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Background
information
Download
the Background Paper of this workshop here:
Background
Paper - SUSTRA Workshop - December 2002, Berlin
Public
Participation in Sustainability Impact Assessments
Paper
written by Markus
Knigge and Anna Leipprand for the workshop "Sustainability
Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements and New Approaches to Governance",
Centre
for Philosophy of Law, University of Louvain, 27-28 March 2003
Public
participation plays a major role in the EU's Sustainability Impact
Assessments (SIA). The European Commission recognises the importance
of civil society involvement for increasing the accountability of
the European Institutions and makes efforts to improve and expand
the practice of consultation (European Commission 2002b). Nevertheless,
NGOs demand an expanded role in the SIA process (Oxfam GB et al.
2000; NGOs 2002; WWF and Oxfam 2002).
The SIA programme of the European Commission was launched in 1999
as an effort to integrate sustainability concerns into trade policy
making. The Commission is committed to applying the SIA process
to all major policy initiatives. The prominent role given to SIAs
by the European Commission is underlined by the fact that 10 percent
of the DG Trade's budget will be dedicated to SIAs over the next
three years ... For downloading the whole paper click here:
Knigge,
Markus und Anna Leipprand (2003): Public Participation in Sustainabilitiy
Impact Assessments - English
Ecologic
Brief: The Architecture of the Global System of Governance - The
Nexus between Trade and Sustainable Development - English
Ecologic
is a partner in the international research network "Concerted
Action on Trade & Environment" - CAT+E,
funded by the 5th
Framework Programme of the European
Commission - DG Research. Ecologic organizes the conference
"Moving
forward from Cancún" as part of this project. The
conference takes place October 2003 in Berlin.
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