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WSSD/NGO Events (tentative schedule as of 8/15/02)
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| Date | Organization | Event | Location | Comments |
| 24-25 August | IFG | IFG Teach-in | University of the Witwatersrand Great Hall, Wits East Campus (entrance), 10am-10pm | Focus on corporate-driven globalisation and its impact on the natural world, and the contradictions between the World Trade Organisation agreements and the goals of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (such as the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biodiversity). Download the program of the event. |
| 10 August - 10 September | SA Gov't | Ubuntu Exhibition on Sustainable Development | Ubuntu Village - Innesfree Park, Sandton | The Ubuntu Exhibition will provide a forum for Government delegates, Inter-Governmental Organisations, Major groups and Civil Society to profile practical hands on solutions, partnerships, technologies and implementation of Agenda 21, with specific reference to the substance matters that the Heads of State and Government Summit will be addressing. Ubuntu Village will be situated in close proximity to the United Nations precinct and has been designed as the transport node for the access to the NGO Global Forum. |
| 16-19 August | Earth Governance Colloquim | Jorrisson Street | Held in a nature reserve; aims to reflect on a new jurisprudence. | |
| 17 August | Wits School for the Environment (WiSE) | Global Change, People and Environment: Working Towards a Sustainable Future in Southern Africa | University of the Witwatersrand Great Hall, Wits East Campus (entrance), 0900-1600 | You are invited to attend a day of exciting and informative talks at Wits University! Visit our web-site at www.wits.ac.za/worldsummit for more information! (R80 adults / R60 students & scholars / R40 Wits staff and students) |
| 19-23 August | Groundwork (S.A.) | Corporate Accountability Week, Groundwork Event, Green oscars | Balalaika Hotel, Maud St., Sandton | Corporate Accountability Week - Four days of workshops and seminars on corporate accountability with presentations from local community members as well as international environmentalists. |
| 19 August
- 4 September |
SANGOCO | Global Forum (Civil Society) | NASREC/Johannesburg Expo Centre | Pre-Summit : 19-23 Aug.; Opening Ceremony : 23 Aug.;Global Forum : 26 Aug.- 4 Sept. |
| 22 August | GAIA Foundation | Peak of Global Drumming Wave | St. Stithians College | Opening ceremony for the Peoples Earth Summit. |
| 22 August | Goldman Prize | Goldman Prize Evening | Sandton | Twenty past recipients of the prestigious Goldman environmental prize will be gathering to focus on the further development of a Council of Goldman environmental prize activist, to assist activist facing human rights and environmental challenges. |
| 22-23 August | Biowatch South Africa | Biopiracy Summit "Biopiracy - Ten Years Post-Rio" | St. Stithians College, Peter Place (off William Nicol Drive) Sandton |
To share information and raise awareness on access and benefit sharing, bioprospecting, biopiracy, intellectual property rights, traditional knowledge. See www.biowatch.org.za for full schedule. |
| 22-23 August | UN-CSD-Freshwater Caucus, Water Research Commission, Water Institute of Southern Africa | Workshop on Sustainability of Small Water Systems in Southern Africa | Birchwood Executive Hotel, Johannesburg International Airport | The workshop aims at addressing the main problems and challenges facing the sustainability of small water treatment systems in Southern Africa, and to obtain inputs on how these problems can be remedied and the challenges met. |
| 23 August | Wits University | Towards a Sustainable Built Environment | Wits University, Time: 8:00 – 20:00, Cost: R20 | Topics include social justice, impact of globalisation, role of cooperatives, potential of NEPAD, carbon credits for eco-housing, trole of civil society in sustainability. |
| 23-28 August | Masifunde Dev. Org./World Forum of Fisher Peoples | The Fisher People's Forum | tba (near NASREC) | Gathering of fisher people and reps from coastal communities travelling to Joburg. |
| 24 August | New Economics Foundation | Gathering of fisher people and reps from coastal communities travelling to Joburg. | Mears Hall, St. Stithians School | Local and international activists and thinkers address the failures of globalisation, and propose alternatives. See www.neweconomics.org |
