Sustainable development conference for Carmarthen

A conference on sustainable development in Wales has been organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs in association with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
The conference is called 'Wales’ Central Organising Principle Legislating for Sustainable Development' and is being held on Friday 27th January 2012 at 9.00am - 4.00pm at the Halliwell Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen.
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has set out his Government's commitment not only to have sustainable development as its central organising principal but also to enact this through primary legislation.
A Sustainable Development Green Paper will appear next May, followed by a White Paper in the autumn of 2012.
This will be the first piece of primary legislation dedicated to sustainable development in the United Kingdom and has the potential to be a world leader.
This conference addresses what the proposals should contain, how they should be implemented and what their likely impact will be.
It will ask what difference sustainable development legislation can make to Wales' efforts to create a society more attuned to the related demands of climate change, social justice and a strong economy.
Can legislation really enforce sustainable development as a central organising principle?
How will the Welsh Government be held to account once the Bill is passed?
Conference tickets are:
£56 for IWA members
£70 for non-members
£95 for a conference place and 1 years IWA membership, which includes unlimited digital access to all IWA publications
For a full conference programme please click on the following link
http://www.iwa.org.uk/en/events/view/152
Tickets can either be booked on our secure website
or alternatively if you prefer to contact us directly please email or telephone 029 2066 0820

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