The first session of the United Nations Environment Programme’s High-level Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on an Intergovernmental Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building (ISP) took place at UN headquarters in New York on Friday, 25 June 2004.

The aim of the session was to reach agreement on how the Working Group would proceed, and to engage in an initial exchange of views as input for the preparation of a draft ISP. A number of speakers said the strategic plan should be action-oriented, take a long-term strategic approach, and be consistent with the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The ENB report outlining these discussions in detail can be found at: http://enb.iisd.org/unepgc/uisp1/