| 24-25 August | S.A. NGOs | South Africa Nat'l Strategy Mtg | ||
| 24-26 August | Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future | Implementation Conference | IUCN Environment Centre, Sandton and Indabab Hotel, Midrand | www.stakeholderforum.org |
| 24-26 August | Heinrich Boll/Greens/European Free Alliance | Conference on Sustainable Development | Bateleur Centre, Hall 23, NASREC/Expo Centre | Just Solutions! A better world is possible |
| 24-26 August | Public Services International | Strengthen Public Water Systems Workshop | IUCN Environment Centre (Nedcor Bank HQ at 135 Rivonia Road, Sandton) | Public Services International (PSI) will direct a two day workshop on strengthening public water systems. The challenge is to develop tools - political, technical, social and financial - that will be used around the world to strengthen public water systems. |
| 25-30 August | Women's Environment & Development Organization, Ilitha Labantu | Women's Action Tent | NASREC/Johannesburg Expo Centre | 8/25 evening-opening ceremony; 8/26 Peace & Human Rights; 8/27 Globalization & Impoverishment; 8/28 Environmental Security & Health; 8/29 Access to Resources; 8/30 Governance |
| 25 August - 2 September |
Earth Island | World Sustainability Hearings | St. Stithians | 8/26 Day of Energy and Climate Justice; 8/27 Day of the Forests and Forest-Dependent Communities; 8/28 Day of Oceans, Lakes, Waterways, and Fisher People; 8/29 Day of Poverty, Human Rights, Women, and Youth; 8/30 Day of Hunger, Agriculture, Water, and Food Security; 8/31 Day of Democratic Governance and Corporate Accountability |
| 26 August | Socialist Register, Monthly Review, Z, Links, Capitalism Nature Socialism, Red Pepper | Seminar on socialism, autonomism and radical environmentalism. | ||
| 26-27 August | Landless Peoples Movement | African Perspectives on Land and Sustainable Development | Landless People's Camp, Shareworld, Johannesburg | Key issues to be discussed in formal presentations, panel discussions and working groups include: the failures of market-led land reform in Africa and elsewhere in the world; alternative approaches to land reform and sustainable development; the struggles of social movements for land and resources; gender relations and women's rights to land and resources; and securing the land rights of farm-dwellers and those who hold land in communal areas. |
| 26 August - 4 September |
UN | WSSD | Sandton Convention Centr | Official UN forum |
| 26 August - 4 September |
Biowatch S.A. | Biodiversity in Action! The Spice of Life at the Peoples Earth Summit |
St. Stithians | Biodiversity exhibit |
| 26 August - 4 September |
IUCN - World Conservation Union | Futures Dialogue | 1300-1500 hours, IUCN Environment Centre Auditorium - Headquarters of Nedcor Bank Ltd on 135 Rivonia Road, Sandton | 8/26 Globalization with Equity, 8/27 Scenarios Day - Imagining Feasible Futures, 8/28 Biodiversity & Poverty, 8/29 Africa Day, 8/30 Digital Opportunities: Global Strategies and Local Initiatives to Level E-Playing Field for Sustainable Dev., 8/31 Business Day, 9/1 Water Day, 9/2 Parks Day, 9/3 Human Security & Environment, 9/4 Partnerships of the Future |
| 26 August - 4 September |
Farmer's Convergence | Meetings involving 300 African farmers | ||
| 27 August | Global People's Forum | Globalization - Day 2 theme | NASREC/Johannesburg Expo Centre | Topics to include foreign direct investment, debt eradication, trade policy |
| 27 August | European Greens | External Impact of EU Fishing Policies | Ubuntu Conference Room | Panel discussion with representatives from Greenpeace, fisherfolk, etc. |
| 27 August | Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Environmental Law Institute | Theory and Practice of Environmental
Governance at the Regional and Global Levels |
6:30-8:00 pm, Sandton Convention Center, Committee Room 5 | New publications to be released: "Global Environmental Governance: Options & Opportunities" Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; "The New Public: The Globalization of Public Participation" Environmental Law Institute |
| 27 August | The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the Yale World Fellows Program and the Heinrich Böll Foundation | 5:00-6:15 pm, IUCN Environment Centre, Atrium, 135 Rivonia Road, Sandton | Reception to launch a new publication, "Global Environmental Governance: Options & Opportunities" and "The New Public: The Globalization of Public Participation" | |
