Summary: The Summit is a follow-up to the 1992 Earth
Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its aim is to
discuss how to better involve children in the
implementation of the decisions from these
summits.
The Children's World Summit for the Environment will bring together 1,000
children, aged between 10 and 14, from over 150 countries, together with
their adult chaperones.
The Summit will help to increase children's understanding of environmental
issues by letting them share experiences and opinions, give them an
opportunity to collectively voice their concerns for the environment and
inspire them to initiate and implement community environmental projects.
A Junior Board consisting of six representatives from the UNEP regions
(North America, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, West
Asia,and Asia and the Pacific) helps with preparations for the Children's
World Smmit. The Junior Board works with the Japan organizing committee
and UNEP to develop an agenda and ensure that the facilities, meals and
programme of the Summit reflect the needs of the participating children.
The application form for the 2005 Summit is available on the UNEP website.
It can be submitted along with a brief summary of an environmental project
being undertaken by the applicant/s either in school or at the community
level. The organizing committee, UNEP and the Junior Board will select the
best projects and notify the successful applicants.
Further information is available from UNEP or from the Children's World
Summit for the Environment organizers in Japan:
Visit the Children's Summit
website or the UNEP websitepdf: www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_144.shtmlAssociation: United Nations Environment Programme