---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "De Silva Lalanath" <[email protected]> Date: Feb 25, 2015 5:29 PM Subject: [ogp] FW: Call for comments on UNEP's Access-To-Information Policy - Deadline ext. to 31 March 2015 To: "OGP Civil Society group" <[email protected]> Cc:
*CALL FOR COMMENTS ON UNEP's ACCESS-TO-INFORMATION POLICY* The UNEP access-to-information policy, issued on 6 June 2014, is currently on a pilot phase and subject to review within one year. During this interim period, there will be further consideration on the contents of the policy within the UNEP secretariat for possible refinement. On November 15, 2014, the policy was uploaded on UNEP's website for public commenting. Given that only a few comments were received by today, UNEP decided to extend the deadline for commenting* to March, 31, 2015*. Comments can be sent in under: *http://www.unep.org/environmentalgovernance/UNEPsWork/policy/tabid/794452/Default.aspx* <http://www.unep.org/environmentalgovernance/UNEPsWork/policy/tabid/794452/Default.aspx> *Civil Society Representatives are strongly encouraged to use this unique opportunity to contribute to shaping UNEP's Access-to-Information Policy and through this transparency of the United Nations Environment Programme. * *The UNEP access-to-information policy provides the principles and procedures governing access to information at UNEP, which have long been observed in practice but not provided in a written format before. Its overarching principle is that the information in the custody of the UNEP secretariat should be open and accessible wherever possible, in a manner consistent with the relevant policies and practices of the United Nations Secretariat. Through the above review process, it is intended that the UNEP access-to-information policy be improved to better articulate how the UNEP secretariat would further its efforts to make information on environmental matters accessible to a target community or the broader public with a view to making such information a catalyst for achieving environmental sustainability.* *Ahdi Z. Mohammed (Ms.) * United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for North America 900 17th Street, NW, Suite 506 Washington, D.C. 20006 202-621-5028 <202-785-0465> Office 202-785-2096 Fax Website: www.rona.unep.org You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community OGP Civil Society group <https://dgroups.org/hivos/ogp>. View this contribution on the web site <https://dgroups.org/_/y1bdbp2p> A reply to this message will be sent *ONLY* to the sender; it will NOT be archived on the web site. Reply to all community members <[email protected]> | Unsubscribe <[email protected]> ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/5agZpNGnG5QDmibFMOksio Leave group mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Unsubscribe
