A.21.8- Decision Making

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Commitments to Integrating Environment and Development in Decision-MakingAgenda 21: Chapter 8 and UN Commission on Sustainable Development

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Contents:

1. Stakeholders: Governments, in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations

1.1 Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels1.1.1 Activities

1.1.1.1 Improving planning and management systems

1.2 Providing an effective legal and regulatory framework1.2.1 Activities

1.2.1.1 Making laws and regulations more effective

2. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation, where appropriate, with international organizations

2.1 Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels2.1.1 Activities

2.1.1.1 Adopting a national strategy for sustainable development2.1.2 Means of Implementation

2.1.2.1 Strengthening national institutional capacity

3. Stakeholders: Governments, in collaboration with the national and international scientific community and in cooperation withinternational organizations

3.1 Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels3.1.1 Means of Implementation

3.1.1.1 Researching environment and development interactions

4. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation, where appropriate, with national, regional or international organizations


4.1.1.1 Enhancing education and training

5. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation with national institutions and groups, the media and the international community


5.1.1.1 Promoting public awareness

6. Stakeholders: Governments and legislators

6.1 Providing and effective legal and regulatory framework6.1.1 Activities


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6.1.1.1 Establishing judicial and administrative procedures

7. Stakeholder: Competent intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations


7.1.1.1 Providing legal reference and support services

8. Stakeholder: Competent international and academic institutions



9. Stakeholder: Governments with assistance from international organizations and other countries


9.1.1.1 Developing effective national programmes for reviewing and enforcing compliance with national, state, provincial and local laws onenvironment and development

10. Stakeholder: Contracting parties to international agreements, in consultation with the appropriate secretariats of relevant

international conventions


10.1.1.1 National monitoring of legal follow-up to international instruments

11. Stakeholder: Governments

11.1 Providing and effective legal and regulatory framework11.1.1 Means of implementation

11.1.1.1 Scientific and technological means11.1.1.2 Human resource development11.1.1.3 Strengthening legal and institutional

11.1.2 Finance and cost evaluation

11.2 Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels11.2.1 Finance and cost evaluation11.2.2 Activities

11.2.1.1 Improving decision-making process11.2.1.2 Data and information


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11.2.3 Means of implementation

11.3 Making effective use of economic instruments and market and other incentives11.3.1 Activities

11.3.1.1 Improving or reorienting Governmental policies11.3.1.2 Creating an inventory of effective uses of economic instruments and market mechanisms


11.4 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting11.4.1 Finance and cost evaluation11.4.2 Activities

11.4.2.1 Establishing an assessment process11.4.2.2 Strengthening data and information collection

11.4.3 Means of implementation11.4.3.1 Strengthening institutions11.4.3.2 Enhancing the use of information technology

12. Stakeholder: Governments in cooperation with business and industry

12.1 Making effective use of economic instruments and market and other incentives

12.1.1 Activities12.1.1.1 Improving or reorienting Governmental policy

13. Stakeholder: Governments with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, asappropriate, non-governmental research institutes


13.1.1.1 Taking account of the particular circumstances of developing countries and countries with economies in transition13.1.1.2 Increasing understanding of the role of economic instruments and market mechanisms13.1.1.3 Enhancing understanding of sustainable development economics

14. Stakeholder: Governments in cooperation with business, industry, large enterprises and transnational corporations, as well as other

social groups14.1 Making effective use of economic instruments and market and other incentives

14.1.1 Activities14.1.1.1 Establishing a process for focusing on pricing14.1.1.2 Enhancing understanding of sustainable development economics

15. Stakeholder: Higher learning institutions


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15.1.1.1 Enhancing understanding of sustainable development economics

16. Stakeholder: The Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat16.1 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting16.1.1 Activities

16.1.1.1. Strengthening international cooperation16.1.2 Means of implementation

16.1.2.1 Strengthening institutions

17. Stakeholder: Agencies dealing with national accounts, in close cooperation with environmental statistics and natural resource

departments

17.1 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting17.1.1 Activities

17.1.1.1 Strengthening national accounting systems

18. Stakeholder: Statistical Commission18.1 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting

18.1.1 Activities18.1.1.1 Establishing an assessment process

19. Stakeholder: The Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat, in close collaboration with relevant United Nations organizations

