Eleventh meeting of the Working Group
The eleventh meeting of the Working Group took place from 8 to 10 July 2009 in Geneva. The meeting focused on the follow-up to the third session of the Meeting of the Parties and other relevant topics for the inter-sessional period.
The Working Group discussed a draft decision on the terms of reference for a future task force on public participation in decision-making, taking into account the comments from the Ad-hoc Expert Group on Public Participation. It also adopted terms of reference for an expert group on a communication strategy and considered a draft proposal on financial arrangements. The Working Group also discussed a paper on national reporting and provisionally adopted a draft revision of the format for national reporting on implementation, to incorporate reporting on implementation of the amendment to the Convention.
In addition, the Working Group reviewed reports on ongoing work in the areas of access to justice, capacity-building, genetically modified organisms, electronic information tools and the clearinghouse-mechanism.
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Provisional agenda for the eleventh meeting
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/1 |
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Provisional timetable for the eleventh meeting
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Report of the eleventh meeting of the Working Group of the Parties
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/2 |
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Addendum to the report
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/2/Add.1 |
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Proposal for terms of reference for a task force on public participation
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/L.1 |
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Draft terms of reference for a task force on public participation as revised by the Working Group
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/L.1_rev |
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Draft revised reporting format
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/L.2 |
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Informal discussion paper on financial arrangements |
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ENG |
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Comments on discussion paper on financial arrangements |
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Draft procedure for developing a communications strategy
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/L.4 |
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FRE |
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Report on expert meeting on genetically modified organisms
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/3 |
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FRE |
RUS |
Report of the task force on electronic information tools
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/4 |
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FRE |
RUS |
Report on workshop on access to justice
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/5 |
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FRE |
RUS |
Discussion paper on national reporting mechanism
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/6 |
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FRE |
RUS |
Report on capacity-building
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/7 |
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FRE |
RUS |
Report on implementation of the work programme 2006-2008, including financial reporting on 2008
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/8 |
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FRE |
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List of participants
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Tenth meeting of the Working Group
The tenth meeting of the Working Group took place from 8 to 10 June 2008 in Riga, Latvia. The Working Group conducted final preparatory negotiations regarding the documents that would be discussed during the third session of the Meeting of the Parties.
The Working Group focused on outstanding issues with respect to draft decisions on
the conditions for entry into force of amendments,
public participation in international forums, access to justice, electronic information tools and the clearinghouse-mechanism, financial arrangements, a new strategic plan and the draft “Riga Declaration”.
The secretariat presented the synthesis report on the status of implementation. The Working Group took note of the report and considered implications for the discussion of the report by the Meeting of the Parties.
The Working Group also reviewed the report of the Compliance Committee to the Meeting of the Parties, including the addenda containing findings and in some cases recommendations with respect to compliance by specific Parties.
The Chairperson of the Working Group presented draft decisions on reporting requirements and on the work programme for 2009–2011, prepared by the Bureau, as well as draft decisions on general issues of compliance and on compliance by specific Parties. The Working Group reviewed these draft decisions, revised them as necessary, and forwarded them for consideration by the Meeting of the Parties.
The Working Group also reviewed the status of nominations for election to the Compliance Committee.
| Provisional agenda for the tenth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/6) |
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Languages: ENG – English; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: ENG FRE RUS.
Ninth meeting of the Working Group
The ninth meeting of the Working Group took place from 13 to 15 February 2008 in Geneva. The Working Group reviewed a new draft long-term strategic plan for future consideration by the Meeting of the Parties, as well as draft decisions on conditions for entry into force of amendments, public participation in international forums, access to justice, electronic information tools and the clearinghouse-mechanism and financial arrangements. The Working Group discussed and/or revised the draft decisions and forwarded them for future consideration by the Meeting of the Parties, inviting written comments for several draft decisions prior to forwarding them.
The Working Group also reviewed the preparations for an international expert meeting on access to information, public participation and access to justice in the field of genetically modified organisms, scheduled to take place in Germany immediately following the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol. In addition, the Working Group continued its discussion of elements for the third Meeting of the Parties, scheduled for 11-13 June 2008, in Riga, Latvia.
Documents for the ninth meeting
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| Provisional agenda for the ninth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/1) |
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FRE |
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| Provisional timetable for the ninth meeting |
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| Report of the ninth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/2) |
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| Draft provisional agenda for MOP-3 (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.1) |
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| Draft Riga Declaration (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.2) |
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FRE |
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| Draft statement for special session on the Protocol on PRTRs (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.3) |
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FRE |
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| Draft decision on conditions for entry into force of the amendment on GMOs (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.4) |
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FRE |
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| Comments from UNOLA on the draft decision on conditions for entry into force of the amendment on GMOs (ECE/EHLM/NONE/2008/1) |
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FRE |
RUS |
| Report of the third meeting of the task force on public participation in international forums (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/3) |
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FRE |
RUS |
| Draft decision on public participation in international forums (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.5) |
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FRE |
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| Draft decision on access to justice (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.6) |
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FRE |
RUS |
| Report of the task force on electronic information tools (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/4) |
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FRE |
RUS |
| Draft decision on electronic information tools (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.7) |
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| Report of the workshop on public participation in strategic decision-making (PPSD) (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/5) |
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| Summary report on PPSD workshop prepared by Austria |
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| Draft decision on long-term strategic plan (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.8) |
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| List of Participants |
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In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:
File formats: = pdf file; = MS Word file
Languages: ENG – English; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: ENG FRE RUS.
Fifth meeting of the Working Group
The fifth meeting of the Working Group took place on 22- 23 May 2005 in Almaty prior
to the Second meeting of the Parties. You can download the agenda for the meeting in
English,
French
or Russian.