The Conference is organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Yale University in collaboration with a number of external partners. Partners provide substantive advice to the Conference, help in identifying potential participants through their networks, and assist in seeking sources to sponsor participant travel. Organizations interested in becoming a Partner should contact UNITAR-Yale.

Partners include to date:

• United National Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – Secretariat of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in. Environmental matters (Aarhus Convention)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
• Environmental Evaluation Unit of the University of Cape Town
• French Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (ENGREF-AgroParisTech)
• World Resources Institute (WRI)
• Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future

Financial support for the event is provided through the UNITAR Programme on Environmental Governance and Democracy, the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, and the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund of Yale Law School.

Academic Review Committee

• Prof. Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University
• Prof. Benjamin Cashore, Yale University
• Prof. Laurent Mermet, ENGREF
• Prof. Merle Sowman, University of Cape Town

Secretariat

Yale

• Christine Kim, Program Director/Research Associate, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
• Ysella Edyvean, Outreach Coordinator, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy

UNITAR

• Achim Halpaap, Manager, UNITAR Environmental Governance Programme
• Gustavo Mañez Gomis, Training Associate, UNITAR Environmental Governance Programme
• Maria Ortiz, Associate Expert, UNITAR Environmental Governance Programme