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About
the website
Agenda
21, agreed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, called on all countries to introduce
National Strategies for Sustainable Development (nssd). Since then, two international
targets have been set: a Special Session of the UN General Assembly (Rio +5)
set a target date of 2002 for nssds to be introduced; while the OECD Development
Assistance Committee (DAC) has set a target date of 2005 for nssds to be in
the process of implementation.
The OECD/DAC initiated a
project to develop policy guidance for development assistance agencies on the
development and implementation of nssds. This project, 'OECD/DAC Donor-Developing
Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development', involves
a review of experience with nssds, and other strategies for environment and
development, in a number of developing countries on the basis of consultations
with a range of stakeholders. It focuses in particular on the kinds of processes
and conditions required to make nssds work in practice.
This
web site provides tools to assist in promoting dialogues on national strategies
for sustainable development and providing necessary background information and
reference material in support of these dialogues. Overall
objectives are to:
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improve international understanding of the key challenges and modalities for
developing and implementing effective nssds.
- elaborate
good practices for donors in assisting developing countries with the formulation
and implementation of nssds.
- inform
bilateral donor response to developing country requests for support of nssd
processes.
This
site is funded by DFID (UK) and SIDA
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