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Selected Old News

  (From January 2003 to April 2007)

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PDF Open letter to NGOs regarding financial support for participation at meetings under the Convention from autumn 2009. Deadline for response: 31 March 2009.

Reports and other outputs from subregional cooperation workshops in Chisinau, 5-7 November 2008, and in Koprivshtitsa (Bulgaria), 17-19 November 2008.

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12 April 2007 Release of the 'draft for consultation' health chapter/annex to the Resource Manual to support application of the Protocol on SEA in English (until 15 July 2007)
12 April Release of the 'draft final' Resource Manual to support application of the Protocol on SEA in English
3 April Numerous SEA examples and other resources
1 March Information on submissions to the Implementation Committee
28 February 2007 Presentations and other documents from EIA training course, 19-21 February 2007, Dushanbe
16 February Correspondence between the Implementation Committee and Finland, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
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6 September Draft slides available for Resource Manual to Support Application of the UNECE Protocol on SEA
23 August Draft for Consultation Proposed initiatives to support national capacity-development strategies for implementation of the SEA Protocol in EECCA (English and Russian)
22 August Draft capacity-development strategies for implementation of the SEA Protocol in Armenia, Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (several languages)
22 August SEA capacity-development needs analyses for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (English and Russian)
3 August Draft for Consultation Resource Manual to Support Application of the UNECE Protocol on SEA in Russian
3 August SEA capacity-development needs analyses for Armenia (2006), Belarus and Georgia (both draft 2004) and draft capacity-development strategies for implementation of the Protocol in Armenia and Belarus
24 July Informal review of EIA and SEA legislation in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
19 July Draft for Consultation Resource Manual to Support Application of the UNECE Protocol on SEA available as web pages and as PDF file
18 May UNDP-REC-UNECE bulletin on the Protocol on SEA: Initial Capacity Development in Selected Countries of the Former Soviet Union in English and Russian
5 May New web page for the Espoo Convention in Central Asia - soon to be available in Russian too
11 April Informal presentations made at a workshop on post-project analysis in transboundary EIA, 3 April 2006, Geneva
11 April Resolution from kick-off seminar for transboundary EIA pilot study involving Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
23 March Report and presentations from Baltic Sea subregional cooperation seminar, held in Stockholm in October 2005
23 March Presentations from workshops on SEA capacity-development strategies, held in Chisinau and Minsk in March 2006
27 February Bulgarian paper for workshop on the exchange of good practices in post-project analysis, to be held during 9th meeting of the Working Group on EIA, in English & Russian
27 February Programme and presentations from Baltic Sea subregional cooperation seminar, held in Stockholm in October 2005
24 January Austria is first Party to complete and return questionnaire on implementation of the Espoo Convention for the period 2003-2005
19 January Informal provisional agenda for 9th meeting of the Implementation Committee
11 January Example of correspondence on a specific compliance issue, from the Convention's Implementation Committee
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8 December Launch of the Transport, Health and Environment pan-European Programme (THE PEP) Clearing House external link
5 October Volume on the SEA of Policies
24 August Procedural Guide: Transboundary consultation of the authorities and the public for projects having a significant environmental impact in the Upper Rhine area, available in French and German
24 August UNEP EIA Training Resource Manual now available in Arabic
11 May Transboundary EIA case study information added to the 'database on transboundary EIA' web page - involving Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden & Switzerland
10 May Informal review of transboundary EIA provisions in other multilateral environmental agreements, presented at the 8th meeting of the Working Group on EIA
10 May Informal presentation on the EIA system in the Islamic Republic of Iran, made at the 8th meeting of the Working Group on EIA PDF
9 May Assessments of the effectiveness of EIA systems in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, undertaken by CENN, available in English and local languages
2 May 2005 Informal presentations made at a workshop on EIA of transboundary projects, 27 April 2005, Geneva
20 April Country reports and subregional overview of capacity-building needs of 5 EECCA countries (by UNDP/RBEC) available in English and Russian
8 February Manuel de Formation à l'Evaluation de l'Impact sur l'Environnement, Programme des Nations Unie pour l'Environnement - UNEP EIA Training Resource Manual now available in French
2004
22 December Report on whether SEA influences decision-making in the transport sector
10 November Conclusions of workshop in Kyrgyzstan on capacity building in transboundary EIA now available in English and Russian
26 July Summary report of the side event: UNECE Protocol on SEA: Implications for the health sector cooperation PDF
25 February EC Directive on SEA and its implementation guidance now available in 11 Western European languages
12 February Slideshow on the Espoo Convention produced by the Finnish Environment Institute
23 January Ecoline's Russian translation of the UNEP EIA Training Manual (1st edition) external link
22 January Pamphlet on Public Participation in Strategic Environmental Decisions from ECO Forum, in English only PDF
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13 November IIED document on Strategic Environmental Assessment: A sourcebook and reference guide on international experience, by Barry Dalal-Clayton & Barry Sadler
5 November UNDP & REC paper on the Benefits of SEA now in English and Russian
22 September Workshop on Strengthening Cooperation with other UNECE Conventions PDF, 2-4 October 2003, Cheia (Romania)
22 September Austrian report on Assessment of the significance of environmental effects PDF Screening approach and criteria applied in SEA (non-binding guidance published by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management)
25 August 2003 Results of a practical trial of implementation of the Espoo Convention, available in German PDF and Polish PDF (and summary in English PDF)
30 June How successful are the EU Member States in implementing the EU's EIA Directive (and by extension the Espoo Convention)? Read a new EU report [30.06.03]

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