19.1 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting19.1.1 Activities

19.1.1.1 Strengthening technical cooperation

20. Stakeholder: Governments with the support of the international community

20.1 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting20.1.1 Means of implementation

20.1.1.1 Strengthening national capacity

21. Stakeholder: Organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant organizations21.1.1 Activities

22. Stakeholder: Organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in cooperation with Governments and, as appropriate, major


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organizations22.1.1 Activities

23. Stakeholder: The Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system and other

governmental organizations23.1.1 Activities

24. Stakeholder: All organizations of the United Nations system, in cooperation with governments24.1.1 Activities

25. Stakeholder: Interested Governments and relevant subregional, regional and other interested organizations25.1.1 Activities

26. Stakeholder: The Statistical Division of the United Nations Secretariat, the Statistical Division of the United Nations Secretariat,

organizations of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations26.1.1 Activities


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1. Stakeholders: Governments, in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations

1.1 Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels

1.1.1 Activities1.1.1.1 Improving planning and management systems

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Recommendation Target Group

Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) improved the use of data and information at allstages of planning and management, making systematic and simultaneous use of social, economic, developmental, ecological and environmental data?

Have analysis stressed interactions and synergisms?

Has a broad range of analytical methods been encouraged so as to provide various points of view?

Agenda 21Art 8.5 (a)

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?

b.) What was the impact?

c.) How was it measured?

2.) If not: Why not?

Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) adopted comprehensive analytical procedures for

prior and simultaneous assessment of the impacts of decisions, including the impacts within and among the economic, social and environmental spheres?

Have these procedures been extended beyond the project level to policies and programmes?

Has analysis included assessment of costs, benefits and risks?

Agenda 21

Art 8.5 (b)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) adopted flexible and integrative planningapproaches that allow the consideration of multiple goals and have you enabled adjustment of changing needs?

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) adopted flexible and integrative planningapproaches that allow integrated approaches at the ecosystem or watershed level?

Agenda 21Art 8.5 (c)





Source


Target Date

Reference


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Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) adopted integrated management systems,

particularly for the management of natural resources?

Have traditional or indigenous methods been studied and considered wherever they have proved effective?

Have womens traditional roles been marginalized as a result of the introduction of new management systems?

WomenAgenda 21

Art 8.5 (d)

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?b.) What was the impact?



Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) adopted integrated approaches to sustainabledevelopment at the regional level, including transboundary areas, subject to the requirements of particular circumstances and needs?

Agenda 21Art 8.5 (e)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) used policy instruments (legal/regulatory andeconomic) as a tool for planning and management, seeking incorporation of efficiency criteria in decisions?

Have instruments been regularly reviewed and adapted to ensure that they continue to be effective?

Agenda 21Art 8.5 (f)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) delegated planning and management responsibilities

to the lowest level of public authority consistent with effective action?

Have the advantages of effective and equitable opportunities for participation by women been discussed?

WomenAgenda 21

Art 8.5 (g)





Source


Target Date

Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) established procedures for involving localcommunities in contingency planning for environmental and industrial accidents and maintaining an open exchange of information on local hazards?

Agenda 21Art 8.5 (h)





1.2 Providing an effective legal and regulatory framework

1.2.1 Activities


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1.2.1.1 Making laws and regulations more effective

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Agenda 21

Art 8.17

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and relevant international organizations) regularly assessed the laws and regulations

enacted and the related institutional/administrative machinery established at the national/state and local/municipal levels in the field of environment andsustainable development, with a view to rendering them effective in practice?

Have programs included the promotion of public awareness, preparation and distribution of guidance material, and specialized training, includingworkshops, seminars, education programmes and conferences, for public officials who design, implement, monitor and enforce laws and regulations?





2. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation, where appropriate, with international organizations


2.1.1 Activities

2.1.1.1 Adopting a national strategy for sustainable developmentSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) adopted a national strategy for sustainable

development based on, inter alia, the implementation of decisions taken at the Conference, particularly in respect of Agenda 21?

