ABOUT THIS CD-ROM

Since the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) finished in September 2002 the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) have been collaborating to produce this CD-ROM. It presents an extensive collection of documents which set out civil society priorities and contributions for WSSD.

A vast array of materials was generated by civil society organisations around the world during the preparations for Johannesburg. Business associations, trade unions, NGOs, women's organisations, youth groups and many others produced policy statements, records of their own activities, critiques of their government's performance, information briefings and so on.

The disk brings together the broad range of ideas and information developed as a result of the Johannesburg Summit which would otherwise be lost – focusing not just on the inter-governmental process, but on the range of meetings and initiatives developed in the space created by the official event.

The full contents of this disk are also available at a dedicated website: http://www.wssd-and-civil-society.org