Training on Developing National Action Plans on Sustainable Consumption

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Training on Developing National Action Plans on
Sustainable Consumption

• Adriana Zacarias Fu Lu
• UNEP SC. Asia Project
• 17 March 2005
• Manila

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Introduction to NAP Idea

• Awareness and concern on SC, but not much
  implementation.
• Some policies, but a lack of a coherent
  framework/plan that integrates various activities
  for a common goal.
• Need for more concrete outputs (decoupling
  consumption from environmental degradation)
• Capacity building on drafting national action
  plans on sustainable consumption (sector
  specific).

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NAP EXERCISE

• Country team exercise (12 teams)
• Each team supported by one resource person
• Go through the 6 steps and fill out the NAP sheet
• This is an exercise to test the NAP, If you do
  not have the information, assume you do.
• Plenary the main findings of each country will
  be summarized in a matrix

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NAP exercise

• Areas to be included discussed
• Priority areas
• Concrete actions
• Difficulties of drafting implementing NAP
• Assistance needed from SC. Asia project

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Follow-up Support

• UNEP is interested in supporting the real
  implementation of NAP.
• Looking for champions (lead countries)
• The Asian NAP important input for the 10 Year
  Programme on SCP (Costa Rica, Sept 2005) and
  example for other regions

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Purpose of the Booklet

• Developed as part of SC. Asia project for this
  seminar.
• Provide guidance on how national action plans on
  sustainable consumption (NAPs) may be developed.
• The model proposed in this booklet
• provides a step-by-step approach
• includes basic elements that should be included
  in NAPs
• each section contains generic text explanation
  about what country specific information is
  needed.
• The model draws on the UN Guidelines input from
  the European and Asian reviews.

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Contents of NAP Model

• Part 1 Introduction
• Part 2 Overview Priority Area
• Part 3 Objective Targets
• Part 4 Actions to Promote SC
• Part 5 Role of Stakeholders
• Part 6 Monitoring Evaluation

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NAP Model Part 1Introduction

• Elements
• Background
• To introduce basic information about sustainable
  consumption
• SC history
• SC definition
• UN Guidelines
• SC. Asia project
• Consumption patterns in your country
• To explain why sustainable consumption is
  importation for your country

• Your Role
• Use the generic text in the booklet as an
  introduction for your NAP
• Describe the consumption patterns in your country
• Add any information you think is important to
  explain why your country need to address SC

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NAP Model - Part 2Overview Priority Areas

• Elements
• Status of sustainable consumption in your country
• Policies regulations
• Programs
• Challenges
• Priority areas
• Identify a specific focus to make the NAP
  realistic workable

• Your Role
• Collect information about the status of
  sustainable consumption initiatives in your
  country
• Identify a priority area - product/service/sector

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NAP Model - Part 3Objective Targets

• Elements
• Objective of NAP
• A short statement containing information
• Focus
• Purpose
• Stakeholders
• Specific targets
• Realistic
• Measurable
• Quantifiable

• Your Role
• Develop the targets for the priority area
  selected in part 2
• In the actual process of drafting NAP,
  consultation with stakeholders is essential to
  develop a realistic target!!!

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NAP Model - Part 4Actions to promote SC

• Elements
• Introduction to how actions can contribute to the
  overall objective of SC using the model developed
  by Asian Review
• Awareness, education marketing
• Waste management
• Certification product information
• Sustainable government practices
• Impartial product testing

• Your role
• Decide what concrete actions are needed
• Description of the actions at least identify
• What targets
• How i.e. institutional set up, scale of the
  action
• Who role of stakeholders
• When timetables
• Potential funding sources

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NAP Model - Part 5Role of Stakeholders

• Elements
• Role of government
• Lead agency
• Other concerned agencies
• Role of other stakeholders
• Industry
• Consumer organizations

• Your Role
• Identify lead government agency other concerned
  agencies
• Assign responsibilities between stakeholders for
  each action developed in part 4

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NAP Model - Part 6Monitoring Evaluation

• Elements
• Indicators
• Indicators to be used
• Methods of collecting the indicators
• Periodic review
• Timeframe
• Responsible agency

• Your Role
• Develop specific indicators indicate the
  assessment
• Who responsible agency
• How indicators collection
• How often- timeframe
• In the actual process of drafting NAP
• inter-agency consultation is indispensable to
  deciding who, how and how often.
• Developing appropriate partnership with industry
  to get the right data to measure the progress is
  needed.

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Any feedback suggestions on the booklet at
after the seminar are much appreciated!

• Thank You?