Has this strategy built upon and harmonized the various sectoral economic, social and environmental policies and plans that are operating in the country?

Has the experience gained through existing planning exercises such as national reports for the Conferences, national conservation strategies andenvironment action plans been fully used and incorporated into a country-driven sustainable development strategy?

Are the goals of this strategy to ensure socially responsible economic development while protecting the resource base and the environment for the benefit offuture generations?

Has the strategy been based on a thorough assessment of the current situation and initiatives and has it been developed through the widest possibleparticipation?

Agenda 21

Art 8.7


b.) What was the impact?c.) How was it measured?



2.1.2.1 Strengthening national institutional capacitySource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference


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Has the government (in collaboration, where appropriate, with national and international organizations) strengthened national institutional capability and

capacity to integrate social, economic, developmental, and environmental issues at all levels of development decision-making and implementation?

Has attention been paid to moving away from narrow sectoral approaches and progressing towards full cross-sectoral coordination and cooperation?

Agenda 21

Art 8.12



c.) How was it measured?2.) If not: Why not?

3. Stakeholders: Governments, in collaboration with the national and international scientific community and in cooperation with international

organizations



3.1.1.1 Researching environment and development interactionsSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (in collaboration with the national and international scientific community and in cooperation with international organizations, asappropriate) clarified the interactions between and within social, economic and environmental considerations?

Has research been undertaken with the explicit objective of assisting policy decisions and providing recommendations on improving management practices?

Agenda 21Art 8.9





4. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation, where appropriate, with national, regional or international organizations


4.1.1 Means of Implementation

4.1.1.1 Enhancing education and trainingSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference


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Has the government (in cooperation, where appropriate, with national, regional or international organizations) ensured that essential human resources exis t,

or are developed, to undertake the integration of environment and development at various stages of the decision-making and implementation process?

Has the government (in cooperation, where appropriate, with national, regional or international organizations) improved education and technical training,

particularly for women and girls, by including interdisciplinary approaches, as appropriate, in technical, vocational, university and other curricula?

Has the government (in cooperation, where appropriate, with national, regional or international organizations) undertaken systematic training of governmentpersonnel, planners and managers on a regular basis, giving priority to the requisite integrative approaches and planning and management techniques thatare suited to country-specific conditions?

Women, girls, and

governmentemployees

Agenda 21

Art 8.10





5. Stakeholders: Governments, in cooperation with national institutions and groups, the media and the international community


5.1.1 Means of Implementation

5.1.1.1 Promoting public awarenessSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with national institutions and groups, the media and the international community, promoted awareness in the public atlarge, as well as in specialized circles, of the importance of considering environment and development in an integrated manner, and established mechanisms

for facilitating a direct exchange of information and views with the public?

Has priority been given to highlighting the responsibilities and potential contributions of different social groups?

Different socialgroups

Agenda 21Art 8.11





6. Stakeholders: Governments and legislators


6.1.1 Activities



Agenda 21Art 8.18

Has the government and legislators established judicial and administrative procedures for legal redress and remedy of actions affecting environment anddevelopment that may be unlawful or infringe on rights under the law and have you provided access to the individuals, groups and organizations with arecognized legal interest?

Individuals,groups andorganizations


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9. Stakeholders: Governments with assistance from international organizations and other countries


9.1.1 Activities

9.1.1.1 Developing effective national programmes for reviewing and enforcing compliance with national, state, provincial and local laws on environment and developmentSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (with assistance from international organizations and other governments) developed integrated strategies to maximize compliance withits laws and regulations relating to sustainable development, including enforceable, effective laws, regulations and standards that are based on sound

economic, social and environmental principles and appropriate risk assessment, incorporating sanctions designed to punish violations, obtain redress anddeter future violations been made?







Has the government (with assistance from international organizations and other governments) developed integrated strategies to maximize compliance withits laws and regulations relating to sustainable development, including mechanisms for promoting compliance been created?

