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Working Group on EIA, 13th meeting, 17-19 May 2010, Geneva

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Annotated provisional agenda for the thirteenth meeting
ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2010/1

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Report of the thirteenth meeting
ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2010/2

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Subregional cooperation and capacity-building: Summary of workshop findings
Note by Belarus and Montenegro
ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2010/3

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Preparations for the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and for the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
Draft decisions proposed by the Bureau
ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2010/L.1

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Report of the Implementation Committee on its seventeenth session
ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2009/4

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Report of the Implementation Committee on its eighteenth session
ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2010/2

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Background documents

Report of the 4th meeting of the Parties
ECE/MP.EIA/10

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Rules of Procedure
Decision I/1 of the Meeting of the Parties (as published)

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Key issues, documents and timetable - information for delegates

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Item 1

Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

       
 

Rule 7

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Item 2

Status of ratification of the Convention on EIA in a Transboundary Context, its amendments and its Protocol on SEA, as at 18 February 2010 (90 days before end of meeting), plus updates to 23 March 2010 - latest situation

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Item 4

Subregional cooperation and capacity-building

       
 

Information on the Multilateral agreement among the countries of South-Eastern Europe for implementation of the Convention (Bucharest, 2008)

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Item 5

Exchange of good practices

       
(b)

Programme of seminar on legislation and procedures for implementation of the Convention

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(e)

Strengthening the involvement of non-governmental organizations: Replies to the letter by the Chair to focal points, as at 17 March 2010

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(f)

Application of the Convention to nuclear energy-related activities: indicative list of activities

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- revised after the thirteenth meeting of the Working Group on EIA, in line with information provided by Germany, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland.

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Item 6

Promoting ratification and application of the Protocol to the Convention

       
 

Information on the Belgrade Initiative on SEA

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Item 7

Report of the Extended Bureau of the Committee on Environmental Policy on its meeting held on 16-17 March 2010 (advance copy)

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Item 8

Budget and financial arrangements

       
 

Biannual financial report, to 31 December 2009 - earlier financial reports

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Status of receipt of pledges / latest contributions, as at 17 March 2010

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Need for additional staff resources in the secretariat

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Item 9

Preparations for the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and for the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

       
 

(List of) Draft decisions that might be considered by the Meeting of the Parties at its fifth session

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Decision V/… Interpretation of article 14 of the Convention

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Implementation guidance for the Espoo Convention focussing on countries of the Eastern Europe, the Caucasus or Central Asia

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Agenda item 5(b): Seminar on legislation and procedures for implementation of the Convention

Armenia’s experience:

     
  • Revised legislation and procedures to ensure full implementation of the Espoo Convention in Armenia, by Julieta Ghlichyan, Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia
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  • Results of project “Strengthening Implementation in Armenia of the Espoo Convention”, by
    Dmytro Skrylnikov, consultant and head of NGO “Bureau of Environmental Investigation”
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- flowchart

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Tajikistan’s experience:

     
  • Interim results of project “The Espoo Convention: Capacity building and possible application in Tajikistan”, by Dmytro Skrylnikov
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Ukraine’s experience:

     
  • Legal and administrative measures in Ukraine and on-going work on the strategy for
    implementing the Espoo Convention provisions, by Mr Markelov, Ministry of
    Environmental Protection of Ukraine
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NGO perspectives on legislation and procedures for implementation of the Espoo Convention, by
Andriy Andruysevych, NGO Resource & Analysis Centre “Society and Environment”

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Concluding remarks: Challenges of the Espoo Convention application in Eastern Europe, the
Caucasus and Central Asia, by Jerzy Jendroska, Public International & European Law, Opole
University, Poland

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Agenda item 5(d): Practices in States outside the region

Mongolia:

     
  • Presentation on the national EIA system and transboundary experiences
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  • Law on EIA
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Agenda item 5(e): Strengthening the involvement of non-governmental organizations

As requested by the Working Group, responses to the Chair's letter requesting information on NGO involvement in Parties to the Convention have been posted on the website, in the Database on Transboundary EIA.

Agenda item 5(f): Application of the Convention to nuclear energy-related activities

Intervention by Austria

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Meeting registration form

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Practical information for delegates and visitors

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Rules of Procedure
Decision I/1 of the Meeting of the Parties

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