2001 |
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January |
Meeting |
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15-17
Warsaw, Poland |
Regional Workshop on Gender and
Labour Markets in Transition Countries
Focal
point: Ewa Ruminska-Zimny,
Tel: 917 16 98 |
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| 16(pm)-19 |
Working Party on Pollution and
Energy
Focal point: Juan Ramos Garcia,
Tel: 917 19 98 |
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| 22 |
Gas Centre Advisory
Board
Focal point: Alexandre Chachine,
Tel: 917 24 51 |
Review and approval of the budget
and programme of work of the Gas Centre for 2001 (attendence restricted to
the members) |
| 23-24 |
Working Party on Gas
Focal point: Alexandre Chachine, Tel: 917
24 51 |
Eleventh annual session
(see
agenda ENERGY/WP.3/2001/1) |
| 25 |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the
Supply and Use of Gas
Focal point: Alexandre Chachine, Tel: 917 24 51 |
Second annual session (see agenda
ENERGY/WP.3/GE.5/2001/1) |
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March |
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| 19 |
Ad Hoc Meeting on the Steel
Market
Focal point: Bernard
Roux-Fouillet,
Tel: 917 32 41 |
UNECE INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT WEEK
The Annual Steel Market meeting will review the
publication on the trends in the steel market in the world. |
| 20 |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on
Steel
Focal point: Bernard
Roux-Fouillet,
Tel: 917 32 41 |
UNECE INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT WEEK
The Ad hoc Group of Experts will review its
programme of work for further hand-over to the Working Party on Industry
and Enterprise Development (WP.8). |
| 20 |
Team of Specialists on
Internet
Focal point: Daewon Choi, Tel:
917 24 74 |
UNECE INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT WEEK
The second session of the Team will agree on a
programme of work for 2001-2002. |
| 21-22 |
Working Party on Industry and
Enterprise Development, 2nd session
Focal point: Mika Vepsäläinen, Tel: 917 31 97 |
UNECE INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT WEEK
The second session of WP.8 will consider proposals
made by member States and agree on a programme of work for
2001-2002. |
| 23 |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the
Chemical Industry
Focal point: Howard
Hornfeld, Tel: 917 32 54 |
UNECE INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT WEEK
The Ad hoc Group of Experts will review its
programme of work for further hand-over to the Working Party on Industry
and Enterprise Development (WP.8). |
| 26-27 |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on
Energy Efficiency Investments
Focal
point: Frederic Romig, Tel: 917 24 07 |
The UN ECE Energy Efficiency 21
Project Ad Hoc Group of Experts will be meeting to review progress and
plan future activities of the UN Foundation supported work on energy
efficiency investments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
29-30
Istanbul |
Workshop on Standardisation and
Quality Control for SMEs
Focal Point: Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24 71 |
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June |
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7-9
Sibenik,
Croatia |
International Conference
"Economies in Transition Share their Experience in SME and in
Entrepreneurship Development", combined with the
5th Conference on SME Development in Croatia
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel:
917 24 71 |
Event organized jointly by
UNECE, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises of the Republic of
Croatia, Central European Initiative. |
11-12
Moscow, Russian
Federation |
Workshop on "Women
Entrepreneurship and SMEs"
Focal point:
Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24 71 |
Organized by the Organization
of the BSEC, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, UNECE and Centre for
Contemporary Women. |
| 13-15 |
COMMITTEE FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY
AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, Fifth session
Focal
point: Virginia Cram-Martos,
Tel: 917 27 45
or Iouri
Adjoubei, Tel. 917 24 88 |
The Committee will open with a
Roundtable on Services in Transition Economies with a distinguished
international panel whose objective will be to generate a policy debate on
this issue. Other important issues to be discussed include: approval of
Recommendations coming from the preceding Forum on
e-Services for
Trade, Investment and Enterprise; follow-up to decisions made at the May
2000 ECE session; approval of strategic objectives and goals for the
Committee as well as revised terms of reference; reports from the
subsidiary bodies; the renewal or approval of revised mandates for a
number of sub-groups; and approval of the programme of work for the coming
year. All documents for the meeting |
| 13-14 |
Inter-Agency Task Force on the
Harmonization of Energy Reserves/Resources Terminology
Focal point: Slav Slavov, Tel: 917 24 44 |
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| 14(pm) &
15(am) |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on
Natural Gas Resources
Focal point: Alexandre
Chachine,
Tel: 917 24 51 |
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September |
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26-27
Istanbul, Turkey |
BSEC Ministerial Meeting on Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel. 917 24
71 |
Meeting organized by the Permanent International
Secretariat of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
(BSEC), UNECE, Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Ministry of Industry and
Trade of Turkey. |
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October |
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1 |
Advisory Group on the Protection and Implementation of
Intellectual Property Rights for Investment (IPR)
Focal point: Andrei Maevski, Tel. 917 32 96 |
The 3rd annual session will review the progress in the
implementation of the AG programme of work, consider guidelines for the
operation of the UNECE Advisory Groups involving representatives of
business community and approve a new work programme for the next
year.