Agenda 21Art 8.21 (b)






Has the government (with assistance from international organizations and other governments) developed integrated strategies to maximize compliance withits laws and regulations relating to sustainable development, including institutional capacity for collecting compliance data, regularly reviewing compliance,detecting violations, establishing enforcement priorities, undertaking effective enforcement, and conducting periodic evaluations of the effectiveness of

compliance and enforcement programs?







Has the government (with assistance from international organizations and other governments) developed integrated strategies to maximize compliance withits laws and regulations relating to sustainable development, including mechanisms for appropriate involvement of individuals and groups in thedevelopment and enforcement of laws and regulations on environment and development?

Agenda 21Art. 8.21 (d)






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10. Stakeholders: Contracting parties to international agreements, in consultation with the appropriate secretariats of relevant international

conventions


10.1.1 Activities

10.1.1.1 National monitoring of legal follow-up to international instrumentsSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Have contracting parties to international agreements, in consultation with the appropriate secretariats of relevant international conventions as appropriate,

improved practices and procedures for collecting information on legal and regulatory measures taken?

Have contracting parties to international agreements undertaken sample surveys of domestic follow-up action subject to agreement by sovereign States

concerned?

GovernmentsAgenda 21

Art 8.22





11. Stakeholders: Governments



11.1.1.1 Scientific and technological meansSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government encouraged closer cooperation between existing databases, which is expected to lead to better division of labour [e.f., in geographicalcoverage of national legislative gazettes and other reference and sources]?

Has the governmentimproved standardization and compatibility of data, as appropriate?

Agenda 21Art 8.24





11.1.1.2 Human resource development


Agenda 21Art 8.25

Has the government supported participation in training for providing an effective legal and regulatory network, especially by practitioners from developingcountries, and enhanced training opportunities for women?

Developingcountries andwomen


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11.1.1.3 Strengthening legal and institutional capacitySource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the governmentoriented a major part of this programme, providing an effective legal and regulatory framework, towards improving the legal-institutional capacities of countries to cope with national problems of governance and effective law-making and law-applying in the field of environment

and sustainable development?

Have regional centres of excellence been designated and supported to build up specialized databases and training facilities for linguistic/cultural groups of

legal systems?

Regional centres ofexcellence

Agenda 21Art 8.26






Has the government reviewed, as appropriate, their national legislation in the light of the integrated nature of sustainable development and the need to

implement international legal agreements and conventions?

StakeholderCSD 4th

Session 5







How much has the government contributed to the $6 million estimated average total annual cost of implementing the activities for this programme with thisamount being given on grant or concessional terms?

Has the government decided upon any specific strategies and/or programmes?

StakeholderAgenda 21Art 8.23






11.2.1 Finance and cost evaluationSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Agenda 21Art 8.8

How much has the government contributed to the $50 million estimated average total annual cost of implementing the activities for this programme withthis amount being given on grant or concessional terms?


Stakeholder

11.2.2 Activities

11.2.2.1 Improving the decision-making process


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Has the government ensured the integration of economic, social and environmental considerations in decision-mak ing at all levels and in all ministries? Government

ministries

Agenda 21

Art 8.4 (a)






Has the government adopted a domestically formulated policy framework that reflects a long-term perspective and cross-sectoral approach as the basis fordecisions, taking account of the linkages between and within various political, economic, social and environmental issues involved in the developmentprocess?







Has the government established domestically determined ways and means to ensure the coherence of sectoral, economic, social and environmental policies,plans and policy instruments, including fiscal measures and the budget?

Have these mechanisms been applied at various levels and have they brought together those interested in the development process?

Agenda 21Art 8.4. (c)





Has the government monitored and evaluated the development process systematically and conducted regular reviews of the state of human resourcesdevelopment, economic and social conditions and trends and the state of the environment and natural resources?

Has system been complimented by annual environment and development reviews, with a view to assessing sustainable environment and developmentachievements by the various sectors and departments of government?

Agenda 21Art 8.4 (d)






Has the government ensured the transparency of, and accountability for, the environmental implications of economic and sectoral policies?Agenda 21

Art 8.4 (e)






Agenda 21Art 8.4 (f)

Has the government ensured access by the public to relevant information, facilitating the reception of public views and allowing for effective participation?


