Providing international training to improve NGO effectiveness as Agenda 21 partners

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Agenda 21 indicates that the organizations of the UN system and other intergovernmental organizations and forums, bilateral programmes and the private sector, as appropriate, will need to provide training for non-governmental organizations (and assist them to develop their own training programmes) at the international and regional levels so as to enhance their partnership role in programme design and implementation.

1. Recognizing major non-governmental groups as key partners in implementing Agenda 21
2. Improving NGO participation in Agenda 21 review and evaluation
3. Advancing role of non-governmental organizations in sustainable development

1. Increasing education and training funds in the NGO sector
2. Developing security training for nongovernmental organizations engaged on hazardous duties

1. Ineffectiveness
2. Effectiveness