Start Date : 11 Oct 05   End Date : 13 Sept 05 Location:

The UN Millennium Development Goals (2000) and the local Agenda 21 initiatives have pushed the issue of Sustainable Development to the heart of international, national and local politics.

Now more than ever, Sustainable Development has reached a stage for concrete action.

It is vital for synergies to be forged between governments, local authorities, civil society, and private enterprises.

“We are aware that only by mobilising the private sector can we accomplish real progress ”, Nations during the Johannesburg World Summit 2002.

Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United