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23121 The monthly newsletter of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network Vol 2 no 2 February 1999 Council to dlscuss Sustainability Strategy expected to be prominent. See http://www.iisd .caf linkages! The network's environment and sustainable development unepgcl20sess strategy will be the main item on the agenda at the ESSD Council Sector boards' Quality Assurance plans due February 5 meeting on February 1 0. Th is strategy aims to integrateESDecoBarhadmutoeupwhteibads sustainability concerns in operations. It will be developed in QuSliD AsectrBarde heads mus comerupr wit Their boards'wllb close coriainwt h te ewrsadotieprnr. consolidated in the network plan, which will be presented in The Environment Family is responsible for leading this strategy. March to the other network and sector board heads. Jed Shilling (currently in FPSI) has been assigned as taskUneovdqaiysusiclethntwr'rlen #-~~~~~~~~~Ursle uai issue inld th netors' ol i manager. On January 5 the Environment Sector Board asked moioigquaiy;dfngacotbityadrenilgth each Region to help kick off the project and invite staff to share monitscopoin rqalty; dtaefyinin acuthmability; afndireoniduln h their thinking on sustainability issues. Discussions have taken Bnetok's, corporatdepstratmegywthsth mandatestof individTeualit place with MENA, AFR, ECA, and [AC, and will happen shortly networks, ercuntry depmuartments,tand setor uonsits. Therqalt in the Asia Regions. Initial responses indicate that much sound aesposurnebxriset isd scoutaimlainstaf tocosidef r wheetrebad work has been done, but integration needs to be improved,.epnsblt and th onr eaccountabiit reiefrther usinr s hetoerbad Global forestry workshop: Input for Bank's strategy there is budget to carry out QA and if this administrative OdinKnuden ed aBankdelgatin t a secia woksho on responsibility will overload sector managers whose primary Odin Knudseryng laued a oan Deloegtation tona spreia wogrkshopion responsibility is projects. Each network may implement its final held in Costa Rica January 1 8-22. Knudsen said the Bankqultpansitesft.Ctc:EvigBrmdz312) would draw on workshop conclusions in its forest strategy Strategic Forum opens window for sustainability review process. The NGO-led workshop culminated 16 months Senior management and staff representatives met January 1 3-14 of Regional consultations to provide input to the broader for the Strategic Forum to begin setting the Bank's course Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF). Discussions focused through 2003. The first day focused on strategic goals and the on trade and consumption; stakeholder participation and land comprehensive development framework (CDF) set out in tenure; investment policies, aid, and financial flows; and forest President Wolfensohn's 1 998 Annual Meetings speech. On the valuation. The 1 30 attendees from 40 countries represented second day participants discussed the budget process and the governments, NGOs, indigenous peoples' organizations, local links between corporate priorities and overall budget decisions. mc ommunities, academics, trade unions, and the private sector. Staff are invited to view the forum visuals in J131-080, and the UNPGvmn-Cuclt etuegvmneFebruary 9 anchor meeting will1 be held there (1 1am). AllI ESSD UNEP GoerningCouncilto feaure govrnancestaff are welcome. The CDF presents the ESSD Network with an Iwlan Johnson will address the ministerial session of the 20th opportunity to mainstream sustainable development in Bank ession of the UNEP Governing Council on February 5 in operations, particularly regarding social and natural capital. Nairobi, Kenya. His speech will focus on the necessity for I.f..J)iternational organizations to form institutional alliances in Flashironmenthe feldoistanngahti hn oww-rder to successfully implement the sustainability agenda.Eniom tlecoistrnngahtnCia %www