Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Working Group on Effects (WGE)

Participation in effects-oriented activities
under the Convention

(Participation status as of 3 March 2006)

ICP Forests

ICP Waters

ICP Materials

ICP Vegetation

ICP Integrated Monitoring

ICP Modelling and Mapping

Task Force on Health

Participant

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

Albania */

x

x

x

Armenia

Austria

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Belarus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Belgium

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

Bulgaria

x

x

x

x

x

x

Canada

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Croatia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cyprus

x

x

x

x

Czech Republic

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Denmark

x

x

(x)

x

(x)

(x)

x

x

x

Estonia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

(x)

x

Finland

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

PC

x

x

x

France

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Georgia

Germany

PCC

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

C

Greece

x

x

x

x

Hungary

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Iceland

x

x

x

Ireland

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

(x)

x

Israel */

x

x

Italy

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Kazakhstan

x

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Liechtenstein

x

x

Lithuania

x

x

x

x

x

x

Luxembourg

x

x

Malta

Netherlands

x

x

x

x

x

x

CCE

x

x

Norway

x

x

PC

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Poland

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Portugal

x

x

x

x

x

x

Republic of Moldova

x

x

x

(x)

(x)

x

x

Romania

x

x

x

x

x

x

Russian Federation

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Serbia and Montenegro

x

x

x

Slovakia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Slovenia

x

x

x

x

x

(x)

Spain

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Sweden

x

x

x

x

MRC

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Switzerland

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

The FYR of Macedonia

x

Turkey

x

x

Ukraine

x

x

x

(x)

x

United Kingdom

x

x

x

x

x

x

PCC

x

x

x

x

x

x

United States

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

European Community

x

x

Total

42

39

21

24

20

18

20

33

17

19

28

25

24

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

TF

Data

ICP Forests

ICP Waters

ICP Materials

ICP Vegetation

ICP Integrated Monitoring

ICP Modelling and Mapping

Task Force on Health

*/Not Party to the Convention>

Acronymes: ICP: International Cooperative Programme; TF: Programme Task Force meeting; (P)(C)C: (Programme) (Coordinating) Centre; CCE: Coordination Centre for Effects;MRC: Main Research Centre

- ICP Forests: ICP for Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests, established in 1985

- ICP Waters: ICP for Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rivers and Lakes, established in 1985

- ICP Materials: ICP for Effects on Materials, including Historic and Cultural Monuments, established in 1985

- ICP Vegetation: ICP on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops, established in 1987

- ICP Integrated Monitoring: ICP on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems, established in 1987 as a pilot programme

- ICP Modelling and Mapping: ICP on Modelling and Mapping Critical Levels and Loads and Air Pollution Effects, Risks and Trends, established in 1988 as a Task Force

- Task Force on Health: Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution, established in 1997