CitNet - Timelines (The Citizens Guide to the World Summit)

WSSD PrepComs

PrepCom I

April 31 - May 2, 2001: New York City, UN Headquarters

The first PrepCom was a short event immediately following CSD 10. It was primarily a logistical meeting to discuss the schedule and workplan for the following three PrepComs and WSSD itself.

PrepCom 1 Documents

PrepCom II

January 28 - February 8, 2002: New York City, UN Headquarters

Note: This event is now over, see link below for outcomes.
This is the first meeting where substantive discussion of the issues on the Summit agenda will begin. there will be a lot of informal discussion of issues, based on the results of national and regional preparatory activities, as well as the contributions from multistakeholder dialogues on Tuesday through Thursday. Issues, ideas, and potential action outcomes, rather than document text and wording, will be the focus of PrepCom 2. It is likely that instead of a long list of specific issues, the outcome will be an initial "clustering" of related issues, identification of potential cross-cutting themes, and initial exploration of potential partnerships. If you can only participate for a few days, the middle of the first week affords the best opportunities for NGO input via major groups dialogues.

Outcomes of PrepCom 2 can be found at:
http://www.citnet.org/worldsummit/events/PrepComOutcomes.aspx

PrepCom III

March 25 - April 5, 2002: New York City, UN Headquarters

PrepCom 3 will be further discussion and a focus on narrowing the scope of discussion from PrepCom 2 into a summary document, as well as an attempt to identify concrete elements of a potential future work program. There are no multistakeholder dialogues scheduled for PrepCom 3, although major groups will be able to make limited comments at certain points.

For more details:
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/prepcom3.html

PrepCom IV

May 27 - June 7, 2002: Jakarta, Indonesia

The review of PrepCom 3 outcomes by ministerial officials and the drafting of final text for the Summit will occur at PrepCom 4. At this point in the Summit process, the main points of the agenda will be set, requiring only adjustments in wording and perhaps discussion of inclusion or exclusion of specific points from previous PrepComs. A major goal of this PrepCom is also to foster and build political commitment for sustainable development and the World Summit. A multistakeholder dialogue is also scheduled, and will most likely focus on ideas for multistakeholder partnerships.

For more details:
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/prepcom4.html