| 27-30 August | International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives | Local Government Session: Local Action Moves the World | Summit Zone One, which is a high security area with limited access. Only participants and delegates with official accreditation will be allowed to access the venue. | It is designed for Local Government to express its position and expectations vis-à-vis the Summit's outcomes and to interact with national and observer delegations to strengthen its case. |
| 27-30 August | Landless Peoples Movement | Week of the Landless | Landless People's Camp, Shareworld, Johannesburg | Week of the Landless includes a Second International Landless People's Assembly, learning and cultural events, a Day of International Solidarity and other activities |
| 28-30 August | RICS Foundation, with the Global Alliance for Building Sustainability. | Aspiration and Reality: Building Sustainability | Indaba Hotel | A major conference for the land, property, construction and development sectors. Conference aims to bring about greater opportunities for sustainable development in these sectors in the future. |
| 28 August - 3 September |
Waterdome/No Water No Future | Waterdome/Northgate event | The WaterDome will host numerous water-related events surrounding the Johannesburg Summit. It wil involve all stakeholders and will include conferences, workshops, launches of new initiatives, press conferences, side-events and exhibitions related to water issues. Different themes will be addressed each day. (www.waterdome.net) | |
| 31 August | various NGOs | Civil Society Workshop on Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection | NASREC/Johannesburg Expo Centre | Sponsoring organizations include: Amnesty Int'l USA, Sierra Club, Ctr for Env. Law, Foodfirst, World Resources Institute |
| 31 August | Global NGOs | Global Day of Action | Worldwide | August the 31st is the Global Day of Action against the corporate influence. On this day people all over the world will take action to raise awareness about the neo-liberal take over of social and environmental issues. |
| 31 August | South African NGOs, including CS Indaba, CS secretariat, Jubilee South Africa | Mass Action, demonstration - "Get the WTO out of the WSSD!" | The social movement in South Africa will hold a mass action to denounce the new neo-liberal program which confronts all of Africa. The Anti-Privatisation Forum, Jubilee South Africa, Environmental Justice Networking Forum, Palestinian Solidarity Committee, Rural Development Services Network, the Landless movements and the Indigenous People have agreed on a common platform to hold the biggest independent political gathering since apartheid ended in 1994. | |
| 31 August | GAIA Fndn | Earth Celebrations | ||
| 1 September | Peoples' Earth Summit peak event | Humanity at the Crossroads | Launch of the Decade of Commitment to Earth Democracy at the Cradle of Humankind. | |
| 1 September | organized by FOE EWNI, FOE US, FOE | Friends of the Earth Int'l Corporate Accountability side event | 10-2:00 pm or 2:00-5:00 pm at the Arum Lily Room, Ubuntu Village Conference Centre | |
| 1 September | Business Action for Sustainable Development | Lekgotla | Hilton Hotel, Sandton | Between 800 and 1,000 business and other leaders from all over the world will gather to discuss issues surrounding sustainable development and provide business's articulation of the core themes that will shape the Summit agenda. |
| 2 September | Friends of the Earth | Worldwide Action Day | 'Don't let big business rule the world' with actions/stunts/ all over the world. In Johannesburg we will have the big corporate giant art installation with South African artists where we will present the messages sent by people from all over the world. Thousands of little clay figures will remind politicians on whose behalf they discuss. (www.rio-plus-10.org) | |
| 2 September | FoE Scotland, FOE US, GroundWork, FoEI, Environmental Justice Networking Forum, South Africa | Friends of the Earth Int'l Environmental Justice Side-Event | 8:00- 10:00 at the Dwarf Natal Plum Room, Ubuntu Village Conference Centre | |
| 4 September | UN | Plenary | Sandton Convention Centr | Multi-stakeholder event with high-level participation by governments and all nine major groups. |