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Guidance in Preparing a National Sustainable Development Strategy: Managing Sustainable Development in the New Millenium
UNDESA, 2002
Background Paper No. 13

CSD acting as the preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development Second preparatory session 28 January ? 8 February 2002
- What is sustainable development?
- What are national sustainable development strategies and why do we need them?
- Basis for building national sustainable development strategies: assembling the pieces
- Elements of effective national sustainable development strategies
- Building the elements of the strategy: managing critical processes
- Formulating the strategy
- Implementing the strategy
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Sustaining the national sustainable development strategy process
- The role of the United Nations and the international donor community

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