Joint meeting on public participation in environmental decision-making: focus on strategic environmental assessment
The meeting was organized under the auspices of the Aarhus Convention’s Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making (TF on PPDM) and the Bureau under the Protocol on SEA to the Espoo Convention, as foreseen in the respective programme of work and workplan of the two treaties. The meeting served as the third meeting of the TF on PPDM.
The meeting had a key role in contributing to the development of recommendations that are being prepared under the two treaties for improving the implementation of their respective provisions:
(i) the second draft of the Aarhus Convention’s draft Recommendations on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making
(ii) draft Good Practice Recommendations on Public Participation in Strategic Decision-making.
Participants had an opportunity to discuss and provide input on both sets of draft recommendations.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for participants to discuss key issues of concern for Parties and stakeholders with respect to the implementation of the SEA Protocol and articles 7 and 8 of the Aarhus Convention. It examined obstacles and challenges to effective public participation in strategic decision-making, as well as good practices and innovative tools to address them.
For further information on this event please see the links below.
Documents | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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Provisional Agenda | |||
Report | |||
Aarhus Convention's Recommendations on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making (second draft in clean text) | |||
Aarhus Convention's Recommendations on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making (second draft in track changes format) | |||
SEA Protocol's Good Practice Recommendations on Public Participation in Strategic Decision-making (draft, 28 August 2012) | |||
Registration form | |||
Financial Support request form |
Presentations | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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Overview of key challenges to ensuring effective public participation | |||
SEA and public participation - some strategic thoughts | |||
Practical experiences of organizing public participation in SEA in transboundary contexts | |||
Main obstacles to effective public participation in strategic environmental | |||
Main obstacles to effective public participation in strategic environmental | |||
Innovative approaches to public participation in environmental decision-making | |||
Special focus: Public participation in draft legislation | |||
Experiences of public participation in the European Commission's Impact | |||
Public participation on Greece’s draft bill of biodiversity | |||
Public participation regarding Armenia’s draft environmental legislation | |||
Special focus: Public participation in plans, programmes and policies | |||
Sustainable development | |||
Public participation in the era of the green economy | |||
Public participation regarding the Eastern Partnership Roadmap, Ukraine | |||
France’s Grenelle Environnement and the French Environmental Conference | |||
Energy and climate change | |||
Public participation regarding Nordland County Council regional climate plan | |||
Public participation in strategic energy-related planning in the United Kingdom | |||
Agriculture and food security | |||
Public participation regarding Spain’s Sustainable Rural Development Programme | |||
Marine protection | |||
Public participation in the establishment of Marine Protected Areas | |||
Public participation regarding marine-related decision-making in Ireland |