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11.2.2.2Data and informationSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government developed systems for monitoring and evaluation of progress towards achieving sustainable development by adopting indicators that

measure changes across economic, social and environmental dimensions?

Agenda 21

Art 8.6







Has the government established national mechanisms, where appropriate, and developed an integrated approach and participatory strategies for sustainable

development, including economic, social and environmental aspects of growth?

CSD 4th

session2




2.) If not: Why not?11.3 Making effective use of economic instruments and market and other incentives

11.3.1 Activities

11.3.1.1 Improving or reorienting Governmental policiesSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government established effective combinations of economic regulatory and voluntary (self-regulatory) approaches?Agenda 21Art 8.32 (a)






Has the government removed or reduced those subsidies that do not conform with sustainable development objectives?Agenda 21

Art 8.32 (b)1.) If yes: a.) How and When?





Agenda 21

Art 8.32 (c)

Has the government reformed or recast existing structures of economic and fiscal incentives to meet environment and development objectives?


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Has the government established a policy framework that encourages the creation of new markets in pollution control and environmentally sounder resource

management?

Agenda 21

Art 8.32 (d)1.) If yes: a.) How and When?





Has the government moved towards pricing consistent with sustainable development objectives?Agenda 21Art 8.32 (e)





11.3.1.2 Creating an inventory of effective uses of economic instruments and market mechanismsSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government promoted the exchange of information about different countries experiences with economic instruments and market mechanisms beenactively encouraged?

Has the government encouraged the use of existing means of information exchange to look at effective uses of economic instruments?

Agenda 21Art 8.35






Has the government undertaken action with regards to environmental and economic accounting for sustainable development?

Has the government undertaken further action with regards to environmental and economic accounting for sustainable development?

CSD 3rd

Session 13

CSD 4th

Session7





Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government continued their efforts to establish, where appropriate, national mechanisms and to develop integrated, participatory strategies forsustainable development?

CSD 4th

Session







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How much has the government contributed to the $5 million estimated average total annual cost of implementing the activities for this programme with this

amount coming on grant or concessional terms?


StakeholderAgenda 21

Art 8.40




11.4 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting

11.4.1 Finance and cost evaluationSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

How much has the government contributed to the $2 million estimated average total annual cost of implementing the activities for this programme with this

amount coming on grant or concessional terms?


Agenda 21

Art 8.51





11.4.2 Activities11.4.2.1 Establishing an assessment processSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government sought to identify and consider measures to correct price distortions arising from environmental programmes affecting land, water,

energy and other natural resources?

Agenda 21

Art 8.47





11.4.2.2 Strengthening data and information collectionSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Agenda 21

Art 8.49

Has the government considered implementing the necessary enhancement in data collection to set in place national IEEAs with a view to contributing

pragmatically to sound economic management?

Have major efforts been made to augment the capacity to collect and analyse environmental data and information and to integrate it with economic data,including gender-disaggregated data?

Have efforts also been made to develop physical environmental accounts?

Have international donor agencies considered financing the development of intersectoral data banks to help ensure that national planning for sustainabledevelopment is based on precise, reliable and effective information and is suited to national conditions?


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11.4.3.1 Strenthening institutionsSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

To ensure the application of IEEAs has the government ensured the effective integration of environment and development at the planning strengthenednational institutions in developing countries and decision-making levels?

Developingcountries







Has the government developed guidelines and mechanisms and agreed upon for the adaptation and diffusion of information technologies to developing

countries?

Has state-of-the-art data management technologies been adopted for the most efficient and widespread use of IEEAs?

Agenda 21

Art 8.53



c.) How was it measured?2.) If not: Why not?

12. Stakeholders: Governments in cooperation with business and industry


12.1.1 Activities

12.1.1.1 Improving or reorienting Governmental policySource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with business and industry, as appropriate, made effective use of economic instruments and market mechanisms in

issues related to energy, transportation, agriculture and forestry, water, wastes, health, tourism and tertiary services?

