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First International Expert Meeting
on the 10YFP
Marrakech, Morocco (June 2003)
The first international meeting on the 10YFP was held in
Marrakech, it is here were the Marrakech Process was launched
as 'a continuous process towards the achievement of SCP
patterns, which would be further elaborated through enhanced
international cooperation'. It was outlined the strategic
working mechanisms of the Marrakech Process such as the
implementation national roundtable, task forces, among others.
To read more see meeting report.
Mohammed Elmorabit,
Morocco's Secretary of State of the Environment, opened
the meeting by welcoming participants to Morocco and
highlighting SCP as a key topic within the Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation. |
The main outcomes reached at the
Marrakech Meeting were:
- Agreed that follow-up activities at the international
level would focus primarily on coordination of regional
SCP consultation meetings in support of regional initiatives
- Recommended informal task forces and national roundtables
to be established to promote the implementation of SCP
policies and strategies
- Underlined the importance to integrate SCP into national
sustainable development strategies and, where applicable,
into Poverty Reduction Strategies
(PRSs)
- Recommended the establishment of mechanisms that encourage
and support information and experience sharing, network
building, and dissemination of best practice through interactive
websites and expert meetings on specific issues.
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