Wednesday, January 20th, 2021: Webinar for Major Groups and Stakeholders Understanding the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.1)

When: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021, 15:00 EAT Eastern Africa Time, Nairobi (GMT+3)

Organised by: Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future on assignment from the United Nations Environment Programme

What:  A three-hour capacity building and training workshop for all Major Groups and Stakeholders who would like to know more about the upcoming UN Environment Assembly and its first session, taking place from the 22^nd to the 23^rd of February 2021.

With the theme ‘Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,’ UNEA 5 is the first global conference to deal with environmental and sustainability issues in what has been declared the Decade of Action 2021 – 2030.

Issues addressed: The three hour-session will take participants through the UNEA system, unravelling the process of negotiations, explaining how to influence sessions, understand policy complexities, and explain the political importance of the Medium-Term Strategy, the MTS, and the Programme of Works, the PoW. The MTS, which will be decided on by UNEA 5.1, is the work priorities and policy directions for the UNEP for the next four years.

Registration: Formal invitations together with a link for registration will be sent out in early January 2021.