Agenda 21

Art 8.33 (a)

1.) If yes: a.) How and When?b.) What was the impact?




Agenda 21

Art 8.33 (b)

Has the government, in cooperation with business and industry, as appropriate, made effective use of economic instruments and market mechanisms in

global and transboundary issues?


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Source Recommendation Target Grou p Target Date Reference

Has the government, in cooperation with business and industry, as appropriate, made effective use of economic instruments and market mechanisms in the

development and introduction of environmentally sound technology and its adaptation, diffusion and transfer to developing countries?

Agenda 21

Art 8.33 (c)





13. Stakeholders: Governments with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate,

non-governmental research institutes


13.1.1 Activities

13.1.1.1 Taking account of the particular circumstances of developing countries and countries with economies in transitionSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate, non-governmentalresearch institutes) developed applications of the use of economic instruments and market mechanisms geared towards providing technical support todeveloping countries on issues relating to the application of economic instruments and market mechanisms?

Developingcountries







Has the government (with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate, non-governmentalresearch institutes) developed applications of the use of economic instruments and market mechanisms geared towards encouraging regional seminars and

possibly, the development of regional centres of expertise for developing countries?

Developingcountries






13.1.1.2 Increasing understanding of the role of economic instruments and market mechanismsSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference


Has the government (with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate, non-governmentalresearch institutes) encouraged research and analysis on effective uses of economic instruments and incentives relating to the role of environmental taxationsuited to national conditions?


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Has the government (with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate, non-governmental

research institutes) encouraged research and analysis on effective uses of economic instruments and incentives for competitiveness and international trade,and potential needs for appropriate future international cooperation and coordination?

Agenda 21

Art 8.36 (b)






Has the government (with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate, non-governmentalresearch institutes) encouraged research and analysis on effective uses of economic instruments and incentives and the possible social and distributive

implications of using various instruments?






13.1.1.3 Enhancing understanding of sustainable development economies

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the government (with the assistance of regional and international economic and environmental organizations and, as appropriate, non-governmentalresearch institutes) with expertise in this area, been encouraged to provide training sessions and seminars for government officials?

Governmentofficials






14. Stakeholders: Governments in cooperation with business, industry, large enterprises and transnational corporations, as well as other social

groups


14.1.1 Activities14.1.1.1 Establishing a process for focusing on pricingSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference


Has the government (in cooperation with business, industry, large enterprises and transnational corporations, as well as other social groups) examined thepractical implications of moving towards greater reliance on pricing policies that internalise environmental costs appropriate to help achieve sustainabledevelopment been examined?


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Has the government (in cooperation with business, industry, large enterprises and transnational corporations, as well as other social groups) examined

implications for resource pricing in the case of resource-exporting countries, including the implications of such pricing policies for developing countriesbeen examined?

Developing

countries

Agenda 21

Art 8.37 (b)






Has the government (in cooperation with business, industry, large enterprises and transnational corporations, as well as other social groups) examined themethodologies used in valuing environmental costs been examined?






14.1.1.2 Enhancing understanding of sustainable development economicsSource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (in cooperation with business, industry, large enterprises and transnational corporations, as well as other social groups) with expertise inenvironmental matters, been encouraged to organize training programmes for the private sector and other groups?






15. Stakeholder: Higher learning institutions


15.1.1 Activities

15.1.1.1Enhancing understanding of sustainable development economics Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Have institutions of higher learning been encouraged to review their curricula and strengthen studies in sustainable development economics?Agenda 21

Art 8.38 (a)






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16. Stakeholder: The Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat

16.1 Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economics accounting

16.1.1 Activities

16.1.1.1Strengthening international cooperation


Has the Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat made available to all member States the methodologies contained in the SNA Handbook onIntegrated Environmental and Economic Accounting?

GovernmentsAgenda 21Art 8.43 (a)






Has the Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat, in collaboration with other relevant United Nations organizations, helped to further develop, test,

refine, and then standardize the provisional concepts and methods such as those proposed by the SNA Handbook, keeping member States informed on thestatus of the work throughout this process?

