Green Economy Call - 21.5.2012, 4pm GMT
Participants: Michaela,Shani, Hamzat, Adrian, Kehkashan, Brendan, Chris,Harriet, Nimisha, Sevan, Anyuri, Barkha, Alva, Kabita, Lucie
Facilitator: Lena
Notetaker: Various
Agenda:
- introduction
- Update on topic devision between the objectives and Green Economy Taskforce
- Report of our three working groups
- Report from the European youth Representatives Prepmeeting
- ToDOs for next week (one-pager, ammentments, lobbying points, tracking spreat sheet, strategy for informals) and devision of tasks
- dialogues days participation and online dialogues
- others
-Common statement?
- Introduction
Agenda approved, with one addition.
Names and backgrounds:
Chris, UK, Volunteer Activist with Oxfam GB and composer at University of Oxford
Brendan, Belgium, Rio+twenties, boardmember
Kehkashan - Dubai , TUNZA Ecogeneration regional ambassador
Adrian, Bolivia, earth in brackets (US based)
Hamzat B. Lawal, Media & Communications Officer, SustainNIGERIA, Advisor, NYCAN, Executive Assistant, ICEED
Nimisha Bastedo, earth in brackets (from canada originally)
Michaela, NL/living in Sweden, Rio+Twenties
Sevan Holemans, Belgian Youth Delegate to Rio+20
Harriet Thew, Staff Coordinator for World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts delegation to Rio+20
Anyuri, Panama, Earth in Brackets
Alva, Swedish National Youth Council, official youth representative
Kabita, Nepal Youth Task Force on Rio+20, MGCY Social Media Focal Point
Shani, Human Affect AD HOC Unit, MGCY Youth delegate, and International Youth Council.
Lucie Rosset, Swiss UN-Youth Delegate
- Update on topic devision between the objectives and Green Economy Taskforce
Concern about overlaps between objectives and green economy taskforce.
Green Economy Working Group areas, following a call with Objectives Working Group, are now: Employment, Education and Resources (and all areas included in this)
Please complete spreadsheet on googledocs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhukcwCEPARcdGNWZ2hqcDBoYXlPVnllS0NBX1RiNnc#gid=0
Objectives TF: SDGs, human rights, gender, conflicts, disaster
- Report of our three working groups
Employment group: updates ..... (some one pleas write the update here, I misst what they said) Kabita working on it : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A75Z5cJp7ixAeXUANy-sQed8voNiPTrEcfNqNC8af8/edit If any body interested please email Kabita at kabitagautam1@gmail.com
Education: Chris has been working on the text. But the group didn't met.
Resources: Send an email for organization. Agreement on > just one group that deals with all topics related with resources.
Meeting and working methode to be determined
Consumption and production patterns to be included on the resources group? (some one has to take the lead)
- Report from the European youth Representatives Prepmeeting
Reviewed the text and highlighted priorities across the areas of education, employment and resources.
Education
· Right to education/Education for all
· Formal, non-formal, informal education on SD
· Develop/include curricula and training on SD on all levels
· Invest in knowledge and skills for GE
· Access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health
· Enhance cooperation, coordination and partnership between actors in the context of SD
Green employment
· Decent work for all, especially for youth
· Create new green jobs to fight youth un- and under-employment
· All employers should consider the three dimensions of SD in equal measure
· Incentivizing the creation of green jobs
· Green jobs should decrease inequalities, be inclusive and resilient
· Green jobs must come along with a decent social protection for all
Natural resources
- conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems as such, not a limited focus on "services"
- international standards on the monitoring of loss of natural resources
- consumption of natural resources below regenration rates
- people&youth-centered agriculture
Subsequently looked into links/crossovers between other areas.
For example:
- agriculture offering potential for employment.
- educational service provided by biodiversity
It should be noted that social protection should not be disregarded.
To DOs upcoming
Informal negotiations upcoming next week in New York starting on Tuesday. At least 3 people should be assigned to each task within each working group.
- Prepare material on Green Economy to support/inform those who will be present at informals.
- Prepare one page document on each important topic explaining its significance. Can be used to introduce other young people to our work and facilitate lobbying more widely. Include: Explanation of what we think is important/short introduction to topic. The MGCY website and zero draft text may have useful text already.
(These can be subsequently added to the Green Economy Booklet being produced by Barkha, and which can be sent to those in NY)
RESOURCES: Brendan (brendan@rioplus20s.org)
EDUCATION: Lucie (lucie.rosset@youthrep.ch)
(UN)EMPLOYMENT: Kabita
Please email the above people to help on the one-pagers. Lena to get an example one page document and circulate.
Have a provisional document sent to ??? by Friday.
- General one page on GE (lobbying points)
Deadline of Saturday.Lena, Kabita will lead on
- Go through lobbying points/various texts and make ammendments and changes where required. Come up with ammendments we would like to make to the new edition of the zero text (maybe released tomorrow: 22.05.12) When text is released, will be shared on googledocs for people to add comments. There should be only 3 ammendments per area in order to be practical for lobbying. Deadline of Sunday 27th May to contrbitue thoughts, with smaller group to call on Monday 28th May and produce final document.
To join: Alva, Brendan, Lena, we still need one native speaker (maybe Chris)
- Draft documents with details about key areas with pre-prepared sentences to put into the consciousness of negotiators.
- Tracking documents (maybe a spreadsheet) for those who are not present in NY to be able to follow: Lucie, Sevan (need more people if you are interested please contact lucie.rosset@youthrep.ch), deadline: monday
- A video covering essential lobbying points should be created for the Youth Blast in Rio itself. Ideally comprising images, details, explanation etc.
Online Dialogue Days: Register and you can be in. During the Dialogue days, we will have a number of seats for the MGCY so it would be good to have some people from GE going there. It will be not possible for Delegates badges to enter.
Other things:
- Youth Blast: Sessions on GE everyday. Important to have people presenting our work.
- World Environment Day on 5th June (Theme : Does Green Economy include you?) - We should plan something for this and to be discussed at next meeting.
- Need people from GE task force attending Rio, working with the Media and Reporting, and they should join the dialogue days. (have it next week).
- 2 outreach people, introducing what our task force is doing, who will be focusing in introducing new youth and explaining what we are working on. (next week)
-General information: Common statment of all major groups together drafted, but still in disscussion. (SDG's, HC on FG, what more?). Ivana can maybe update us after the OP meeting.
-IMPORTANT: Register for the Youth Blast, it's very important for the logisitics. Even if is the day before.
*** Urge to get active and involved with other groups/teams over the coming week ***
Next call: Next Sunday (27.05.12) at 2pm GMT
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