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Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in a Transboundary Context

Activities under the Espoo EIA Convention and its Protocol on SEA
(period between 4th and 5th Meetings of the Parties, 2008-2011)

Exchange of good practice

See also the previous activity relating to exchange of good practice:

Exchange of good practices, 2004-2008

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Sub-activity Results

One-day seminar, possibly back-to-back with another meeting under the Convention, on legislation and procedures for implementation of the Convention in Armenia

Legislation and procedures for implementation of the Convention

Seminar on 17 May 2010 in Geneva, led by Armenia, organized by the secretariat:
Programme PDF ENG RUS

For presentations, see information on 13th meeting of the Working Group on EIA.

   

Half-day seminars on:

  • Projects with long-range transboundary impacts / risk of accidents
  • Climate change in EIA and SEA
  • International Association for Impact Assessment study on the effectiveness of environmental assessment
  • Biodiversity
  • Desertification
  • Large-scale projects crossing several countries

Large-scale projects

Seminar on 12 May 2009 in Geneva, organized by the European Commission in collaboration with the secretariat:
Programme PDF ENG RUS

For presentations, see information on 12th meeting of the Working Group on EIA.

Climate change in EIA and SEA

Seminar on 24 November 2010, organized by Austria:
Programme PDF ENG -

For presentations, see information on 14th meeting of the Working Group on EIA.

   

Guidance note and checklist for financial institutions on projects with transboundary impacts

Draft checklist prepared by EBRD presented to the 12th meeting of the Working Group on EIA, 11-13 May 2009

Draft checklist PDF ENG RUS