Expert Group on Public Participation
Background
The Meeting of the Parties decided at its third session (Riga, 11–13 June 2008) to address implementation of the Convention’s provisions on public participation by establishing an intersessional body under the authority of the Working Group of the Parties in the form of an Ad Hoc Expert Group on Public Participation.
Through decision III/9 on the work programme for 2009 – 2011 (ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.17), the Ad Hoc Expert Group was given a mandate to coordinate information-sharing on public participation in decision-making, including through the collection of good practice examples, and to advise the Working Group of the Parties on the terms of reference for a task force on public participation. Parties, Observers and other stakeholders were subsequently invited to nominate experts to participate in the Expert Group.
Meetings
The first meeting of the Expert Group on Public Participation took place from 7 to 8 July 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
At its first meeting, the Expert Group focused on the draft terms of reference for a future task force on public participation in decision-making on environmental matters, which was subsequently discussed by the Working Group of the Parties to the Convention at its eleventh meeting. The Expert Group also focused on the exchange of information and experience and the collection of examples of good practices in the area of public participation in environmental decision-making.
Documents for the first meeting of the Expert Group
Provisional agenda |
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Provisional timetable |
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Report of the first meeting of the Expert Group on Public Participation |
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Proposal for terms of reference for a task force on public participation (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/L.1) |
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Draft terms of reference for a task force on public participation as revised by the Working Group (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2009/L.1_rev) |
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Standards of Public Participation - recommendations for good practice (Austria) |
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List of Participants |
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Presentations from the first meeting of the Expert Group
Problems with implementing the second pillar identified in National Implementation Reports - presentation by Magda Toth Nagy |
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Findings of the Compliance Committee relating to the public participation provisions of the Convention - presentation by Jerzy Jendroska |
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Public participation in a transboundary context - presentation by Jerzy Jendroska |
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| An NGO perspective on public participation problems in the UNECE region - presentation by Michael Ewing |
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| Key elements of public participation procedures from a practical perspective - presentation by Kerstin Arbter |
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| Building capacity for public participation - presentation by Kanybek Isabaev |
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ANCLI Initiative on Aarhus and Nuclear - presentation by Chantal Mouchet |
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| Electronic information tools for public participation - presentation by Michael Stanley-Jones |
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