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UNEP Integrated Assessment and Planning
for Sustainable Development
Mid-term Review Meeting
Geneva,16-17 February, 2005
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
Objectives of the Economics &
Trade Programme
Enhance countries’ capacities to adopt
balanced
and
integrated
approach
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economic, trade and environmental policies,
and maximize the contribution of trade to
reducing poverty and achieving sustainable
development.
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Mandate
 UNCED underlined the importance of
integrating environmental considerations in
macroeconomic policies.
 Agenda 21 underlined the key role of
UNEP in the further development &
promotion of the widest possible use of
environmental impact assessment.
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Mandate
“ Governments, in cooperation with international
organizations, should strengthen national
institutional capability and capacity to integrate
social, economic, developmental and environmental
issues at all levels of development decision-making
and implementation. Attention should be given to
moving away from narrow sectoral approaches,
progressing towards full cross-sectoral
coordination and cooperation”.
Agenda 21
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Mandate
 CSD recommended that UNEP develop a
framework to facilitate the assessment
of environmental impact of trade policies,
taking into account the needs of DCs &
CIT.
 The WSSD emphasized the importance of
taking a holistic approach to implement
sustainable development & the use of
environmental impact procedures.
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Mandate
 GC UNEP to
 Integrate environmental considerations in
macroeconomic policies
 Develop & implement mutually supportive
trade & environment policies
 Promote national development & application of
EIA
 Promote greater understanding of the
linkages between poverty & environment
 International community to work towards
poverty reduction
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Mandate
 MDG 1 “Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”
reduce by half the people living on less than
one dollar a day and those who suffer from
hunger.
 MDG 7 “Ensure environmental sustainability”
integrate the principles of sustainable
development into country policies and
programmes.
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Background
 Modest effort to integrate, ex-ante,
environmental concerns into economic
policies and multilateral agreements
 Macroeconomic policies continue to be
developed in isolation from environmental
and social policies
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Background
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To
achieve
sustainable
development,
environment & economic policies should be
developed in an integrated fashion
Assessment tools have an important role to
play in achieving policy coherence
To date, there is no internationally agreed
upon framework for integrated assessment
Different approaches and methodologies
have been developed by OECD, CEC & EU
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Why Integrated Assessment
 Provides interaction/interlinkages between
sustainable development pillars
 Identifies positive & negative linkages
 Provides insights
opportunities
into
challenges
&
 Provides
policy
response
packages
including economic instruments, command
& control & voluntary measures
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Why Integrated Assessment
 A tool for policy makers, trade
negotiators & assessment practitioners
 Inter ministerial coordination
 Public participation &
relevant stakeholders
involvement
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 Country ownership
 Transparency & good governance
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Why Integrated Assessment
 Indigenous knowledge & culture
 Development priorities
 Mutually supportive policies
 Strengthen
capacity
institutional
&
human
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Country Projects
Enhance the capacities of countries, particularly
developing countries & countries in transition,
assess the environmental, social & economic
impacts of trade & trade liberalization
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Nineteen sector-specific country studies
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Sectors included Cotton, Banana, Cocoa, Fisheries
Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Rubber, Rice, Mining, &
Automobile sector
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Implementation phase
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Trade, environment & poverty reduction
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Organic agriculture
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Main Activities
 Country Projects on the impacts of trade
liberalization on the environment, related
economic & social effects, & design of policy
responses
 Reference Manuals on Environmental &
Integrated Assessment of Trade Related
Policies
 UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force
on Trade Environment & Development
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UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building
Task Force
Assist developing countries enhance their
understanding of & address issues at the
interface of trade, environment &
development
 Country projects
 Thematic Research
 Development of training materials
 National & regional capacity building
workshops
 Networking & information exchange
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Main Activities
 In 1997 UNEP initiated six Country Projects on
environmental assessment of trade
liberalisation and on economic instruments in:
Bangladesh, Chile, India, Philippines, Romania,
and Uganda;
 Completed a second round of country specific
projects on integrated assessment in 2002 in:
Argentina, China, Ecuador, Nigeria, Senegal, &
Tanzania;
 UNEP completed a third round of projects in
the rice sector in Senegal, Vietnam, Indonesia,
Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Colombia, in 2004.
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Environment, Trade and Poverty
Reduction
Enhance countries’ capacities, particularly
DCs & CITs in undertaking integrated
assessment & planning for sustainable
development, with a particular focus on
poverty reduction, environmental
management & sustainable trade
promotion
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Environment, Trade and Poverty
Reduction
Identify the potential environmental,
social & economic impacts, both positive
& negative of particular policy or planning
process & reconcile these three
dimensions against Sustainability
reference points
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Objectives
 Integrate environmental/sustainability
considerations into PRSPs, plans &
programmes
 Institutionalize an assessment & planning
process conducive to sustainable
development & poverty reduction
 Develop & apply integrated assessment
methodology applicable to different sectors
& country contexts
 Framework Document on Integrated
Assessment & Planning for Sustainable
Development
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UNEP’s Approach
Selection of methods and tools by
countries based on:
 data availability
 accumulated in-country experience &
knowledge
 Relative emphasis given to three
pillars of sustainability
 political acceptance
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Criteria for the selection of country
projects
 Selected planning process
 Commitment and active involvement of
different government ministries/offices
 National institution able to allocate a
multidisciplianry team and implement the
project
 Regional balance
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Environment, Trade & Poverty
Reduction
Eleven Country Projects
Russia
Czech Rep.
Lebanon China
Colombia
Brazil
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Indonesia
Chile
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Environment, Trade and
Poverty Reduction
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International working group (World Bank, UNDP,
UNCTAD, FAO, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,
OECD DAC, EC, NGOs from developed & developing
countries
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Ministries of planning & environment,
ministries, academia, & private sector
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Capacity building
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Policy integration
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Implementation
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Monitoring & follow up
sectoral
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Environment, Trade and
Poverty Reduction
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Expert Working Group Meeting – Feb. 2003
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Planning Meeting – June 2003
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Country Selection Sep. – Dec. 2003
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Development of Framework for IAP country projects
(Ongoing)
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Expert Working Group Meeting – Nov. 2004
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Launching workshops (2004)
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Training Workshop Feb. 2005
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Objectives Mid-term Review Meeting
 Provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge
and experiences with the country teams.
 Review and comment on the prliminary findings
of the projects.
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Next Steps
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Second Review Meeting
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National Workshops
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International Meeting
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Synthesis Report – Publication of Studies
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