The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was created to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

UNEP National Committees

UNEP National Committees are multi-stakeholder support organizations set up under practices and norms existing in different countries on the operation of NGOs. They may include in their constituent members and representatives of environmental and development NGOs, UN Associations, news media, industry and labor, the scientific community, academia, women, youth, indigenous peoples, community groups as well as prominent individuals. In some cases observers and supporters from relevant government agencies may take part as ex-officio members.

UNEP Industry Sectors

In 2000 an important process was started by the UNEP Department on Technolodgy, Industry and Economy (UNEP DTIE). They joined 22 international industry sector associations with stakeholders to start collecting global information on the sustainability impact of each industry sector., learn from the knowledge gained, and aim at reforming the industry sectors to sustainable ones through dialogues and expert meetings. ANPED was involved and has supported this process from the start. Annual meetings will be held to identify progress on the information gap in global data; lack of capacity; increasing dialogue.

ANPED CURRENT ACTIVITIES RELATED TO UNEP

ANPED participates in UNEP Meeting

The ANPED International Secretariat has participated in the UNEP European Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 7th UNEP Global Civil Society Forum and Annual Meeting of UNEP National Committees and partner NGOs in Geneva from 31 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2005.

PAST ANPED ACTIVITIES RELATED TO UNEP

TUNZA

On 13-14 March 2004, ANPED and UNEP jointly organised the TUNZA Youth meeting in preparation for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health to be held in Budapest, Hungary, 23-25 June 2004. 14 TUNZA representatives gathered in Soesterberg, the Netherlands. A short report on the TUNZA meeting was written by Tomislav Tomasevic of Green Action, Croatia.

UNEP's Governing Council 22nd Session

3-7 February 2003 UNEP's Govening Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, the major important meeting after the World Summint on Sustainable Development (WSSD), took place in Nairobi, Kenya. ANPED was represented during the forum. For further reading click on: UNEP's 22nd Session.