Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
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<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Practices</strong><br />
Marrakech Tak Force – what is it?<br />
Who is behind this publication?<br />
Let us introduce ourselves. And please,<br />
get back to us with more information<br />
about your best policy practices!<br />
Rio – Johannesburg – Marrakech –<br />
Costa Rica – Stockholm – ?<br />
The Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and<br />
Production (SCP) was initiated in 2003 after the Johannesburg<br />
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in<br />
2002. The 2nd International Meeting was held in Costa Rica,<br />
September 2005, and the third one in Stockholm, June 2007.<br />
A Marrakech Task Force (MTF) is a voluntary initiative<br />
to support the implementation of the Marrakech Process.<br />
A country interested in leading a certain issue on SCP, and<br />
willing to involve other partners, can initiate a task force.<br />
They co-operate with UNEP and UN DESA. The long-term<br />
goal is to contribute to both the concept and the substance<br />
of the 10 Year Framework Programme (10YFP) of Sustainable<br />
Consumption and Production. For more information see<br />
www.uneptie.org/pc/sustain/10year/taskforce.htm<br />
The Marrakech Process will be up for policy review and<br />
recommendations in the 2010/2011 cycle of the UN Commission<br />
on Sustainable Development (CSD), and is a crosscutting<br />
issue for all CSD cycles. Task Forces linked to the<br />
respective substantive themes of each CSD will take part in<br />
the discussions and report on progress achieved and lessons<br />
learnt.<br />
Marrakech Task Force on<br />
Sustainable Buildíngs and Construction<br />
A complex network of different stakeholders, professions<br />
and industries is required in the construction, maintenance<br />
and refurbishment of buildings. However, the Government<br />
of Finland acknowledges that also the public sector has to<br />
make a strong commitment both as regulator and landlord, as<br />
consumer and producer. As part of its contribution, in 2006<br />
Finland took the lead of the Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable<br />
Buildings and Construction (SBC).<br />
In cooperation with UNEP’s Sustainable Buildings and<br />
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