholder Forum as the Secretariat
of APFED, together with Ministry of the Environment,
Japan. At the event, the APFED Final Report was
officially launched. Also APFED Appeal was adopted, which
was reported to the MCED Ministerial Segment on 28 March.
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Photo courtesy
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Phtotographer: Franz Dejon/IISD |
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| APFED
Side Event at MCED 2005 |
Multi-stakeholder
Forum for an Equitable and
Environmentally Sustainable Society |
Message
from the Asia-Pacific :
A New Era for Sustainable Development
and a Knowledge Network
Sunday, 27 March, 2005 |
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Photo
courtesy of IISD/ENB
Phtotographer: Franz Dejon/IISD |
The event
was attended by more than 120 participants
including key MCED participants.
At the event, APFED launched its Final Report and
presented salient points of APFED recommendations
for equitable and environmentally sustainable development
in Asia and the Pacific region. The event also
discussed next steps forward to put its Recommendations
into practice and the importance of creating a
knowledge-based network linking strategic research
institutes in the region was emphasised. In concluding
the event, the participants adopted "APFED
Appeal to MCED 2005" ,
which was reported by Akio Morishima, APFED Member
from Japan/ Chair of the Board of Directors of
IGES, to the Ministerial Segment of MCED 2005 on
28 March 2005. |
>> Event
Details
>> Report
by Earth Negotiations
Bulletin (ENB),
IISD
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| Related
resources |
 APFED
Final Report
Recommendations for Sustainable Development in
the Asia-Pacific region which were prepared through
deliberation in the APFED process. |
APFED
Appeal to MCED 2005
This
appeal was
adopted by
the participants
of the APFED
side event
on 27 March
and reported
to the MCED
on 28 March
2005.  17KB
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Report
at MCED Ministerial Segment
Reported
to the MCED
Ministerial
Segment by
Prof. Morishima,
IGES, on 28
March.
Text14KB |
PPT400KB |
| APFED
Brochure 1.3MB |
APFED
Database
Best
Policy Practices
Database
A collection of numerous best practices related
to sustainable development considered useful by
APFED members.
Capacity
Building Programme
Databese
Information on existing training programmes available
for the purpose of human resource development related
to the subjects to be covered by the APFED Final
Report. |
Meeting
Documents
Multi-stakeholder Meetings for effective dialogues
with all stakeholders and Expert Meetings for scientific
bases for Forum deliberations have been organized. |
| >> Outline
and previous activities |
Message
to WSSD
APFED formulated its message to the WSSD in 2002. |
| >> Full
text message available |
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