Québec at Rio+20
The Government of Québec’s Rio+20 preparatory public consultation with civil society
As coordinator of the government’s sustainable development measures, the
Ministère organized a consultation with civil society and municipal organizations in
order to enrich the preparation, reflection and positioning of the
Government of Québec with respect to the themes of the Rio+20 Conference.
More than 120 individuals and organizations were invited to participate, and
close to 45 responded favourably. Participants came from environmental groups,
aboriginal communities, professional associations, industry, labour, research
and development centres and Québec universities. They took part in information
exchange workshops during which a variety of subjects were broached in the form
of questions.
Workshops were preceded by a short presentation on the theme to be
discussed that summarized the gist of a document sent to all participants
several days before the event.
The consultation was held thanks to the cooperation of ENAP’s LEPPM
department, which took charge of organizing the event and moderating
workshops.
Results of the consultation
- Main observations – the green economy in the context of sustainable
development and anti-poverty efforts:
- The importance of clarifying the relationship between
the green economy and the notion of sustainable development
- The green economy as an instrument for achieving
sustainable development
- The necessity of defining and promoting the social
dimension of the green economy
- The importance of applying the process of ecological
responsibility to individuals and to the private and public
sectors
- Sharing accurate information
- The essential role played by awareness and education in
developing the green economy
- The need for governments to set rules enabling civil
society and municipalities to share in the development of
the green economy
- Main observations – the institutional sustainable development framework:
- The importance of the roles played by sub-national
governments and municipalities in sustainable development
- The leading edge nature of Québec’s sustainable
development initiatives
- The necessity of sharing Québec`s experience with other
governments
- The need to concentrate efforts so as to support good
national, provincial and local initiatives, and the
pertinence of dialog bodies between the various levels of
government
Browse the ENAP consultation report
( French
PDF, 193 kB) for more details.
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