Activities
Project "Regional dialogue and cooperation on water resources management in Central Asia"
Activities in the framework of the Expert Group on the Revision of IFAS Statutory Documents
Second meeting of the Expert Group, 22-23 March 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
The Second Meeting of the Expert Group discussed the responses to the questionnaire on the main directions and content of the legal strengthening of IFAS. The questionnaire was prepared by the international consultant and circulated to IFAS member countries in November 2010. Completed questionnaires were received in February 2011. Based on the replies to the questionnaire, the international consultant presented the Conceptual Elements for Strengthening the Institutional and Legal Basis of IFAS.
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Workplan of the Expert Group |
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Report with Annexes 1-2 |
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UNECE Weekly "UNECE facilitates dialogue on the strengthening of institutions for water cooperation in Central Asia" |
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Briefing “UNECE environmental conventions: key aspects and opportunities for Central Asia” (side event in the framework of the Second meeting), 23 March 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
During the side event in the framework of the Second Meeting of the Expert Group, Secretaries of the five UNECE Conventions presented key aspects of environmental conventions serviced by UNECE. Major areas for Conventions’ activities were addressed, including activities in Central Asia.
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Mr. Lukasz Wyrowski, Officer-in-Charge, Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents |
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Ms. Albena Karadjova, Secretary, Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
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Ms. Ella Behlyarova, Secretary, Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) |
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Mr. Nicholas Bonvoisin, Secretary, Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context |
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Ms. Francesca Bernardini, Secretary, Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes |
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First meeting of the Expert Group, 22-23 October 2010, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Second Meeting of the Working Group on Institutional and Legal Strengthening and the Development of Aral Sea Basin Programme - 3 in April 2010 favored a step-by-step approach to institutional and legal strengthening of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (IFAS). The Working Group decided further to establish an Expert Group (composed of two representatives per country) to draft the amendments to existing statutory documents of IFAS.
The Expert Group was established in August 2010 and had its first meeting on 22-23 October 2010 in Almaty. Delegations engaged in an in-depth discussion on the need and possible directions of strengthening the legal framework of IFAS. A work programme of the Expert Group was developed. According to the work program, a questionnaire on the main directions and content of the legal strengthening prepared by the international consultant was circulated to IFAS member countries in November 2010. After receiving the answers, a set of proposals on the improvement of the legal basis of IFAS will be developed. The next meeting of the Expert Group is planned for March 2011.
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International legal framework for an institutional cooperation mechanism on the management and use of transboundary water resources in the Aral Sea basin, Sergei Vinogradov |
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For more information please contact:
Ms. Iulia TROMBITCAIA
Environment, Housing and Land Management Division
UN Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Telephone: +41 22 917 33 32
Telefax: +41 22 917 06 21
e-mail: iulia.trombitcaia(at)unece.org