Tanzania: 10 Year Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production

The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (2002), as an outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) called for the development of a 10-year framework of programmes in support of regional and national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards sustainable consumption and production patterns that will promote social and economic development within the carrying capacity of ecosystems. The African Region has developed its 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production. The process of developing the African 10 Year Framework Programme was facilitated by UNEP and UN-DESA in close consultation with the Secretariats of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) and the African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSCP). The African 10-YFP underlines the importance of relating the principle of sustainable consumption and production with the challenge of meeting basic needs of the people. Tanzania was selected for support by UNEP-DTIE as a pilot country for the development of a country-level Programme on SCP with the facilitation of the Cleaner Production Centre of Tanzania (CPCT).