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The Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference in Belgrade, October 10-12, 2007

The sixth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference took place October 10-12, 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia. On this section of the website you can find useful background information about the Belgrade Conference.

• On the webpage "conference participation", you can find out how participation in the conference was regulated. This webpage also contains additional information on organizational issues.
  
• On the webpage "preparatory meetings", all important documents and decisions of meetings held ahead of the Belgrade conference are documented. For some of the preparatory meetings also photographs from the meetings are available.
  
• The webpage "conference agenda" offers an up to date overview on the agenda of the Belgrade Conference, as well as links to Category 1 documents (Category 1 documents are documents for possible action by Ministers: signature, endorsement, approval, adoption, discussion).
  
• A large number of new documents and reports have been prepared for the Belgrade Conference. On the webpage "conference documents" you can find an up to date list of these documents, including a direct link to view the documents.
  
• A key output of the Belgrade Conference was the Ministerial Declaration. On the webpage "ministerial declaration" you can find up to date information on the drafting process as well as the adopted version of the Declaration.
  
• The Belgrade Ministerial Declaration includes, among others, relevant provisions for the future of the Environment for Europe process. Find an overview on the webpage "future of the EfE process".

The Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" held in Belgrade, Serbia closed Friday 12 October 2007.

Key weblinks on the Belgrade conference include:

• Click here to view the list of participants of the Belgrade Conference.
• October 17, 2007: Chair's Summary is now available. View Chair's Summary.
• October 12, 2007: The Ministers and Heads of delegation from 51 countries in the UNECE region and the Representative of the European Commission agreed to undertake a reform of the EfE process in order to ensure that the process remains relevant and valuable. View the Ministerial Declaration adopted in Belgrade.
• Photos from the Belgrade Conference are available at a dedicated IISD website and at the website of the Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection.
• October 10, 2007: EEA's report "Europe's Environment: the Fourth Assessment" launched. View entire report. View selected chapters: Chapter 1: Europe's environment in an age of transition (7.2MB);  Chapter 2: Environment and health and the quality of life (21.7MB); Chapter 3: Climate change (8.0MB); Chapter 4: Biodiversity (15.0MB); Chapter 5: Marine and coastal environment (14.8MB); Chapter 6: Sustainable consumption and production (8.4MB); Chapter 7: Sectors that drive environmental change (11.7MB)
• October 11, 2007: UNEP/EEA report "Sustainable consumption and production in South East Europe and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia" launched. View report (9.5MB).
• October 10, 2007: EAP Task Force report "Policies for a Better Environment: Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia" launched: View report or view summary for policy makers.
• October 10, 2007: Education and Environment Ministers of the UNECE region met for the first time in the framework of the Environment for Europe process and, in a joint statement, reaffirmed their commitment for the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the region. View press release. View joint statement.

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Last update of this page: 19 November, 2007.