The Unit was set up by UNEP to help Convention secretariats to generate wide-spread support for their objectives. The Unit seeks to make environmental treaties and the scientific, technical and legal issues underlying them more easily understood by non-specialists, particularly policy-makers and the media.
Activities
The Unit provides the following services to the Conventions:
public information, including the creation and production of brochures, flyers, booklets and factsheets;
media strategies, including issuing press kits and managing press relations for conferences;
organizing campaigns, seminars, and workshops; and
promoting the development of information programmes at the national level.
Type of organisation:
Intergovernmental organizations
Established:
1991
Number of staff:
3
Head/Director:
Cooperation
The Unit cooperates closely with Conventions based in Geneva and globally, particularly for press relations, publications and outreach.
