United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP

Planning for Change.

Guidelines for National Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production

Nairobi

2008

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Planning for Change provides guidelines on how to plan, develop, implement and monitor national programmes on promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP). The provision of these non-prescriptive guidelines was a request to UNEP by the governments who work together at establishing a ten-year framework on SCP (Marrakech process). The manual includes a very accessible written overview of concepts, tools and policies, and presents an easy-to-use 10 step programme. It stresses the importance of obtaining high-level commitment, establishing multi-stakeholder processes, and setting objectives and indicators, preferably integrated with existing strategies on sustainable development and poverty reduction. The report contains nine case studies (Argentina, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Finland, Jamaica, Japan, Senegal, Thailand, United Kingdom) and several other examples of good practice, a foreword by UNEP's Executive Director, Achim Steiner, a literature overview and a linkage to the UNEP online clearinghouse on SCP. The production of the manual was financially supported by the government of the United Kingdom (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, DEFRA).

Foreword

Introduction
Purpose and structure

Rationale for the Guidelines
Consuming the planet
What is Sustainable Consumption and Production?
Why develop National Programmes on SCP?
Current status of National SCP Programmes
Which stakeholders need to be involved in SCP policies?

The Building Blocks
Introduction
Taking a strategic approach to SCP
Elements of national SCP programmes
Administering the key processes

The Steps
Cross-cutting Step: link to existing national strategies
Step – Establish advisory group
Step – Conduct scoping exercise
Step – Set institutional framework
Step – Select priority areas
Step – Define objectives and set targets
Step – Select policies and initiatives
Step – Official approval of programme
Step – Implement the programme
Step – Document, monitor and evaluate
Step – Sustain and improve

Indicators of SCP
Introduction
What are SCP indicators?
Principles for the development of SCP indicators
Overview of SCP indicator sets
Conclusions and recommendations

↑ UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP)2008-PlanningforChange.pdf

↑ http://www.unep.fr/shared/publications/pdf/DTIx1028xPA-Planning4change.pdf