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Advanced Search2nd UNECE Public-Private Roundtable on Green Economy
GenevaAs part of the preparations of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012, UNESCO and UNECE, together with the Collegium International, co-host the UNESCO Future Forum and UNECE Public-Private Roundtable on Green Economy on the theme Challenges…
UNECE works on new standards to increase the safety of trucks and coaches
Geneva UNECE’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) is working on a new Regulation to increase the safety of trucks and coaches that could save thousands of lives.This UNECE Regulation will lay down the technical requirements for the approval of…
KievUkraine, Moldova and Romania have officially started a United Nations cooperation project to improve the management of industrial hazards and crisis situations in the Danube Delta at a meeting yesterday in Kiev. This project is coordinated by UNECE under its Convention on…
UNECE celebrates the launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety
Geneva The Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020), proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in March 2010, is being launched today across the world. On this occasion, Ján Kubiš, UNECE Executive Secretary, said “road safety is the responsibility of each and every…
In response to the emerging development needs of the Mediterranean region, UNECE will be working with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and its Panel on External Trade and Investments in the Mediterranean to support the region’s recovery, long-term development…
International conference on measures to stimulate trade in the Mediterranean region 4-5 May 2011
Geneva The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the United Nations Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster (which groups all United Nations organizations working on trade issues) will organize a joint conference to discuss measures to stimulate trade in…
Launching the Decade of Action for Road Safety in the UNECE region
Geneva The conference marking the official launch of the Decade of Action (2011-2020) for Road Safety in the UNECE region opened today in Belgrade. The conference is examining the critical road safety issues that need to be addressed in the UNECE region during the upcoming…
UNECE to open an International Centre of Excellence on Public Private Partnerships in Geneva
Geneva On 19 April, the third session of the Team of Specialists on Public-Private Partnerships recommended the establishment of a UNECE International Centre of Excellence on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Geneva.The governments of the Netherlands, the Philippines, Qatar…
UNECE publishes action plan on energy efficiency in housing
Geneva Energy efficiency in housing in most UNECE countries is far from ideal. In general, the existing infrastructure providing energy services is outmoded and inefficient; the majority of new buildings are constructed with inappropriate technologies; and the housing stock is…
GeneveLes pays participants à la quarante-huitième session du Groupe de travail sur les stratégies et l'examen, qui se tient cette semaine à Genève, envisagent l’adoption de mesures concrètes pour réduire les émissions de noir de carbone. Le noir de carbone est l'un des polluants…
GeneveMeeting at the forty-eighth session of the Working Group on Strategies and Review in Geneva this week, countries are considering concrete strategies to reduce black carbon emissions, one of the air pollutants identified by scientists as an important link to climate change because of…
UNECE to discuss establishing an International Centre of Excellence on Public Private Partnerships
Geneva The Third Session of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Public Private Partnerships (TOS PPP) will be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva on 18-19 April 2011. PPPs are complicated to undertake and are therefore unsuccessful due to the lack of capability in the public…
Climate change and extreme weather events often involve too much or too little water. Like climate change, water knows no borders. Countries must adapt and work together when doing so. “Cooperating to jointly assess impacts of climate change, share results and make sure that measures in…
GenevaA first meeting of the Steering Committee of the NPD/IWRM (National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resource Management), took place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on 2-3 April. It was co-organized by the Turkmen Ministries of Water Economy and of Nature Protection and the UNECE.…
МинскСодействие обмену опытом в нормативно-правовых, институциональных и технических аспектах, связанных с осуществлением Протокола по проблемам воды и здоровья к Конвенции по охране и использованию трансграничных водотоков и международных озер, является основной целью семинара,…
Facilitating exchange of countries’ experiences on the regulatory, institutional and technical aspects connected with the implementation of the Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes is the key…
Representatives of national, regional and local authorities, important economic sectors, water users associations, academia, private sector, NGOs as well representatives of international organizations and donor countries met on 5 April 2011, in Tirana, Albania to: discuss and elaborate…
Member States renew support to UNECE’s work at 64th session of the Economic Commission for Europe
Geneva The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) concluded its 64th session, held on 29-31 March 2011 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, reconfirming that UNECE provides a multilateral platform for promoting Pan-European and Transatlantic economic integration…
Launch of National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resource Management in Georgia
GenevaThe kick-off meeting of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resource Management took place on 29 and 30 March 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The meeting was organized at the time of ongoing reforms in Georgia aimed at the liberalization…
Geneva The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in Geneva, on the occasion of the sixty-fourth session of the Commission.…