Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption and Production
Transcript of Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption and Production
1MAINSTREAMING SCP INTO DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, UNEP
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What is mainstreaming?
Integrate an idea/ theme into an entity (institution or process) to change the nature of that entity’s culture and
practices
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Mainstreaming SCP into development planning
Incorporating SCP into all elements of a country’s development policies, programmes, strategies and budgets and their implementation
Why mainstreaming SCP?4
Ensuring sustainability of SCP policies
Prioritizes SCP when decisions on budget allocation are taken
Increases the chance of securing funds from
donors
Contributes to the
achievement of greater developme
nt objectives
A mainstreaming approach5
• Sound basis and context• Understanding of related context• Engage stakeholders
Finding the entry points and making the case
• Integration of SCP into on-going policy process• Capacity strengthening to support integration
Integrate into policy processes
• Implementation of SCP mainstreaming measures
• Building of systems to support on-going mainstreaming
Meeting the implementation challenge
More success factors6
• Size opportunities Solve problems• “Driving processes” usually impose their time-
lines• “Tactical approach”
Right timing
• Manage “egos”• Share
Ownership
• Balance ambitions • Different scales (national, sub-national, sector)
Realistic expectations
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Do we need National Action Plans?
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Caution: How we measure progress?
Time
Resu
lts
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