The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) of the WSSD in
2002 recognised that Sustainable Consumption and Production
(SCP) is an overarching objective of and an essential
requirement for sustainable development, and called on all
stakeholders to "Encourage and promote the development of a
10-year framework of programmes (10YFP) in support of regional
and national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards
sustainable consumption and production to promote social and
economic development within the carrying capacity of
ecosystems..." The Marrakech Process - a bottom-up multi-
stakeholder process - was launched in 2003 in order to respond
to this call. The Process has promoted and implemented projects
on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and provided
significant inputs for the elaboration of the 10 Year Framework
of Programmes on SCP (10YFP). The United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Department for Economic
and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) acted as the Secretariat of this