The African 10 Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production

The second African Expert Meeting on the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production was held from 17-18 February 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting was co-organized by UN-DESA and UNEP in consultation with the Secretariats of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) and the African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSCP). It was attended by 36 participants consisting of 18 Government-nominated experts and 18 sustainable consumption and production experts and development partners and was opened by the Deputy Executive Director of UNEP, Mr. Shafqat Kakakhel. The meeting was structured having an opening plenary session followed by three sets of parallel working group sessions consisting of four groups each. The outcomes from the working groups were discussed during a closing plenary session.