i.e. industry, trade unions, youth, science, and the voluntary organizations. 18. The Committee also stated that efforts should be made to encourage and facilitate the participation as observers of representatives from developing countries, and that "wherever possible and relevant, the problems and issues of concern to developing countries would .De considered". 19. The Committee•s 2nd meeting took place in Geneva from 5 to 9 March 1990 in full co-operation with and serviced by the ECE. It established a drafting group under the chairmanship of Mr. Rare Bryn, Norway, for the Ministerial Declaration and another, consisting of both Governments and representatives of the five NGO groups, to prepare the Agenda for Action. 20. The Committee also heard a report from the Secretary General of the Conference, Mrs. Eldrid Nordb~, on the organization of the Conference, and agreed on the composition of the Bureaux for the Working Session and the Ministerial Session. (ix) Workshops 21. At the invitation of four ECE Governments, workshops on the selected themes of the Conference were organized: (i) Awareness Raising and Public Participation, Selsdon Park, United Kingdom, 22-24 September 1989; (ii) Sustainable Industrial ~ctivity, Warsaw, Poland, 22-24 November 1989; (iii) Sustainable Energy Use, Velen, federal Republic of Germany, 11-14 December 1989; (iv) The Economics of Sustainable Development, Washington, D.C., United States, 24-26 January 1990. I ••• / A/CONF.151/PC/10 English Page 6 22. The purpose of the workshops was to review progress made in the implementation of relevant recommendations of the WCED and make proposals for concrete follow-up action by the· public and private sectors in ECE countries, which could be considered at the Conference. The ECE synthesis document and other commissioned papers served as inputs for these meetings. 23. All four workshops served to bring together experts from East and West and 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the preparations and outcomes of a conference on sustainable development, which involves multiple stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, and experts from various fields. The topics covered include industrial activity, energy use, and awareness raising, which suggests a strong focus on environmental and economic sustainability.

**Category**
Economic development, Natural resources and environment