The fifth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health will take place from Thursday, 11 October at 10 a.m. to Friday, 12 October 2012 at 12:30 p.m.
It will be held back-to-back with the eighth meeting of the Protocol’s Compliance Committee (10 October 2012) and the second meeting of the Drafting Group on Public Participation under the Protocol on Water and Health (10 October 2012).
The main objectives of the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health are:
- to review the implementation of the programme of work for the period 2011–2013, adopted at the second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health (Bucharest, 23–25 November 2010)
- to provide guidance on its further development, also taking into account changing conditions and limited financial means.
A special thematic discussion session on “the Protocol on Water and Health and the Green Economy” will be held on Thursday 11 October afternoon.
As done at the previous meeting, the Compliance Committee will offer the opportunity for private consultations with representatives of the Parties on the consultation process during the afternoon of 11 October. Interested Parties are invited to contact the UNECE secretariat to this end beforehand.
The working languages will be English, Russian and French.
Participants are requested to complete the registration form and to send it to the UNECE secretariat by 24 September 2012 at the latest by e-mail to katri.veldre@unece.org (and by 2 September 2012 for those requesting financial support).
Document title | ENG | RUS | FRE |
|---|---|---|---|
Agenda | |||
Report | |||
List of participants | |||
Guidelines on the Setting of Targets, Evaluation of Progress and Reporting | |||
Draft programme of work for 2011-2013 | |||
Guidelines and template for summary reports in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health | |||
Policy Guidance on Water-related Disease Surveillance | |||
Technical Guidance for Water-Related Disease Surveillance | |||
Report of the seventh meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.WH/C.1/2011/4 EUR/DHP1003944/4.2/2011/4 | |||
How to better promote the Convention and its Protocol on Water and Health: | |||
No one left behind: Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region |
Document title | ENG | RUS | FRE |
|---|---|---|---|
Item 3 | |||
Report of the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting | |||
Report on the workshop on water and health in Central Europe (Bratislava, 8-9 may 2012) | |||
Item 4 | |||
Note on the WHO Atlas on Water and Health | |||
Report on the project technical meeting on monitoring of water supply and sanitation, 10-11 July 2012, Bonn, Germany | |||
Summary report of the technical meeting on the elimination of soil transmitted helminthiasis in children in the European region, 12-13 September 2012 | |||
Item 5 | |||
Progress report on the work on small-scale water supplies and sanitation | |||
Concept note on water operator's partnerships contribution to the Protocol on Water and Health (GWOPA/UN-Habitat) | |||
Item 8 | |||
Outline of the thematic discussion session: The Protocol on Water and Health and a green economy | |||
Item 9 | |||
Report of the joint event "Public participation in environmental decision making: Focus on water and health" | |||
Draft extended outline of the guidelines on public participation under the Protocol on Water and health | |||
Item 11 | |||
Concept note on the development of a score card on ensuring equitable access to water and sanitation | |||
Draft scorecard framework to monitor progress in achieving equitable access to water and sanitation | |||
Draft terms of reference for pilots to test the score card | |||
Item 13 | |||
Overview of contributions and expenditures related to the Protocol | |||
Item 16 | |||
Calendar of meetings |
No. | Presentation | ENG |
|---|---|---|
1 | Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting TFTSR | |
2 | Second reporting exercise under the Protocol | |
3 | Small-scale Water Supplies and Sanitation. Status of Work | |
4 | Water Operator's Partnerships in Support of the Protocol on Water and Health | |
5 | Green Growth and Water. The Protocol on Water and Health and a green economy | |
6 | The link between the provisions of the Protocol and green economy | |
7 | Enhancing sustainable water use | |
8 | Promoting green economy principles through target implementation for the Protocol on Water and Health in Moldova | |
9 | Water utilities toward a better economy: a legal conversion in Hungary | |
10 | Increase of energy efficiency of waste water treatment plants (WWTP) | |
11 | Activity under Programme of Work 2011-2013 by Romania and WECF |
