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Calendar of meetings in 2008

MAJOR BODIES UNDER THE CONVENTION
Date and Place Body and Session/Meeting
14-17 April 2008
Geneva
Working Group on Strategies and Review
(forty-first session)
1-5 September 2008
Geneva
Working Group on Strategies and Review
(forty-second session)
8-10 September 2008
Geneva
EMEP Steering Body
(thirty-second session)
24-26 September 2008
Geneva
Working Group on Effects
(twenty-seventh session)
15-19 December 2008
Geneva
Executive Body for the Convention
(twenty-sixth session)

EXPERT GROUPS AND TASK FORCES

Date and Place Body and Session/Meetings
26-29 February 2008
Oulu, Finland
Programme Task Force, International Cooperative Programme (ICP) on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (twenty-first meeting)
2-4 April 2008
Tallinn
Programme Task Force, ICP on Effects of Air Pollution on Materials, Including Historic and Cultural Monuments (twenty-fourth meeting)
7-9 April 2008
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Implementation Committee (twenty-first meeting)
7-11 April 2008
Rome
Joint meeting of the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution and UNEP Global Partnership on Atmospheric Mercury Transport and Fate Research
10 April 2008
Rome
Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution (fourth meeting)
17-18 April 2008
Bonn, Germany
Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution (eleventh meeting)
21-25 April 2008
Berne
Coordination Centre for Effects (CCE) workshop (eighteenth meeting); Programme Task Force, ICP on Modelling and Mapping of Critical Levels and Loads and Air Pollution Effects, Risks and Trends (twenty-fourth meeting)
23-25 April 2008
Bordeaux, France
Task Force on Measurements and Modelling (ninth meeting)
28-29 April 2008
Stockholm
Expert Group on Techno Economic Issues (thirteenth meeting)
7-9 May 2008
Madrid
Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (thirty-fourth meeting)
14-16 May 2008
Yerevan
Workshop on the promotion of the ratification of the Protocol on Heavy Metals (Task Force on Heavy Metals)
14-16 May 2008
Pamplona, Spain
Programme Task Force, ICP on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems (sixteenth meeting)
20-22 May 2008
Wageningen, Netherlands
Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (first meeting)
24-28 May 2008
Larnaca, Cyprus
Programme Task Force, ICP on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (twenty-fourth meeting)
26-27 May 2008
Tallinn, Estonia
Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projection (twentieth meeting)
4-6 June 2008
London
Task Force on Heavy Metals (fifth meeting)
9-13 June 2008
Washingtin D.C.
Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution
Workshop on Atmospheric Chemistry on International to Global Scales
27 June 2008
Gothenburg, Sweden
Workshop on the Costs and Benefits of the Gothenburg Protocol
14-16 July 2008
Geneva
Implementation Committee (twenty-second meeting)
6-8 October 2008
Budapest
Programme Task Force, ICP on Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rivers and Lakes (twenty-fourth meeting)
13-14 October 2008
Sorrento, Italy
Expert Group on Techno Economic Issues (fourteenth meeting)
October 2008 (tentative)
Asia
Workshop Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution
Autumn 2008 (tentative)
Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections (twenty-first meeting)
20-22 October 2008 Stiges, Spain
Joint Expert Group on Dynamic Modelling (ninth meeting)
November 2008 (tentative)
Workshop on integrated assessment modelling (in collaboration with the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling and the Centre for Integrated Assssment Modelling)
November 2008 (tentative)
Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (thirty-fifth meeting)
10 - 11 November 2008 Milan
Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projects
12 November 2008 Milan
Workshop: Issues of scales in emissions inventories: special needs for global, regional and local emission inventories.

Bureaux meetings in 2008

Date and Place Body and Session/Meeting
5-6 February 2008
Geneva
Working Group on Effects: Bureau and Extended Bureau
10-12 March 2008
Vienna
EMEP Subsidiary Body Bureau

23 September 2008
Geneva

Working Group on Effects: Bureau and Extended Bureau

 

Tentative calendar of meetings in 2009
(for information only, not yet adopted)

MAJOR BODIES UNDER THE CONVENTION
Date and Place Body and Session/Meeting
20-24 April 2009
Geneva (tentative)
Working Group on Strategies and Review
(forty-third session)
2-4 September 2009
Geneva (tentative)
Working Group on Effects
(twenty-eighth session)
7-9 September 2009
Geneva (tentative)
EMEP Steering Body
(thirty-third session)
21-25 September 2009
Geneva (tentative)
Working Group on Strategies and Review
(forty-fourth session)
14-18 December 2009
Geneva (tentative)
Executive Body for the Convention
(twenty-seventh session)

EXPERT GROUPS AND TASK FORCES

Date and Place Body and Session/Meeting
2-5 February 2009
Braunschweig, Germany (tentative)
Programme Task Force, International Cooperative Programme (ICP) on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (twenty-second meeting)
1-3 April 2009
Madrid
Programme Task Force, ICP on Effects of Air Pollution on Materials, Including Historic and Cultural Monuments (twenty-fifth meeting)
28 - 29 April 2009
Bonn, Germany (tentative)
Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution (twelveth meeting)

11-15 May 2009
Stockholm (tentative)

Coordination Centre for Effects (CCE) workshop (nineteenth meeting); Programme Task Force, ICP on Modelling and Mapping of Critical Levels and Loads and Air Pollution Effects, Risks and Trends (twenty-fifth meeting)
May 2009
(tentative)
Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (thirty-sixth meeting)
6 - 8 May 2009
Tallin
Programme Task Force, ICP on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems (seventeenth meeting)
April/May 2009
(tentative)
Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (second meeting)
May 2009
(tentative)
Programme Task Force, ICP on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (twenty-fifrth meeting)
October 2009
(tentative)
Programme Task Force, ICP on Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rivers and Lakes (twenty-fifth meeting)
Autumn 2009 (tentative)
Joint Expert Group on Dynamic Modelling (tenth meeting)
November 2009 (tentative)
Workshop on integrated assessment modelling (in collaboration with the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling and the Centre for Integrated Assssment Modelling)
November 2009 (tentative)
Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (thirty-seventh meeting)

Tentative Bureaux meetings in 2009
(for information only, not yet adopted)

Date and Place Body and Session/Meetings
January/February 2009
Geneva (tentative)
Working Group on Effects: Bureau and Extended Bureau

1 September 2009
Geneva (tentative)

Working Group on Effects: Bureau and Extended Bureau

 

Secretariat guidelines for task forces, expert groups and workshops.