The African 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) - UNEP
The African 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) - UNEP
The African 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) - UNEP
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Framework</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> (<strong>10</strong>YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production<br />
• Timing<br />
– start : 2005<br />
– Duration: variable according to project.<br />
5. Integrating SCP and LCA in Integrated Water Resources<br />
Management<br />
a. Activities<br />
– surveys of existing IWRM in Africa,<br />
– awareness rising and training of SCP and LCA techniques,<br />
– undertaking targeted SCP and LCA studies,<br />
– dissemination of results,<br />
• Timing<br />
– Start : 2005<br />
– Duration :<br />
THEME THREE: HABITAT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> Working Group studied the list of priority areas suggested in the<br />
Discussion Paper, which was developed based on the outcome of the First<br />
<strong>African</strong> Expert Meeting on the <strong>10</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Framework</strong> of <strong>Programme</strong>s on<br />
Sustainable Consumption and Production, and identified four key priority<br />
areas within the theme of habitat and urban development. For each of these<br />
key priority areas, the Working Group considered its impacts on crosscutting<br />
issues and recommended a list of activities to promote its implementation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Working Group further suggested some projects to be carried out in order<br />
to promote the implementation towards the objectives under each priority<br />
area. <strong>The</strong> four key priority areas identified by the Working Group are:<br />
Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM); sustainable urban mobility;<br />
emission reduction; and urban development.<br />
1. Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM)<br />
Promotion of ISWM will improve the health of people and environment around<br />
the areas concerned. It will have positive impacts on poverty alleviation by<br />
creating job opportunities for the poor and promote consumer protection and<br />
education. It will have the dimension of regional cooperation in establishing<br />
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