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Dialogue on Green Economy for Sustainable and Equitable Future
hosted by Japanese Civil Society
Date; June 15(Fri) 11：30 – 12:30
Place; Japan Pavilion, Athlete’s park
http://www.epc.or.jp/summit.item.211/
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We are pleased to announce that Japanese CSOs are organizing an event to discuss the
Green Economy in various contexts.
We will have a discussion with all the participating guests followed by informative presentations.
Please join and share your inputs.
We look forward to seeing you at the event !

*******Program (tentative)*******

1. Keynote speech & Presentations: 40 minutes
Key note;
Dr. Rae Kwon Chung
(Director, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP)

Presentations
+Thinking about the concept of Green Economy
Dr. and Prof.Koyu Furusawa (Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES))
+Biodiversity and Green Economy
Ms.Makiko Imai (Japan Civil Network for the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
+Poverty, human rights and Green Economy
Mr.Kiyotaka Takahashi (Japan International Volunteer Center)
+Green Economy based on Multi-stakeholders’ Collaboration: Cases in Kitakyushu, Japan
Ms.Yukiko Oda (Kitakyushu Institute on Sustainability (KIS))

2. Panel Discussion and Q&A: 20 minutes
Moderator
Prof. Ryokichi Hirono (Environmental Partnership Council)


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Date; June 15(Fri) 11:30 – 12:30
Venue; Multi-purpose space in Japan Pavilion, Athlete’s park
Language; English only
Registration; http://bit.ly/KMDMfH
　 (Online registration is not necessary.
But if we know participants, we are able to coordinate better dialogue.)
Organizer;
United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace(UNU-ISP)
Rio+20 NGO Forum Japan
Co-organizer;
Environmental Partnership Council(EPC)
Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES)
Kitakyushu Institute on Sustainability (KIS)

Contact;
Rio+20 NGO Forum Japan
E-mail:rio20(at)epc.or.jp Twitter:@rio20Japan
　 Tel: tbd
URL:http://sus-cso.com/

This project is supported by the Japan Fund for Global Environment
of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency
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