The African 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) - UNEP

The African 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Sustainable Consumption and Production. The working group analyzed each
of these items based on their relationship and impact on cross over issues
such as poverty alleviation, regional cooperation, health, gender perspective,
economic potential and consumer protection and education. The following
are suggested as key areas of concrete actions to strengthen Africa’s capability
to benefit from the development of renewable resource based industries.
1. Strengthening the capacity of the African Roundtable on
Sustainable Consumption and Production and its members.
a. Expand the focus of the network and its members to be one based on
“sustainable consumption and production aimed at promoting
industrialization in Africa”. To do this they must:
• Adjust the charters of the centres and institutions members of
the African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and
Production (ARSCP) to reflect this focus.
b. To promote the expansion of the ARSCP network by adding the
number of countries with institutions or centres within the network.
• Put in place a campaign \to expand the number of centres
• Enhance the image of the centres as technical assets to national
governments
• Expand the international networks to which the ARSCP members
are affiliated
c. Support for information and knowledge management
• Create a database on sector specific CTSA assessments (Clean
Technology substitute Assessments) as well as on African Best
Practice on SCP
• ARSCP to request the European Environment Agency to share
its existing information system.
Goals:
• To make required changes in the charters of all current and future
ARSCP members
• To expand the network to include a centre or similar institution
in the majority of countries in the region.
• Deploy the knowledge management system including databases
Responsible party: ARSCP
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