PREPARING FOR PREPCOM III:
THE US AND THE GLOBAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS

A US Citizens Consultative Meeting for the
World Summit on Sustainable Development

Friday, March 15, 10:00 am to 12:30

Environmental Law Institute
1616 P Street, 7th Floor Conference Room
Washington, DC

Please RSVP to info@citnet.org and/or 301-770-6375.

In a few weeks the Third Global Preparatory Committee meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development will begin (March 25-April 5). Again governments from around the world will send their delegations to New York to negotiate the final report on global progress on sustainability since Rio.

While NGOs and other stakeholders had their few moments at the microphone during the multistakeholder dialogue sessions, many are still finding their way through the maze of paper and politics to send a clear message to the US and the rest of the world's governments about what civil society wants out of this process.

• How is the USA positioning itself regarding the "gap in implementation" of Agenda 21?
• How "good" is the US definition of "good governance?"
• How good is the record?
• What do YOU want to see come out of the Summit?
• What message will or should US citizens bring to the upcoming PrepCom?

AGENDA

10:00 - 11:15 Briefing and discussion on US preparations with Jonathan Margolies of the State Department and other members of the US Delegation to the WSSD.

11:15 - 12:45 Discussion of US NGO strategies and plans for the upcoming PrepCom (NGOs only!) What part are different groups playing in the process? What is your group doing or want to do? What resources are available to US NGOs to help them be effective as possible? What are the critical priorities and opportunities for US NGOs at PrepCom 3?

Again, please RSVP to info@citnet.org and/or call 301-770-6375

For more information about the World Summit, visit the Citizens Guide to the World Summit at http://www.citnet.org/worldsummit/

If you are not on the USCPC-News listserver and would like to be added for news about the World Summit, please let us know at info@citnet.org or subscribe on the WSSD-News listserve page.

Organized by the US Citizens Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Special thanks to the Environmental Law Institute, the Citizens Network for Sustainable Development, and the Integrative Strategies Forum.