Welcome to the website of the CEN's Forum on the WSSD!

The up-coming 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) marks the ten-year anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit on environment and development. A number of Canadian NGOs see the WSSD as an opportunity to implement commitments and create renewed momentum around sustainable development.

Check out our report "Summit or Plummet: A call for Canadian leadership 10 years after Rio."

To endorse the report, contact Chantal Bois with your organization's name and contact information.

Follow-up on WSSD

Click here to view details on the follow-up workshop, the ENGO & Youth delegate reports and other relevant documents.

About

The CEN and a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been collaborating around the WSSD since the end of summer 2001. There is currently an ENGO steering committee, a Canadian Earth Summit Coalition (CESC) and several initiatives taking place in preparation for the WSSD.

Activities

Learn more about what's going on in Canada and internationally on the road to Johannesburg.

Call for Delegates:<pdf> United Nations Eleventh Session of the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD-11)
April 28 to May 9, 2003, New York, USA
Number of delegates sought: 2 delegates; 1 Youth (age 18 to 26) and 1 ENGO rep.
Deadline to apply: March 23, 2003

Consultation: Canadian Consultations on
Reform of UN Commission
on Sustainable Development

Report

We have coordinated an NGO report to provide a civil society assessment of the progress toward sustainable development achieved over the last ten years in Canada and to give concrete implementation guidelines to make sustainable development a reality.

The report is now available in PDF!