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AARHUS CONVENTION

Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters

PRACTICAL INFORMATION for delegates

Calendar of meetings

The following meetings and workshops have so far been planned for 2006 and 2007 under the auspices of the Aarhus Convention. For further information about each event, please use the links.

To register for an upcoming meeting, please click here.

If you need more information on how to get to the Palais des Nations in Geneva and other practical information for delegates, please click here.

2006
DATE	PLACE	TOPIC
16-17 February	Geneva	1st meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice
29-31 March	Geneva	11th meeting of the Compliance Committee
5-7 April	Geneva	6th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties
17-19 May	Geneva	3rd meeting of the Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
14-16 June	Geneva	12th meeting of the Compliance Committee
4-6 October	Geneva	13th meeting of the Compliance Committee
9-10 November	Geneva	2nd meeting of the Task force on Public Participation in International Fora
23-24 November	Geneva	5th meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools
13-15 December	Geneva	14th meeting of the Compliance Committee

2007
DATE	PLACE	TOPIC
14-16 February	Geneva	4th meeting of the Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
8-9 March	Szentendre, Hungary	First sub-regional workshop "Capacity-building for the Aarhus Clearinghouse Mechanism and Electronic Information Tools"
21-23 March	Geneva	15th meeting of the Compliance Committee
2 May	Geneva	Aarhus Convention 14th Bureau meeting
2-4 May	Geneva	7th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties
4-5 June	Kiev, Ukraine	High Level Judicial seminar on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Region
11-12 June	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Second sub-regional workshop "Capacity-building for the Aarhus Clearinghouse Mechanism and Electronic Information Tools"
11-12 June	Rome, Italy	2nd meeting of the Expert Group on Long-Term Strategic Planning for Aarhus Convention
13-15 June	Geneva	16th meeting of the Compliance Committee
18-19 June	Geneva	4th meeting of the Contact Group on Compliance and Rules of Procedure under the Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
19 June	Geneva	Aarhus Convention 15th Bureau meeting
20-21 June	Geneva	Aarhus Convention Interforum meeting on the involvement of the public in international forums
10-11 September	Geneva	2nd meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice
26-28 September	Geneva	17th meeting of the Compliance Committee
22-24 October	Geneva	5th meeting of the Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
30 October	Geneva	Aarhus Convention 16th Bureau meeting
31 October - 2 November	Geneva	8th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties
8-9 November	Geneva	3rd meeting of the Task force on Public Participation in International Fora
28-30 November	Geneva	18th meeting of the Compliance Committee
13-14 December	Geneva	6th meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools

2008
DATE	PLACE	TOPIC
12 February	Geneva	Aarhus Convention 16th Bureau meeting
13-15 February	Geneva	9th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties
5-7 March	Geneva	19th meeting of the Compliance Committee
19-20 May	Cologne, Germany	GMO expert meeting
8-10 June	Riga	20th meeting of the Compliance Committee
8-10 June	Riga	10th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties
11-13 June	Riga	Third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention
12-14 November	Geneva	6th meeting of the Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
11-12 December (tentative)	Geneva	7th meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools