The Environment for Europe process

2007 Belgrade Ministerial Conference: Official documents

Links to category I and II documents for the 2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Conference are available below.

Note: The documents are categorized as follows (click here for more details on categorization):

• Category I: Documents for possible action by Ministers (signature, endorsement, approval, adoption, discussion) submitted through and endorsed by the WGSO.
• Category II: Background documents (informational and analytical documents of direct relevance to the Conference agenda) submitted through the WGSO.
• Category III: Other documents related to the Conference agenda, submitted directly to the Conference. Category III documents will not be assigned any official symbol. Category III documents are not included in the table below.

Conference agenda item: Official opening (10 Oct 2007, 09.00 - 10.00)

Category I:

• Annotated provisional conference agenda (ENG, FRE, RUS)
• Compilation of summaries of documents for action by ministers / category I documents (ENG, FRE, RUS) 
• Compilation of summaries of background documents / category II documents (ENG)

Conference agenda item: Assessment and implementation (10 Oct 2007, 10.00 - 13.00)

Sub-item a) State of the environment and monitoring and assessment (10 Oct 2007, 10.00 - 11.30)

Category I:

• Europe's Environment: the Fourth Assessment (submitted by: European Environment Agency). View document: ENG/FRE/RUS.
• Making Monitoring and Assessment Effective Tools in Environmental Policy (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Recommendations to Governments of East European, Caucasian and Central Asian countries for the application of environmental indicators and the preparation of indicator-based environment assessment reports (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Guidelines for Strengthening Environmental Monitoring and Reporting by Enterprises (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Category II:

• Environmental Indicators and Indicator-Based Assessment Reports: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, RUS.
• Assessment of Transboundary Waters in the UNECE Region (submitted by: Finland on behalf of the Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Monitoring What Matters: Tailoring Millennium Targets and Indicators of Environmental Sustainability to Local Conditions in Europe and Central Asia (submitted by: World Bank).View document: ENG, RUS.

Sub-item b) Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and findings of UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews (10 Oct 2007, 11.30 - 13.00)

Category I:

• Implementation of UNECE Multilateral Environmental Agreements (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Critical Issues in Implementation of Environmental Policies Highlighted by the UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews Programme (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG/add./Corr., FRE/add., RUS/add.

Category II:

• Challenges and opportunities of transboundary accidental water pollution, liability and compensation – progress towards ratification of the Civil Liability Protocol (submitted by: the Bureaux of the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention and the Water Convention). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Tackling Regional, Hemispheric and Global Air Pollution: The Potential Role of the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. (submitted by the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum) View document: ENG.

Conference agenda item: Joint session on education for sustainable development (10 Oct 2007, 14.30- 16.30)

Category I:

• Draft Statement on Education for Sustainable Development by the Ministers of Education and of the Environment of the UNECE Region (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Category II:

• Learning from Each Other: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward: Report on Progress in Implementation of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development (submitted by: UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development). View document: ENG/add., FRE/add., RUS/add.
• Good Practices in Education for Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region (submitted by: UNECE and UNESCO). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS. View dedicated website.

Conference agenda item: Biodiversity (10 Oct 2007, 16.30 - 18.30)

Category I:

• Draft Belgrade Statement on Biodiversity (submitted by: the Council for the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Category II:

• Report on the Status of Implementation of the Kiev Resolution on Biodiversity: Achievements, Challenges and Future Action to Reach the 2010 Pan-European Biodiversity Target (submitted by: the "Countdown 2010 Secretariat" in collaboration with UNEP, the Council of Europe, the EEA, WWF and the European ECO-Forum).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• The Pan-European Ecological Network: State of implementation of the Network – message to the ministers and policy makers (submitted by: Council of Europe). View document: ENG, FRE.
• The Pan-European Ecological Network: Taking Stock (submitted by: Council of Europe).  View document: ENG, FRE.
• Biodiversity for Europe Now! – European ECO-Forum's Recommendations for Pan-European Cooperation (submitted by: European ECO-Forum).  View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Conference agenda item: Capacity building (11 Oct 2007, 09.00 - 13.00)

Sub-item a) 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 (11 Oct 2007, 09.00 - 11.00)

Category I:

• Policies for a Better Environment - Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force). View document: view report or view summary for policy makers.
• Guiding Principles of Effective Environmental Permitting Systems (submitted by: EAP Task Force). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Initiative on Strategic Environmental Assessment (submitted by Armenia, Belarus and Moldova). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Central Asian Initiative on Sustainable Development: Progress and Prospects. View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Category II:

• Progress Report on Partnerships in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Progress in Modernizing Environmental Regulation and Compliance Assurance in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and Progress in Achieving Water-Related Millennium Development Goals (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• EU Water Initiative – Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: the European Commission and the EUWI-EECCA Component Working Group).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Strengthening Environmental Governance in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia through Local Environmental Action Programmes (submitted by: EECCA Regional Environmental Centres).  View document: ENG, RUS.

