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Virtual Consultation Forum with Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples in the framework of the First Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development 

Welcome to the Virtual Consultation Forum with Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples organized by the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) in cooperation with the Summit of the Americas Department and Development Gateway Foundation

May 17th – September 30th, 2006
 
Forum’s Moderators: Specialists from the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States on the three themes selected for the Meeting.

Forum’s Facilitators: Denise Senmartin (Development Gateway) and Oscar Ceville (Department of Sustainable Development, OAS).

This Virtual Forum for Consultation with Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples has been created to facilitate the discussion on three priority areas that will be examined during the First Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development: (1) Integrated Water Resources Management; (2) Risk Management of Natural Hazards; and (3) Environment Management through Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, and Tourism.
 
The objectives of the forum are:

1. Mobilize civil society and indigenous peoples support for the preparation of the Santa Cruz Declaration.
2. Build consensus positions and recommendations among representatives of civil society and indigenous peoples and obtain recommendation and follow-up activities on the three themes to be analyzed during the meeting.
3. Benefit from the best practices efforts, including advocacy, of civil society and indigenous peoples work on the three themes to be analyzed during the meeting.

Key Forum Questions:

1. What are the needs on sustainable development that require an immediate response from competent organisms?
2. What do you think should be the priority on sustainable development during the discussion of ministers and why?
3. What are the benefits of using adequate practices for sustainable development?

Reference Documents:

• Invitation to Virtual Consultation Forum
• Consultation Process: how will your comments reach Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development
• Annotated Provisional Agenda
• Announcement
• Background Document: Summary of Preparatory Workshops and Key Guiding Questions for Discussion
• Background Document for the Preparatory Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management
• Background Document for the Preparatory Workshop on Managing Risks of Natural Hazards
• Background Document for the Preparatory Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism
• Final Report of the Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management
• Final Report of the Workshop on Managing Risks of Natural Hazards
• Final Report of the Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism
• Summary of postings (updated weekly)

To access the documents http://www.oas.org/dsd/MinisterialMeeting/VirtualForumCSandIP.htm
Visit http://www.oas.org/dsd/MinisterialMeeting/ReunionInterAm_eng_v1.htm for more information about the Ministerial