NGO Forum

Turning Policy into Reality: From the Ground Up

The GEF NGO Network is organizing a forum, Turning Policy into Reality: From The Ground Up. The forum will provide an opportunity for NGOs, Indigenous Peoples Groups, and rural and urban grassroots communities to participate in and contribute their knowledge and expertise to discussions on the global environment, sustainable livelihoods, and poverty eradication. The forum will bring to the attention of governments and regional organizations the capacity and contributions of these groups in addressing global environmental challenges and will provide recommendations as to how best to incorporate their perspectives into policies and strategies that make a difference at the local level. The forum will address questions relating to global environmental management, such as

• What are the most effective strategies for ensuring equitable access to, use, and management of environmental resources for meeting people’s needs without damaging the environment?
• If society is to maximize the welfare of all generations, present and future, how should it allocate resources over time?

The forum will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The NGO forum is open to all NGOs accredited to the Assembly as well as to other Assembly participants.