Final Report - Stakeholder Forum

WORKSHOP REPORTSTAKEHOLDER FORUM “COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPPREPARING FOR THE FUTURE”Goals and Objectives of the WorkshopThe year 2005 marked the conclusion of CSD’s first two-year sequence in its new‘implementation cycle’ arrangement. At the conclusion of this first round, severalgovernments and stakeholders expressed interest in participating in an informaldiscussion to exchange views on the way in which this new method of operation workedout in practice, and encouraged Stakeholder Forum to arrange and facilitate thisworkshop for that purpose.The workshop was not mandated by a CSD decision, but was instead requested byindividual governments after CSD-13. This informal consultation was held underChatham House Rules of non-attribution, in which comments are not attributed tospecific individuals, in order to foster a more candid discussion.The goals of the workshop were to discuss the CSD process, not substance, and tomake recommendations to the CSD Bureau, Secretariat, and participants-at-large thatcould help foster a productive second cycle.The objectives of the workshop were two fold:1. To consider the result governments and stakeholders would like at the end ofthe second implementation cycle (CSD-15 in 2007) taking into considerationthe 2016/2017 horizon;2. To review the experience of the first two-year cycle of the CSD.The meeting was held in the meeting rooms of The Church Center for the UnitedNations, 777 UN Plaza, New York on 11-12 September, 2005Workshop Participation and SupportA. Workshop ParticipationOver fifty individuals took part in the discussion including representatives ofgovernment, major groups, intergovernmental organizations, and UN system staff. Alist of participants is included in Annex I.24