Raising awareness on the protection of intellectual property rights is key for development
Every year, the countries of the UNECE region spend billions of dollars financing public research, but struggle to translate these investments into innovation-driven economic growth, in part because universities and businesses don’t always understand how to protect and exploit the intellectual property generated through public research. [Monday, 19 July 2010]
Executive Secretary discusses strengthening cooperation
in the Aral Sea Basin
Ján Kubiš, UNECE Executive Secretary, visited the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) on 16 July in Almaty. The visit is part of broader efforts by UNECE to actively support the sustainable development of Central Asia, in particular by strengthening transboundary water cooperation. UNECE efforts build on the solid basis of international legal instruments, in particular the UNECE environmental conventions, as well as on internationally accepted tools and approaches like integrated water resources management and the river basin approach. [Friday, 16 July 2010]
UNECE moves to enhance public participation in environmental decision making
A Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making was established on 30 June 2010 at an extraordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention). [Thursday, 1 July 2010]
Better management of intellectual property is key to competitiveness
Government experts and specialists from relevant intergovernmental organizations, private sector, consumer associations and academia of the UNECE member states will be meeting in Geneva on 8 and 9 July 2010 in the context of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Intellectual Property (TOS-IP) to exchange experiences and good practices in the field of intellectual property (IP). [Wednesday, 30 June 2010]
UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution aims to reduce Black Carbon emissions
The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Black Carbon under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution was held in Brussels, Belgium on 17-18 June 2010. Representatives, observers and researchers from Europe, North and South America and Asia convened to review the current state of black carbon research and explore future strategies for reducing the pollutant’s emissions. [Monday, 28 June 2010]