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Governing Council in its decision 18/27, which requested UNEP’s Executive Director to prepare a new, Module
comprehensive report on the present and future state of the world environment, including possible
response measures. Following the establishment of the GEO process and production of the first GEO 1

report, the Governing Council renewed the mandate for GEO in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007 and
2012 . The Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) decisions in 2003,
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2005 and 2007 facilitated the preparation of GEO-5.

The Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building Abu Dhabi, UAE
In 2005, UNEP’s Governing Council adopted the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity

Building , which identifies priority areas, including:
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? Preparation, integration and implementation of environmental aspects of national sustainable
development plans;
? Support to national and regional institutions in data collection, analysis and monitoring of
environmental trends; and

? Development of national research, monitoring and assessment capacity, including training in
assessment and early warning.

The objectives of the plan include strengthening the capacity of governments of developing countries
as well as of countries with economies in transition, at all levels to:

? Comply with international agreements and implement their obligations at the national level;

? Achieve their environmental goals, targets and objectives, as well as environment-related
internationally agreed-upon development goals, including those contained in the Millennium
Declaration, the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and
the outcomes of other major United Nations conferences and international agreements; and

? Provide a framework for capacity building to ensure the effective participation of developing
countries as well as countries with economies in transition in international environmental
governance process.

This will help countries to achieve environmental sustainability in their development.

The Bali Strategic Plan provides a mandate for UNEP to be involved in capacity building related to IEA
at the regional and national levels. Regional and national IEAs have become common. Many follow the
GEO approach, but derive their mandates either from regional or national agreements and laws.

1. See the reports from the UNEP Governing Council: GC19/3; GC20/1; GC22/1/IB; GC23/6
2. Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP/GC.23/6/Add.1

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