The next couple of months promises to be enriching in our engagement in different activities and programmes. Through this medium we hope to keep you abreast of up-to-date information. In this we will be active agents in the promotion of social progress and development in partnership with all relevant stakeholders within our Strategic Framework of Operations.
EVICTIONS AND DEMOLITIONS IN ABUJA: ACT NOW!
WEP calls for action from concerned stakeholders on the current spate of ongoing demolitions and evictions taking place in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. Read the full text.
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS: CSD-16
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development 5 – 16 May 2008, New York, USA
At the recently concluded CSD-16 Session, country delegates and NGO representatives stressed long-term solutions for sustainable agriculture and rural poverty. Read more...
WEP AT CSD-16
A Side Event organised by WEP and GLTN at CSD-16 featured panel discussions on the critical issues caused by the fast urbanization in Africa, which are related but also beyond land and its availability. One submission to the issue was that urbanization is an economic engine in Africa, but only when it is sustainable - happening in a way pulled by improved economic situation in urban areas, other than pushed by the poverty of rural areas. More…
THE ROAD TO CSD-16
A Stakeholders Forum on the “Thematic areas for the Sixteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16)” was organised under the auspices of Women Environmental Programme (WEP), among other objectives, to get representatives of the Nigeria Major Groups and other stakeholders develop a blueprint for key recommendations and practical suggestions for CSD-16. For the full report, click here.