Web site: http://www.unece-ipr.org/ |
4-5
Minsk,
Belarus |
Workshop on Practical Aspects of Trade Finance in CIS
Countries with Special Reference to Problems Encountered by Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises
Focal point: Iouri Adjoubei, Tel. 917
24 88 |
Proceedings of the Workshop will be published. |
4-5
Bucharest,
Romania |
UNECE Conference on Digital Economy Development for South
East Europe and Romania
Focal point:Daewon Choi, Tel. 917 24
74 |
Team of Specialists on Internet Enterprise Development in
collaboration with the Romanian Government. |
8-10
Minsk, Belarus |
UNF/UNFIP Energy Efficiency Investment for Climate Change
Mitigation Project Second session Training Course on Business Planning and
Financial Engineering
Focal Point: Frederic Romig, Tel. 917 24
07 |
Expected output: six business plans for energy efficiency
investment projects in Belarus to be presented to sources of financing
including the World Bank.
Web site: http://www.ee-21.net/ |
10-12
Minsk, Belarus |
UNF/UNFIP Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change
Mitigation Project Workshop on Energy Efficiency and Energy Security in
the CIS
Focal point: Evgeniy Nadezhdin, Tel. 917 13 90 |
Expected output: first of three workshops of experts from
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Ukraine and international
counterparts to examine energy forecasts to 2010 and discuss the national
investments needed to achieve high energy efficiency scenarios, ultimately
for a publication on this subject.
Web site: http://www.ee-21.net/ |
22 |
Forum of Women Entrepreneurs
Focal point: Ewa
Ruminska-Zimny,
Tel. 917 16 98 |
Women-headed businesses are in many UNECE countries one of
the most dynamic sectors. The purpose of the Forum is to integrate
women-entrepreneurs within the UNECE region and strengthen their network.
Further details |
23-26 |
Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport,
99th session
Focal point: Poul Hansen, Tel. 917 32
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The Working Party will review the status of the 14 United
Nations Conventions in the field of border crossing facilitation, which
are administered by the Working Party. In particular, the Working Party
will consider a new annex on efficient border crossing procedures to the
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of
Goods, a new Convention for Customs transit by rail and the progress in
the current revision of the TIR Convention as well as a large number of
issues relating to the application of the TIR Customs transit
procedure.
Web site |
23 |
Forum on Best Practice in Development of Entrepreneurship
and SMEs in Countries in Transition: The Polish Experience
Focal
point: Antal Szabó, Tel. 917 24 71 |
The aim of the Forum is to present
the development of SMEs and entrepreneurship in Poland covering most of
the business sectors in the country. Further details |
24 |
Forum on Best Practice in Development of Entrepreneurship
and SMEs in Countries in Transition: The Belarus Experience
Focal
point: Antal Szabó, Tel. 917 24 71 |
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25-26 |
Expert Meeting on Best Practice in the Creation of Quality
Assurance Systems for Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises
Focal point: Antal Szabó, Tel. 917 24 71 |
The aim of the Meeting is to present
the best practice of quality assurance systems for enhancing the
competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. Further details |
29 |
Team of Specialists on CHEMISEED
Focal point: Bernard Roux-Fouillet,
Tel. 917 32 41 |
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November |
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| Radenci, Slovenia |
International Conference on Global Tourism and Entrepreneurship in the CEI Region
Focal point: Antal Szabó, Tel: 917 24 71 |
The purpose of the conference is to present the entrepreneurial approach in marketing the tourist products in the Central European countries as well as in the countries of the European Union, in the sense of support of the national, regional and local subjects of the entrepreneurial development. The Conference is organized by the Slovenian Government in cooperation with the EC, UNECE, World Tourism Organization and OECD. Detailed programme and registration form are available at http://www.pcmg.si/pcmg/eindex.htm |
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Bucharest, Romania |
UNECE Side Event on Building a Gender Sensitive Information Society
Focal point: Ewa Ruminska-Zimny, Tel: 917 16 98 |
The Round Table aims at mainstreaming gender into WSIS preparatory process. It will draw on the positive experience and best practices of the UNECE countries in improving women’s access to ICT provided by governments, civil society and private sector. The Round Table is expected to raise the awareness on region specific gender concerns in the process of building Information Society, establish partnership among stakeholders and recommend concrete follow-up activities. |
9
Bucharest, Romania |
UNECE Side Event on E-Policy and E-Regulation in Transition Economies at the WSIS Pan-European Regional Conference
Focal point: Daewon Choi, Tel: 917 24 74 |
This workshop provides a synthesis of the discussions undertaken by the UNECE on e-Policy and e-Regulatory Framework for the Information Society at the national, regional and global levels. It aims to contribute to the WSIS 2003 by summarizing main issues currently being addressed at the global fora, explore major implications for the Pan-European region and underline future directions capitalizing on recommendations put forward by regional and international experts. The debate also aims to understand how to establish enabling legal environment for the Information Society by means of appropriate regulatory approach taking into full consideration new technology development and the regional context. |
