Best Policy Practices

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