Jakarta (Antara) - Indonesia is committed to serve co-leadership with Mexico in the UN 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Board, coleadership with Korea in the Asia and the Pacific Region, and leadership in the ASEAN Forum on SCP, an official has said. "At the national level, Indonesia is implementing its 10-Year National Framework Programme on SCP Implementation, launched on 5 June 2013," Henry Bastaman, Deputy Minister for Development of Technical Infrastructure and Capacity Building of the Indonesian Ministry of the Environment, and Co-Chair of the UN 10YFP Board, said here recently during the launch of Roadmap for Unprecedented Shift Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production. "Indonesia welcomes and celebrates the launching of the roadmap today. This roadmap will embrace and unite the region as a big family in its journey towards Sustainable Development, with support from the UN system and international partners," he said as quoted in a statement issued by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The roadmap to press forward the shift to sustainable consumption and production in Asia and the Pacific - the first of its kind across the world - was launched in Jakarta on April 28 on the fringes of the ASEAN Forum on SCP. The Asia Pacific region is the first in the world to develop such a roadmap, complete with indicators and comprehensive outputs to mainstream SCP in different sectors such tourism, buildings and construction, public procurement, product sustainability information, lifestyles and education for sustainable consumption, UNEP said. (*) The 10 YFP is known, is a global framework of action to enhance international cooperation to accelerate the shift towards SCP in both developed and developing countries. "10YFP Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific will provide a clear blueprint for the region in shifting towards more resource efficient and sustainable production and consumption patterns for the coming years," said Yong-Joo Kim, President of the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute and member of the 10YFP Board. 10YFP was established after Heads of State at the 2012 Rio+20 meeting agreed that SCP is a cornerstone of sustainable development and an important contributor to poverty alleviation and the transition to low-carbon and green economies. UNEP host the Secretariat of the 10 FYP. The 10YFP Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific was developed through consultations that began November last year and concluded last week. More than 100 Government officials, civil society, academia and businesses along with experts from 25 countries in the region have contributed to the Roadmap. The development of the Roadmap has been technically and financially supported by the European Union via the Regional Policy Support Component of the SWITCH-Asia Programme. (*)

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