13-15
Skopje,
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Round table sessions on Women’s Entrepreneurship at the Central European Initiative (CEI) Summit Economic Forum
Focal point: Ewa Ruminska-Zimny,Tel: 917 16 98 |
UNECE will organize four Round Table sessions at the CEI Summit Economic Forum. The sessions will discuss partnership among stakeholders and new initiatives supporting women’s entrepreneurs in CEI countries, with focus on information technology and financial support, initiatives of municipalities and women’s business associations. The results of the first training course for women entrepreneurs organized by CEI, ITCE/WIFI and UNECE will be evaluated. The sessions will conclude with the discussion of projects and follow up activities in 2003. The sessions on women’s entrepreneurship became an annual event at CEI Economic Summits in response to the growing interest of CEI members. |
| 14-15 |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the Harmonization of Energy Reserves/ Resources Terminology
Focal point: Slav Slavov, Tel: 917 24 44 |
The Ad Hoc Group of Experts should carry out a methodology for evaluating the energy reserves/resources (petroleum, natural gas, coal and uranium) on a common basis. This methodology will be used by all countries worldwide when providing information for the purpose of the WEC Survey on Reserves/Resources. |
| 18-19 |
High-level Task Force on Valuation and Capitalization of Intellectual Assets
Focal point: Andrei Maevski, Tel: 917 32 96 |
The first meeting aims at identifying the most important challenges and obstacles faced by the public and private sectors of the member States in their efforts to effectively utilize intellectual assets to the benefit of development and social progress and, therefore, to sustain the innovation process. It also aims at enabling members of the Task Force to set up work priorities.
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| 18-22 |
Meetings on Sustainable Energy |
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18-19 (am) |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Coal and Thermal Power
Focal point: Charlotte Griffiths, Tel: 917 1988 |
The fifth session of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts will assess the status of coal industry restructuring in the transitional economies, with particular emphasis on economic and social impacts. Technological innovations for reducing greenhouse gases from the use of coal as an energy source will also be discussed, together with coal’s role in sustainable development, particularly in the light of the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Web site |
19 |
Task Force on Reforming Energy Prices for Sustainable Development
Focal points: Mikhail Kokine, Tel. 917 23 47 & Slav Slavov, Tel: 917 24 44 |
A joint Environment/Energy Group to elaborate guidelines to policy making on (a) adapting energy prices in transition countries to market level; and (b) gradual removal of energy subsidies. Development of guidelines on reforming energy prices and subsidies as a joint contribution by the Committees on Sustainable Energy and on Environmental Policy to the Kiev Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (May 2003).
Web site |
19 (pm) |
Joint Workshop on Carbon Sequestration – Pathway to a Sustainable Future for Fossil Fuels in a Carbon Constrained World
Focal point: Charlotte Griffiths, Tel: 917 1988 |
This Workshop, via a panel of expert speakers, will provide a basic introduction to carbon sequestration, together with an overview of the current status of international collaborative efforts to develop carbon sequestration technologies. Carbon sequestration offers significant potential to reduce greenhouse gases from fossil fuel use at costs and impacts that are economically and environmentally acceptable – as such, an assessment of the current costs and economic considerations will also be provided. Web site |
20-22 (am) |
COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Focal point: Frederic Romig, Tel: 917 24 07 |
This annual session includes a Round Table on Energy Security with the Secretary General of OPEC; energy price reforms, a review of technical assistance, networking and Internet applications and follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). Also see http://www.unece.org/ / Sustainable Energy. |
21 (pm) |
Energy Efficiency 21 Project – European Commission SAVE Programme E-GRIDS Project
Focal point: Sead Vilogorac, Tel. 917 24 62 |
In relation to the annual session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy the results of this joint UNECE – European Commission project ‘Enhancing Government Regulatory Energy Measures Impact and Diffusion Speed Appraisal Method’ will be presented by the authors and sponsors at a special ‘break out session’ meeting. Also see http://www.ee-21.net/ /Library. |
22 (pm) |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Extension of European Electricity Interconnection
Focal point: Frederic Romig, Tel: 917 24 07 |
This annual session will review the regulatory aspects of opening up electricity markets, reliability of electric power systems in a liberalised market and developments in sub-regional interconnection in south Eastern Europe, the CIS and the Baltic states. Also see: http://www.unece.org/ /Sustainable Energy |
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25-28
Bishkek, Republic of Kyrgyzstan |
Project Working Group “Energo” – 10th session; Project “Rational and efficient use of energy and water recourses in Central Asia”
Focal point: Evgeniy Nadezhdin,
Tel: 917 13 90 |
A first version of the Strategy on Rational and Efficient Use of Energy and Water Resources in Central Asia will be discussed. Report on creating Energy and Water Efficiency Demonstration Zones in the cities of Bishkek and Almaty will be presented. A preliminary agenda of the session is available |