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N°31
June 2004
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Lettre de l'Institut des Sciences et des Techniques de l'Equipement
et de l'Environnement pour le Développement.
Editorial
Sustainable Development
Building
a future based on solidarity
between different generations, different peoples and different regions
Once they have been explained to them, most of our fellow citizens agree
with the objectives of sustainable development and wish to see them implemented.
However, people are still insufficiently aware of the need for urgent
action, to undertake as from now a gradual but profound change in our
behaviours and modes of governance.
Sustainable development is not something one can decree; it is the outcome
of the mobilization of every individual which allows them to act. While
in isolation we cannot solve what is a global problem, we nevertheless
have the responsibility of applying these principles on that part of the
planet which is our national territory.
This is why I felt it important to applaud the Indre Département's
initiative. This First International Forum on Sustainable Development
is the concrete proof that these fundamental issues concern citizens and
strongly highlights the fact that the actors involved in sustainable development,
both in France and abroad, need to share experience, thoughts and know-how.
This is also the role we have set for our development aid initiatives,
fostering dialogue between national actors; proposing mediation techniques
to reconcile the present and future, resolving conflicts over the use
of resources, providing universal access to essential goods and combating
poverty and inequality.
Bérengère
Quincy,
Director of Development and Technical Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Contents
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Building
a future based on solidarity between different generations, different
peoples and different regions
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Feature:
Sustainable Development. On the occasion of the first Indre
Département International Forum on Sustainable Development
and two years after Johannesburg summit, this feature takes stock
of the current position with regard to sustainable development.Sustainable
Development is now a central concern of international organisations,
governments, and local authorities. It has already achieved concrete
expression in local Agenda 21 initiatives, national sustainable
development strategies and development and projects that include
its precepts.
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Information Update : News-Events-Training
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Contact
Anne BARON
Head
of Communication
Departement
La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord
92055 Paris La Défense Cedex
Tél. : 33 (0)1 40 81 24 06
Fax : 33 (0)1 40 81 23 31
Mél. : anne.baron@i-carre.net
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