Sub-item b) South-East European perspectives (11 Oct 2007, 11.00 - 13.00)

Category I:

• Belgrade Initiative: enhancing the regional South-East European cooperation in the field of climate change –Climate Change Framework Action Plan for the South-Eastern European region and the establishment of a subregional, virtual Climate Change related centre for research and systematic observation, education, training, public awareness, and capacity building (submitted by Serbia and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe). View document: ENG/add., FRE/add., RUS/add.

Category II:

• Acceptance and Implementation of UNECE Multilateral Environmental Agreements in South-Eastern Europe (submitted by: Serbia and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe). View document: ENG.
• Municipal Environmental Investments in South-Eastern Europe: 2001–2005 (submitted by: Serbia and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe). View document: ENG.
• Towards a Healthy and Productive Adriatic Ecosystem (submitted by: Croatia).  View document: ENG.
• Environmental Policy in South-Eastern Europe (submitted by: UNDP).  View document: ENG.
• Protection and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas in South-East Europe (submitted by: FYR Macedonia).  View document: ENG.

Conference agenda item: Partnerships (11 Oct 2007, 15.00 - 19.00)

Sub-item a) Environmental policy and international competitiveness: can we afford a better environment? (11 Oct 2007, 15.00 - 16.30)

Category I:

• Environmental Policy and International Competitiveness in a Globalizing World: Challenges for Low-Income Countries in the UNECE Region (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Category II:

• Integrating Environment in Key Economic Sectors in Europe and Central Asia (submitted by: the World Bank). View document: ENG.
• Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry: Progress and Prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (submitted by: the World Bank). View document: ENG.

Sub-item b) Environmental finance and partnerships to support the implementation of environmental policies and programmes (11 Oct 2007, 16.30 - 19.00)

Category I:

• Mobilizing Finance for Environmental Priorities: Recommendations for the Future (submitted by: Project Preparation Committee, Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe and EAP Task Force). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Public-Sector Participation in the Energy Efficiency Equity Fund (submitted by: UNECE Energy Efficiency 21 Project). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Public-Private Partnership for Reduced Air Pollution from Vehicles through Lead-Free and Low-Sulphur Fuels (submitted by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe and UNEP-based Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Sustainable Consumption and Production (submitted by: Sweden as one of the lead countries in cooperation with UNEP). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Environment and Security Partnerships: Conflicts and the Environment (submitted by: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Italy, in collaboration with UNEP as competent partner of the ENVSEC network). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Cooperation and Frameworks for the Protection and Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions in Europe (submitted by: UNEP). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Delivering Energy Efficiency: Developments and Priorities (submitted by: Energy Charter Secretariat). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Category II:

• Project Preparation Committee Report to the Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (submitted by: Project Preparation Committee).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Trends in Environmental Finance in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Environmental Financing Trends in South-Eastern Europe: 2001–2005 (submitted by: Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe).  View document: ENG.
• Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management (submitted by: the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Policy Developments and Challenges in Delivering Energy Efficiency (submitted by: Energy Charter Secretariat).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Financing Energy Efficiency for Climate Change Mitigation in Selected Transition Economies (submitted by: UNECE).  View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Facilitating Development of Coal Mine Methane Projects in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Sustainable Consumption and Production in South-Eastern Europe and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: UNEP and European Environment Agency). View report.
• Sustainable Consumption and Production in South-Eastern Europe (submitted by: Croatia).  View document: ENG.

Conference agenda item: The future of the "Environment for Europe" process (12 Oct 2007, 09.30 - 12.30)

Category I:

• Ministerial Declaration. View document: ENG.
• The Future of the Environment for Europe Process. View document: ENG, FRE.

Conference agenda item: Closure of the Conference (12 Oct 2007, 12.30 - 13.00)

Category I:

• Chairperson's summary. View document: ENG

Notes:

• Belgrade conference documents are also available at UNECE's dedicated website.
• View the organization of work at the Belgrade Conference, including the list of speakers: ENG.
• Up to date information on side events at the Belgrade Conference is available here.

Last update of this page: 17 October, 2007.