Conference agenda of the 2007 Belgrade Ministerial Conference
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The provisional agenda of the Belgrade Environment for Europe Conference is presented below, along with links to all category I documents.
Notes: The information presented below is fully based on the official annotated Belgrade Conference agenda. "Category I documents" are defined as "documents for possible action by Ministers (signature, endorsement, approval, adoption, discussion), submitted through and endorsed by the WGSO".
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Agenda item, topic
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Category I documents
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10 Oct 07
Wednesday
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09.00 - 10.00: Official opening
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| Conference opening and adoption of conference agenda. |
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Annotated, provisional agenda ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Compilation of summaries of documents for action by ministers / category I documents ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Compilation of summaries of background documents / category II documents (advance copy: ENG)
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10.00 - 13.00: Assessment and implementation
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| (a) 10.00 - 11.30: State of the environment; monitoring and assessment
Plenary session. Discussion of the fourth pan-European assessment report on the state of the environment, as well as relevant work and reports related to monitoring and assessment. (background info). |
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Europe's environment: the fourth assessment ( ENG/FRE/RUS)
- Making monitoring and assessment effective tools in environmental policy (ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Recommendations on the preparation of indicator-based assessment reports ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Guidelines on monitoring and reporting by enterprises ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
Category II documents |
| (b) 11.30 - 13.00: Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and findings of UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews
Plenary session. Discussion of progress in implementing multilateral environmental agreements (background info) and environmental performance reviews (background info). |
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Implementation of UNECE multilateral environmental agreements ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Category II documents |
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14.30- 16.30: Education for sustainable development
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| Plenary session. Joint session of environment and education ministers to discuss progress in implementing the UNECE Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development. (background info) |
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Draft joint statement on education for sustainable development.. ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
Category II documents |
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16.30 - 18.30: Biodiversity
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| Roundtable with ministers of environment participating in the PEBLDS process and NGOs to discuss progress in the implementation of the Kiev Resolution on Biodiversity. (background info) |
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Draft Belgrade statement on biodiversity ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
Category II documents |
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Agenda item, topic
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Category I documents
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11 Oct 07
Thursday
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09.00 - 13.00: Capacity building
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| (a) 09.00 - 11.00: Progress and perspectives in implementation of the Environment Strategy for countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and of the Central Asia Initiative for Sustainable Development
Plenary session. Discussion of progress in implementing the EECCA Environment Strategy and the Central Asia Initiative for Sustainable Development. (Background info by work area: environmental policy, compliance and enforcement; water infrastructure). |
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Policies for a better environment - progress in EECCA ( ENG/RUS, Summary)
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Guiding principles of effective environmental permitting systems ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Initiative on strategic environmental assessment ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Central Asian Initiative on Sustainable Development: progress and prospects ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
Category II documents |
| (b) 11.00 - 13.00: South-East European perspectives
Plenary session. Discussion of selected priority issues for the South-East Europe subregion. |
Category II documents |
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15.00 - 19.00: Partnerships
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| (a) 15.00 - 16.30: Environmental policy and international competitiveness: can we afford a better environment?
Roundtable discussion. |
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Environmental policy and international competitiveness in a globalizing world.. ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
Category II documents |
| (b) 16.30 - 19.00: Environmental finance and partnerships to support the implementation of environmental policies and programmes
Plenary session and roundtable. (Background info on: environmental finance, sustainable consumption and production, energy and environment, environment and security, mountain areas) |
- Mobilizing finance for environmental priorities.. (ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Public sector participation in the Energy Efficiency Equity Fund ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Public private partnership for reduced air pollution from vehicles.. ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Sustainable consumption and production ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Environment and security partnerships ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Sustainable development of mountain regions in Europe.. ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
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Delivering energy efficiency: developments and priorities ( ENG, FRE, RUS)
Category II documents |
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Agenda item, topic
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Category I documents
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12 Oct 07
Friday
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09.30 - 12.30: The future of the process
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| Plenary session. Discussion of the future of the Environment for Europe process. Discussion and adoption of a Ministerial Declaration. |
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Ministerial Declaration ( ENG)
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The future of the Environment for Europe process ( ENG, FRE)
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12.30 - 13.00: Closure of the Conference
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| The Conference Chairperson will summarize the results of the conference. |
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Chairperson's summary ( ENG)
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Notes:
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View the organization of work at the Belgrade Conference, including the list of speakers: ENG.
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Last update of this page: 17 October, 2007.
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