MOCK RIO+20

ABOUT MOCK RIO+20

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 13- 22 June 2012, marked the 20th anniversary of UN conference on Environment and Development, 1992 and had ‘green economy in the context of sustainable development’ as one of the principle themes.

Mock Rio+20 gives NUJS students an opportunity to recreate Rio +20. Each participant will get to represent member-state or other stakeholder and re-enact the debates based on the position of their member-state or stakeholders.

THEME: GREEN ECONOMY AND ITS METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION

Though the Rio+20 focused on several themes, we’ve selected the above theme to enable an in depth study of the theme to realize the intricacies of the debate and the position of the member-states and various stakeholders on the theme.  We also encourage the delegates to come up with innovative recommendations that they think would have fulfilled the objective of the conference without compromising the interests of their country or stakeholder’s positions.

PROCEDURE:

1.      Registration: Interested students will have to send a cover letter mentioning their name, year of study and contact details along with your CV to natcom.nujs@gmail.com by 18th August, 2012

2.      List of participants: The list of participants will be announced on 22nd August, 2012.

3.      Allocation: NatCom will allocate a member-state or a stakeholder to each participant, whom they have to represent in the Mock Rio + 20 by 24th August, 2012.

4.      Submission of Position Paper: Each participant has to submit a framework of their allocated member-state or stakeholders’ position on ‘Green Economy and its method of implementation’ by 17th September, 2012.

The Position Paper should be mailed to natcom.nujs@gmail.com.

Word-Limit: Min 500 - Max 800 words, No footnotes.

Content: Crux of the position on Green Economy and its method of implementation.

Format: any format, even bullet points permissible.

These position papers will be compiled by NatCom to make the zero-document which will be circulated to the moderators and participants by 19th September, 2012.

5.      Mock Rio+20: Delegates will enact the debates on Green Economy of Rio+20 based on the zero- document and will be marked by 3 moderators. Participants will be marked low if they deviate from their stand taken in the position paper during the debates in the conference.

6.      Prize: The best 3 delegates will get the opportunity to be moderators in the second Annual Inter-College Environmental Law Workshop, to be conducted in the next semester. The best delegate will be also receiving a cash-prize of Rs.500.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date of registration: 18th August, 2012

Publication of list of participants: 22nd August, 2012

Stakeholder allocation: 24th August, 2012

Submission of position paper: 17th September, 2012

Circulation of zero-document: 19th September. 2012

Mock Rio+20: First week of October 2012