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Africa
Africa has been very active in the Marrakech Process. It
was the first region to have developed and launched its
own 10-Year Framework
of Programmes on SCP (PDF - 689 KB); which was developed
during the first two regional meeting (Casablanca,
2004; and Nairobi, 2005). It was launched
at the third regional meeting in Addis Ababa
(May, 2006), in a high level panel with the president of
Ethiopia, Girma Wolde Giorgis. The Ad-Hoc Expert
Group Meeting on the Sustainable Development Report on Africa
(SDRA) 2008-2009 was also held in Addis Ababa from 24th
to 26th June 2009.
The African 10YFP on SCP was developed in the context of
the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD),
and in close consultation with the Secretariats of the African
Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN)
and the Secretariat of the African Roundtable on Sustainable
Consumption and Production (ARSCP);
with the support of the African Union (AU), UN Economic
Council for Africa (ECA), UNIDO, UNDESA and UNEP.
The African 10YFP identifies four SCP priority areas for
the region, and provides recommendations for concrete actions.
The SCP priorities areas in Africa are:
- Energy
- Water and sanitation
- Habitat and urban development
- Renewable resource based industries
An important aspect in the region is the strong cooperation
and good coordination with two important partners African
Roundtable on SCP (ARSPC) and the Marrakech
Task Force on Cooperation for Africa, which are supporting
the implementation of the African 10YFP. The ARSCP, a formal
institution with support from AMCEN, is a key partner in
the technical development and implementation of the African
10YFP and the co-chair of the Marrakech Task Force on Cooperation
for Africa. The Task Force is supported by the German Government;
it aims to assist African countries to implement some areas
of the African 10YFP, with a special emphasis on assisting
Africa to 'leapfrog' towards SCP patterns. The Task Force
is working in three areas:
Based on the outcomes of the three African regional meetings,
the ARSCP began with two pilot projects on:
- SCP for plastics as a demonstration of integrated solid
waste management
- A regional training and awareness programme on life
cycle assessment (LCA) as a planning and decision-making
tool.
African Regional Meetings
The
Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on the Sustainable Development
Report on Africa (SDRA) 2008-2009 was held in Addis
Ababa from 24th to 26th June 2009. The overall objective
of the meeting was to enable participants to deliberate
on and enrich the thematic regional review reports, prior
to their presentation to the Africa Regional Implementation
Meeting preparing input for the 18th and 19th sessions of
the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. The meeting
brought together about 50 national and international experts
and practitioners in the fields of mining, transport, chemicals,
waste management and SCP.See meeting
report.
African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption
and Production
Johannesburg, South Africa (2008)
The
African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production
(ARSCP) was held in
Johannesburg in June 2008 and was attended by 35 members
from 21 African countries. The meeting was successful in
building greater cooperation between the region and the
Marrakech Task Forces. Concrete areas for collaboration
with the Task Forces were identified on Sustainable Public
Procurement, Sustainable Lifestyles and Sustainable Building
and Construction. The roundtable announced the launch of
an African
Ecolabelling Mechanism (AEM) under the general guidance
of the African Union Commission and with a secretariat based
at the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO).
A working group reviewed the progress of on going national
projects on SCP (National SCP Programmes in Mauritius, Tanzania
and two projects at the City level in Cairo and Maputo).
The next regional meeting will be held in June 2009. See
meeting
report
Third African Expert
Meeting on the 10YFP
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2006)
The African
10-Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and
Production (PDF - 689 KB) was launched during the Third
African Expert Meeting by the president of Ethiopia, Girma
Wolde Ghiorgis; with the participation of the Ambassadors
of Germany and Morocco, and representatives of the African
Union (AU), African Ministerial Conference on Environment
(AMCEN), UN Economic Council for Africa (ECA), UNIDO and
UNEP.
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| The African 10YFP on SCP was
launched during the Third African Expert Meeting in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
During the Third African Expert Meeting
it was also identified priorities and specific actions
for four sub-regions: Easter Africa, Southern Africa,
West and Central Africa, and Northern Africa. It was agreed
that the region will focus on the following five priority
areas:
- Efficient water utilization and services
- Labelling of African products to regional and international
markets
- Promotion of integrated solid waste management
- Production and use of biofuels
- Information and knowledge management for SCP
In order to provide technical inputs for the further development
and implementation of the follow-up activities in the above
key areas, it was agreed five technical committees that
will operate under the Secretariat of the ARSCP.
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Second African
Expert Meeting on the 10YFP
Nairobi, Kenya (2005)
The Second African Expert Meeting on the 10YFP was co-organised
by UNEP and UN-DESA in consultation with the Secretariats
of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN)
and the ARSCP.
It was developed and approved project proposals in the four
regional SCP priority areas: energy, water and sanitation,
habitat and urban development, and industrial development.
It was also decided three pilot projects to monitor and
evaluate SCP regional strategy:
- SCP of plastics in Africa as a demonstration of integrated
solid waste management in Africa
- Mainstream SCP in Lake Victoria Region as a pilot project
on mainstreaming SCP in regional development programmes
- Regional training and awareness programme on Life Cycle
Analysis as a planning and decision-making tool
The outcomes of this regional meeting were endorsed by
AMCEN and by the African Ministers of Environment through
the Dakar
Declaration (PDF - 31 KB).
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First African Expert
Meeting on the 10YFP
Casablanca, Morocco (2004)
The African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production
(ARSCP)
became a formal institution with support from the African
Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) at the
First Regional Meeting in 2004. In addition, the ARSCP was
subsequently incorporated into the Marrakech Process and,
nowadays, it co-chairs the Cooperation with Africa Task
Force together with the German Government. The ARSCP aims
to facilitate the development of national and regional capacities
for SCP and promote effective implementation of SCP policies
and activities.
During the First African Expert Meeting, it was also discussed
the regional framework for the promotion of SCP. The statement
on SCP was submitted and approved by the AMCEN.
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