GovernmentsAgenda 21

Art 8.43 (b)






Has the Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat coordinated, in close cooperation with other international organizations, the training of nationalaccountants, environmental statisticians and national technical staff in small groups for the establishment, adaptation and development of national IEEAs?







16.1.2.1Strengthening institutions


To ensure the application of IEEAs, has the Statistical Office provided the necessary technical support to member States, in close collaboration with theassessment process to be established by the Statistical Commission?

Has the Statistical Office provided appropriate support for establishing IEEAs, in collaboration with relevant United Nations agencies?

UN member StatesAgenda 21Art 8.52 (b)






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17. Stakeholder: Agencies dealing with national accounts, in close cooperation with environmental statistics and natural resource departments

17.1Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economics accounting

17.1.1 Activities

17.1.1.1Strengthening national accounting systems


Have agencies dealing with national accounts, in close cooperation with environmental statistics and natural resource departments played a crucial role notonly as the depository of the system but also in its adaptation, establishment and continuous use?

Agenda 21Art 8.45





18. Stakeholder: Social Commission


18.1.1 Activities

18.1.1.1Establishing an assessment process


Has the Social Commission sought to identify and consider measures to correct price distortions arising from environmental programmes affecting land,water, energy and other natural resources?

Agenda 21Art 8.47





19. Stakeholder: The Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat, in close collaboration with relevant United Nations organizations


19.1.1 Activities

19.1.1.1Strengthening technical cooperation



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Has the Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat, in close collaboration with relevant United Nations organizations, strengthened existing

mechanisms for technical cooperation among countries?

Has this also included exchange of experience in the establishment of IEEAs, particularly in connection with the valuation of non-marketed natural

resources and standardization in data collection?

Has the cooperation of business and industry, including large industrial enterprises and transnational corporations with experience in valuation of such

resources, been sought?

Agenda 21

Art 8.50





20. Stakeholder: Governments with the support of the international community



20.1.1.1Strengthening national capacitySource Recommendation Target Group Target Date Reference

Has the government (with the support of the international community) promoted technical training of those involved in economic and environmentalanalysis, data collection and national accounting, as well as training decision makers to use such information in a pragmatic and appropriate way?

Decision makersAgenda 21Art 8.54





21. Stakeholder: Organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant organizations

21.1.1Activities


Have organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant organizations supported the efforts of Governments integrate environment anddevelopment in decision-making by, inter alia, strengthening coordination and exchange of information on "best practices" relating to sustainable

development strategies?

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22. Stakeholder: Organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in cooperation with Governments and, as appropriate, major group

organizations

22.1.1Activities

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHave organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in cooperation with Governments and, as appropriate, major group organizations, placed ahigh priority on actions aimed at supporting national coordination and planning activities related to the implementation of Agenda 21? Have consistent

guidelines for national execution of projects and programmes been provided to support this process?

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23. Stakeholder: The Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system and other governmental

organizations

23.1.1Activities

Source Recommendation Target Group Target Date ReferenceHas the Statistical Division of the United Nations Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations

furthered their work, with regards to promoting the implementation of national programmes and strengthening technical cooperation?

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24. Stakeholder: All organizations of the United Nations system, in cooperation with Governments

24.1.1Activities


Have all organizations of the United Nations system, in cooperation with governments, participated, as relevant, in the ongoing programme and have non-

governmental organizations to contribute to this process to the fullest extent possible?

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25.1.1Activities


Have interested governments and relevant subregional, regional and other interested organizations placed, inter alia, the Pan-European Environment Action

Programme for Central and Eastern Europe within the broader framework of sustainable development, taking due account of the need for the full integration

of countries in transition from centrally planned to market economies, as well as all other countries, into the world economy?

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26. Stakeholder: The Statistical Division of the United Nations Secretariat, the Statistical Division of the United Nations Secretariat, organizations

of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations

26.1.1Activities


Has the Statistical Division of the United Nations Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizationsfurthered their work, with regards to promoting the implementation of national programmes and strengthening technical cooperation in this area?

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Documents

A.21.8- Decision Making