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NEDA Heads PCSD on New Work Plan |
| Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General and Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) Chairperson Augusto Santos chaired the first quarter meeting of the PCSD last January 20 at the Linden Suites, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. During the meeting, the PCSD approved the new 2010-2011 work plan which includes the integration of sustainable development in the new MTPDP, creation of a PCSD Pool of Advisors, and launch of a reward and recognition program for sustainable local governments and communities, among others. In photo are (left-right) PCSD Co-Chair and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Demetrio Ignacio, NEDA Acting Director General Augusto Santos, and NEDA Agriculture Staff Director Shiela Encabo, the head of the PCSD Technical Secretariat.
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PCSD holds Organizational Meeting |
| The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) through its Coordinating Secretariat conducted an organizational meeting of the five Technical Working Groups (TWGs) tasked to draft the Philippine National Report for the 18th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD18) last 06 October 2009 at the Astoria Plaza Hotel, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. The five TWGs correspond to the five themes of CSD18, namely: Chemicals, Waste Management, Mining, Transport and Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns. click here for full details |
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Secretary Recto Chairs PCSD Special Meeting |
| The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development held a Special Meeting last April 15, 2009 at the NEDA Board Room with Secretary Recto presiding as Chair.
The Special Meeting was convened to discuss Philippine participation to the 17th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD17) to be held from 4-15 May 2009 at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA. The expected outcome of the CSD 17 is, among others, an agreed set of policy directions to advance the progress of implementation of Agenda 21 and World Summit on Sustainable Development commitments. This year's thematic areas are on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa. Secretary Recto will head the Philippine delegation to the CSD17.
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PCSD Launches 2008 outputs |
| The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Agriculture Staff ─ which is the coordinating secretariat of the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) ─ recently launched the video documentation on Sustainable Development (SD) Localization Best Practices and the SD Mainstreaming Handbook Interactive Tutorial Software at the NEDA office. These outputs were developed under the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2008 Country Program Action Plan-Environment and Natural Resource-Capacity and Operation Enhancement (CPAP ENR CORE) Programme. click here for full details |
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