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EVENTS OVERVIEW

There were countless of activities and events during the summit. The list below may give you a general overview of what was going to happen, although it is certainly not a complete list. Events featured by the Heinrich Boell Foundation can be explored here.


Genuine summit events

World Summit for Sustainable Development, UN summit
August 26 - September 4
(informal meetings August 24-25)
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

Global People's Forum
August 23 - September 4
(Pre-Summits August 19-23)
NASREC Expo Centre, Johannesburg
http://www.worldsummit.org.za

Ubuntu Exhibition/Ubuntu Village
August 10 - September 10
Wanderers Complex, Illovo, Johannesburg
http://www.joburgsummit.com


Parallel events (some of them outside the three hubs above)

Boell Forum at the Global People's Forum
August 22 - September 3
Global People's Forum, NASREC Expo Centre, Johannesburg
Click here for more details.

People's Earth Summit
August 22 - September 3
St Stithian's College, Peter Place off William Nicol, Johannesburg
http://www.peoplesearthsummit.net

Summit Stimela Train
Environmental Monitoring Group
August 16-17
NGO train from Cape Town to Johannesburg
http://www.emg.org.za/summittrain/index.html

Farmers Road Caravan
PELUM
August 18-22
Lusaka, Harare, Johannesburg
http://www.pelum.org

From Rio to Johannesburg - A Business Perspective
Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft
August 20-22

Corporate Accountability Week
Groundwork/FoE South Africa
August 19-23
Balaleika Hotel, Sandton
http://www.groundwork.org.za/WSSD_press.htm

Indigenous People's International Summit on Sustainable Development
Indigenous Peoples’ Coordinating Committee
August 20-23
Hoffe Park Conference Centre, Kimberly
Contact: barendsegriqua@telkomsa.net

Responsible Tourism Conference
August 21-23
Holiday Inn, Cape Town

Fisher People's Forum
August 22-27
St. Barnabas School, Bosmont

Second South-South Biopiracy Summit
BioWatch South Africa
August 22-23
St Stitians College, Peter Place off William Nicol Drive, Johannesburg
http://www.biowatch.org.za

Law and Governance for a Sustainable World
EnviroLaw Solutions
August 22-25
International Conference Centre, Durban
http://www.envirolawsolutions.org

Farmers Convergence, Johannesburg
PELUM
August 23 - September 2
NASREC or "Shaft 17" near NASREC
http://www.peoplesearthsummit.net/

What lies beyond globalisation? Localisation as an alternative.
The New Economics Foundation (NEF)
August 24
St Stithians College
http://www.peoplesearthsummit.net

Just Solutions - Green Earth Summit
August 24-26
Boell Forum at the Global People's Forum, NASREC Expo Centre, Johannesburg
Click here for more further details.

WSSD Teach In
August 24-25
International Forum on Globalisation
Wits University, Great Hall, Wits East Campus
http://www.ifg.org

Implementation Conference
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
August 24-26
IUCN Environment Centre, Sandton, and the Indaba Hotel
http://www.earthsummit2002.org/ic

Mining Workshop
Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES)
August 24-26
NASREC/Shaft 17

Women's Action Tent
Women's Environment and Development Organisation
August 25-30
Women's Tent, Global People's Forum, NASREC
http://www.wedo.org/sus_dev/tent.htm

Fashioning a New Deal: Assessing Our Progress - A Trade Union Summit
ICFTU/TUAC
August 25 - September 1
Pereton Hotel, 35 O'Reilly Road, Berea

Summit Institute for Sustainable Development
South African Government, UNITAR, the USG, and IUCN
August 25 - September 4
http://www.iucn.org/places/usa/documents/sisd.PDF

Women's Action Tent
WEDO/Women's Caucus
August 25 - September 3
Global People's Forum, NASREC Expo Centre, Johannesburg

Summit Institute for Sustainable Development (SISD)
Smithsonian Institution and South Africa Department of Education
August 26 - September 6
Johannesburg

Science at the Summit
CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria
August 26-30
http://www.scienceforum.co.za/pretoria/index.html

Children's Earth Summit
August 26 - September 2
Soweto Mountain of Hope, Soweto

Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
August 26 - September 3
Ubuntu Village
http://www.scienceforum.co.za

World Sustainability Hearing
Earth Island Institute
August 26 - September 4
St Stithians School, Peter Place off William Nicol Drive
http://www.worldhearing.org

IUCN Environment Centre
World Conservation Union
August 26 - September 4
NEDCOR Bank Building
http://www.iucn.org/wssd/iucn_wssd_profile.htm

Local Government Session
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
Crowne Plaza Sandton Hotel
August 27-30
http://www.iclei.org/lgs/

Economy, Environment and Society: World Forum on Sustainable Development
International Research Foundation for Development
August 27-29
Johannesburg
http://www.irfd.org/events/wf2002/intro.html

Integrated Environmental Management in Southern Africa
CEMSA, Gerhard Mercator University, Duisburg, Germany
August 27-30

Week of the Landless
Landless Peoples Movement
August 27 - September 1
http://www.nlc.co.za/wssd/wssdhome.htm

Water Dome
African Water Task Force
August 28 - September 3
Northgate, Johannesburg
http://www.waterdome.net/

Aspiration and Reality: Building Sustainability
Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg
August 28-30
http://www.earth-summit.net/

Week of the Landless
Landless Peoples Movement
August 27 - September 1

Aspiration and Reality: Building Sustainability
RICS Foundation and the Global Alliance for Building Sustainability
28 - 30 August
Johannesburg
http://www.earth-summit.net

Parliamentary Workshop on Clean Air and Clean Water
Parliamentarians for Global Action
August 29-30
Summer Place Hotel
http://www.pgaction.org/wssd/home.html

Energy for Sustainable Development
UN Environment Programme, International Energy Agency and Eskom
August 30
Eskom Convention Centre, Johannesburg

Lekgotla Business Leader Forum
Business Action for Sustainable Development
September 1
Hilton Sandton Hotel
http://www.basd-action.net/activities/business.shtml

 



S E E  A L S O

Events of the Heinrich Boell Foundation at the Summit ]

The UN Summit ]

The Global People's Forum ]

The Peoples Earth Summit ]

The Ubuntu Village ]


L I N K S

Official Summit web site ]

Global Peoples Forum web site ]

Peoples Earth Summit web site ]

Ubuntu web site ]

Stakeholder Forum on World Summit logisitics ]


D O W N L O A D

 [ Written and Unwritten Rules for NGOs in the WSSD Game; a briefing containing helpful notes on logistics, what to expect and how to influence the World Summit; by Torleif Jonasson, 92 Group -- rtf; 11 pages ]

A Practical Guide to the WSSD; published by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Brussels Office -- rtf; 94 pages ] + [ as zip ] + [ Espanol ] + [ as zip ] + [ Francais ] + [ as zip ]

Stakeholder Forum's Briefing for Participation in the World Summit -- pdf; 70 pages ]

 

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