Relevant United Nations Initiatives/Processes

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Relevant United Nations Initiatives/Processes

• Preliminary results of the initial assessment
• Beijing, 18 October 2002

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Purposes and scope of the study

• Learning from experience
• Focused upon relevant United Nations
  initiatives/processes

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Examples of non-UN sectoral initiatives

• Energy sector
• Forest industry
• Biotechnology
• Fisheries
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Tourism
• Foundations

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Examples of non-UN cross-sectoral initiatives

• Conservation Enterprise Fund
• EcoEnterprises Fund
• Business in the Environment
• Business for Social Responsibility
• Management Institute for Environment and Business
• Biodiversity Resource Center
• Business Action for Sustainable Development
• Global Reporting Initiative

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Examples of regional initiatives

• Jigani Initiative in Africa
• Asia
• Biodiversity Resourcing Initiative in Europe
• Terri Fund etc.. In Latin America

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UN system-wide initiatives/processes

• Global Compact (Secretary General, UN)
• Finance Initiatives and other undertakings
  (UNEP/DTIE)
• Business partners for development (World Bank)
• Division for Business Partnership (UNDP)
• Bio-trade Initiative (UNCTAD)
• UN Fund for International Partnership (UNFIP)

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Ways of Engagement

• Mobilizing private resources for United Nations
  programmes
• Encouraging private investment in critical areas
• Bringing the banking and business sectors into
  policy formulation
• Joining forces in the implementation of projects

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Issues related to working with banking and
business sectors

• The need for a normative framework
• The criteria for the selection of partners
• The need to appropriately acknowledge
  contributions while preserving the integrity of
  the United Nations process
• Conflicts of interests and undue influence