UNEP RRC.AP Publications

• Guidelines for Developing the National Sustaineble Development Strategy (Ref: UNEP/NSDS/March 2006)
  • English
  • Russian
• Training Manual on NSDS (Eng / Rus)
• Subregional Sustainable Development Strategy(SSDS)
• National Sustainable Development Strategy(NSDS)
• National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)
  • Strategy Paper
  • Report 1999
• Sustainable Development Pathways (http://www.ekh.unep.org/?q=taxonomy_menu/22/171)
• UNEP (2003). Strategy Paper on National Sustainable Development Strategy in Asia and Pacific. UNEP RRC.AP. June 2003
• UNEP (2003). Strategy Paper on National Council for Sustainable Development in Asia and Pacific. UNEP RRC.AP. June 2003
• UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for Central Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004
• UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for Northeast Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004
• UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for South Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004.
• UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for Southeast Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004
• UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for South Pacific. UNEP RRC.AP. 200
• UNEP (1995). Poverty and the Environment. UNEP. Nairobi, Kenya, 1995

Central Asia

• Dushanbe (2003). Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals in Tajikistan 2003. Mega Printing, Turkey, 2003. (Source is also available at www.untj.org)
• Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan (2002). Sustainable Development in Turkmenistan, Rio+10: National Survey. "Mega Basim" Printing House, 2002-94 pages, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 2002.
• Priorities of the Concept of Transition of the Republic of Kazahstan to Sustainable Development

EU

• Barry Dalal-Clayton (2004). The EU Strategy for Sustainable Development: Process and Prospects. Strategies, Planning and Assessment Programme: IIED. Environmental Planning Issues No. 27
• SDS version for EU countries

Europe

• Bruntland, G. (ed.) (1987). Our common future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• IUCN: The World Conservation Union & IIED (1994). Strategies for National Sustainable Development- A Handbook for their Planning and Implementation. Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, in association with IUCN and IIED, 1994.
• IUCN, UNEP, and WWF (1991). Summary: Caring for the Earth. A Strategy for Sustainable Living. Gland, Switzerland, October 1991.
• Norway's action plan for sustainable development
• OECD/UNDP (2002). Sustainable Development Strategies: A Resource Book. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and United Nations Development Programme in association with Earthscan Publications, London, England
• OECD/DAC (2001). The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development: Guidance for Development Cooperation. Development Cooperation Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris. (available on www.SourchOECD.org or http://www.nssd.net).
• Sida (2002). Perspectives on Poverty. Printed by Edita Sverige AB 2003.32862.
• Sweden's National Strategy for Sustainable Development
• UK Sustainable Development Commission

Middle East

• Syrian National Strategy Report for Sustainable Development

• Brown, Lester R. (2003). Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in trouble. Earth Policy Institute, NY 2003.
• Enriquez, Juan (2001). As the Future Catches You. First American Edition. Crown Business, New York, 2001.
• Global Environment Facility (GEF) (2002). The Challenge of Sustainability. Published on September 2002, Washington, D.C., USA.
• UN DESA (2002). JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT 2002. National Implementation of Agenda 21: A Report. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development National Information Analysis Unit , New York, August 2002. (available on www.johannesburgsummit.org).
• UNDP (2001). UNDP Support for Poverty Reduction Strategies. The PRSP Countries- Interim Report. United Nations Development Programme, New York, September 2001.
  http://www.undp.org/poverty/publications/docs/Poverty_UNDP_Support_to_PRS_Sep2001.pdf
• UNDP/UNEP/World Bank/World Resources Institute (2002-2004). A Guide to World Resources 2002-2004. Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power. World Resoruces Institute, Washington, D.C. Full Report Forthcoming February 2003.
• UNESCAP/ADB (2000). State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations New York, 2000; pp. 161

