Changing unsustainable production and consumption patterns is one of the three overarching themes and objectives of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPoI), which states that "Fundamental changes in the way societies produce and consume are indispensable for achieving global sustainable development" (Ch. III, p. 7); this is an echo to what Agenda 21 already highlights in Chapter 4, "Changing Consumption Patterns". One of the specific actions proposed is the development of a 10-year framework of programmes, now known as the Marrakech Process that was begun at the International Expert Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production held in Marrakech, Morocco in June 2003.

SPAC Briefing Paper


CURRENT AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

• The working group coordinator participated in the 2nd International Expert Meeting on the 10 year Framework of Programmes for SPAC. The report and the list of participants.
• NGOs for Sustainable Consumption and Environmental Protection, Szigetszentmiklos, Hungary; June 3rd to 5th, 2005
• SPAC Policy Papers: Ecological Fiscal Reform, Transparency, Education
• Draft Regional Review of SPAC Implementation: Country Reports from Bulgaria, Latvia, Ukraine, Ukraine SPAC project
• Report on Social and Community Enterprises - a European Perspective + its cover of the orginal hard copy - Oz Osbourne. This report looks at community business in Europe and how it relates to the principles of sustainability. The report features some of the many enterprises that have been set up by community organisations in responce to local need. The report explains that social and community enterprise is community-based economic development that contributes to the social economy.
• Back to office report: Exploring Necessities and Opportunities for a CEE-Specific Network on Sustainable Consumption Issues, initiating think-tank in Budapest, 28-29.01.2005
• SPAC Watch Report
• International Sustainable Production and Consumption Meeting in Costa Rica, September 2005
• Regional SPAC skillshare
• International Political Process (UN ECE SPAC process, EU policy regarding SPAC issues, International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption (ICSPAC)
• Alliance - Eco-Forum and SPAC Watch