North East Asia

• Case Study of Korea(2006)
• Dulamdary, Enkhtor (1998). Mongolia's Journey toward Sustainability. World Resources Institute (WRI), September 1998. (See: http://pdf.wri.org/ncsd_mongolia.pdf).
• Dr. Balganjav KHULDORJ (1999). Mongolian Action Programme For the 21st Century. Copyright, 1999 by The National Council for Sustainable Development of Mongolia.
• IGES (2000). The Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment (*.pdf file) was adopted by the Environmental Ministers at the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (MCED 2000) held in the City of Kitakyushu, Japan from 31 August to 5 September 2000 to assist in the priority implementation of the Regional Action Programme for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific (RAP) 2001-2005, with specific focus on environmental quality and human health in urban areas.
  The sources can be found in (http:).
• IIED (2002). System of Sustainable Development. Source: IIED 2002.
• IIED, UNDP and UK DFID (2002). World Summit on Sustainable Development. National Strategies for Sustainable Development: New Thinking and Time for Action. IIED, 2002.
• National Strategy for SD of Korea (2006).
• National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Korea
• Korea PCSD(Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development)
• The Citizens Vision of Our Future(2006)
• The Mongolian MNCSD
• PCSD Brochure(2006)
• Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development of Korea (2002)
• The Capital of Korea, Seoul city government homepage
• SPC and SSTC (State Planning Commission and State Science and Technology Commission). (1994). China's Agenda 21. White paper on China's population, environment and development in the 21st century. China Environment Science Press, Beijing, China.
• The Mongolian MNCSD
• IGES (2000). The Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment (*.pdf file) was adopted by the Environmental Ministers at the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (MCED 2000) held in the City of Kitakyushu, Japan from 31 August to 5 September 2000 to assist in the priority implementation of the Regional Action Programme for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific (RAP) 2001-2005, with specific focus on environmental quality and human health in urban areas.
  The sources can be found in (http).

OECD

• OECD Strategies for Sustainable Development
• Synthesis Report for Asia and the Pacific
• OECD (2001). Systematic Approach for Formulation of NSDS. Source: OECD 2001.
• OECD/DAC (2001). The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development: Guidance for Development Cooperation. Development Cooperation Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris. (available on www.SourchOECD.org or http://www.nssd.net).

South Africa

• ADB, ESCAP, UNDP, and UNEP (2001). Synthesis Report for Asia and the Pacific. 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. Johannesburg Summit. UNEP RRC.AP, November 2001.
• ASEAN (2002). ASEAN REPORT TO THE WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August- 4 September 2002. ASEAN Secretariat 2002.

South Asia

• HMG/Nepal Capacity 21/UNDP (2000). Sustainable Community Development Programme (Nepal Capacity 21). Annual Report 2000: Nepal, 2000.
• HMGN/NPC/MOPE (2003). Sustainable Development Agenda for Nepal, 32 Pages. Published by: His Majesty's Government of Nepal Singha Durbar, Katmandu Nepal.
• Kinga, Sonam; Galay, Karma; Rapten, Phuntsho; and Pain, Adam. Gross National Happiness. The Centre for Bhutan Studies. Thimphu, Bhutan, July, 1999.

South East Asia

• ADB (2001). Moving the Poverty Reduction Agenda Forward in Asia and the Pacific: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank (2001-2015). ADB, Manila, Philippines. March 2001.
• ADB (2003). Review of the Asian Development Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy- Progress Report. ADB. Manila. 2003.
• Isberto, Ester C. (1998). The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development: Like Co
• oking Rice Cakes. World resources Institute (WRI), September 1998. (See: http://pdf.wri.org/ncsd_philippines.pdf).
• National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan (1998). The Middle path. National Environment Strategy for Bhutan. Keen Publishing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Thailand.
• PRSP Vietnam
• Thai Environment And Community Development Association (TECDA). The Magic Eyes Story.
• The Philippine Agenda 21
• UNDP (2001). United Nations Development Programme Project of The Government of Vietnam, November 2001-December 2005. http://www.undp.org.vn/undp/prog/prodocs/env/vie01021.pdf

The World Bank

• The World Bank Group (2003). Millennium Development Goals. World Bank. 2003
• The World Bank Group (2004). The Comprehensive Development Framework: Meeting the Promise? Early Experience and Emerging Issues, CDF Secretariat, The World Bank, September 17, 2001.

West Africa

• UN DESA (2002). Report of the International Forum on National Sustainable Development Strategies. Accra, Ghana, 7-9 November 2001.

UN

• 14th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development - Statement by Kalman Mizsei

UN DESA

• UN DESA (2002). Formulating Strategy. Source: UN DESA 2002.
• UN DESA (2002). Strategies and Policies. Source: UN DESA 2002.

UNDP

• UNDP (1999-2000). NCSD REPORT 1999-2000. National Experiences of Integrative, Multi-Stakeholder Process for Sustainable Development. Earth Council 'NCSD Report 1999-2000' Editorial Team.

Others

• The Citizens' Vision of Our Future , by Gainesville-Hall County, Georgia, USA
• Synthesis Report for Asia and the Pacific

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