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5-7
Rome, Italy |
Joint ECE/OECD/FAO/Eurostat/ISI
World Conference on Agricultural Statistics
Focal point: Jan Karlsson, Tel: 917 32
85 |
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| 6
(pm) |
Briefing by Executive
Secretary to Missions
Focal point: Susan Bartolo, Tel: 917
14 69 |
Room F-3. |
| 6 |
Joint Meeting on Transport
and the Environment
Focal point: Tea Aulavuo, Tel: 917 17
23 |
The Joint Meeting on
Transport and the Environment at its 4th session is
expected to agree upon the steps to be taken to implement the decisions
of the High Level Meeting on Transport, Environment and Health (4
May 2001), related to the rationalization and streamlining of the
Vienna and London processes and to the further preparation of the
proposal on a framework convention. It will also review the progress
in implementing the national and international activities in the Programme
of Joint Action and look into the priority setting for international
activities in POJA. |
| 6-8 |
Working Party on the
Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation
Focal point: Viatcheslav Novikov,
Tel: 917 24 78 |
The meeting will amend the European
Code for Inland Waterways (CEVNI) and the Signs and Signals on Inland
Waterways (SIGNI).
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7-9
Sibenik, Croatia |
International Conference
"Economies in Transition Share their Experience in SME and in
Entrepreneurship Development", combined with the 5th Conference
on SME Development in Croatia
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24
71 |
Event organized jointly
by UNECE, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises of the Republic
of Croatia, Central European Initiative. |
11-12
Moscow, Russian Federation |
Workshop on "Women
Entrepreneurship and SMEs"
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24
71 |
Organized by the Organization
of the BSEC, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, UNECE and Centre for
Contemporary Women. |
| 11(pm)-13 |
CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN
STATISTICIANS, 49th session
Focal point: John J. Kelly, Tel: 917
41 55 |
Annual plenary session
of the Conference of European Statisticians, a principal subsidiary
body of the UNECE and the UN Statistical Commission. The membership
consists of heads of national statistical offices of the UNECE member
countries, with regular attendance of representatives of the OECD
countries that are not members of UNECE. The main issues to be discussed
at this year’s plenary session are the coordination of the multilateral
statistical work programmes undertaken in the UNECE region with particular
focus on the following three topics: (i) Internet and the dissemination
of statistics; (ii) new manuals in the field of economic statistics;
and (iii) measuring the new economy and adapting to it. A one-day
seminar on small area statistics and statistics for small countries
will also be included in this year’s plenary session.
http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2001.06.ces.htm |
| 11-12 |
Forum on e-Services for
Trade, Investment and Enterprise
Focal point: Jean Kubler, Tel: 917 27
74 |
The Forum will examine
how Governments and enterprises can work to promote trade in electronically
delivered services
(e-Services) and how growth in these service sectors can be harnessed
for economic development in the region. Speakers will include high-ranking
officials from UNECE member States and key players in industry both
at the regional and global level. More detailed information on the
Forum can be found on the Internet at http://www.unece.org/trade/ |
| 12 |
Workshop on Successful
Services Exporting
Focal point: Jean Kubler, Tel: 917 27
74
or Doreen Conrad, 730 05 17 |
This workshop is being
jointly organized with the International Trade Centre (ITC) in parallel
with the last day of the UNECE Forum on e-Services for Trade, Investment
and Enterprise. The purpose of the workshop is to offer modern techniques
for successfully exporting services for transition countries. International
experts will propose strategies, case studies and advice on all facets
related to the marketing and exporting of services. More detailed
information on the Workshop can be found on the Internet at http://www.unece.org/trade/ |
| 13-15 |
COMMITTEE FOR TRADE,
INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, Fifth session
Focal point: Virginia Cram-Martos,
Tel: 917 27 45
or Iouri Adjoubei, Tel. 917 24 88 |
The Committee will open
with a Roundtable on Services in Transition Economies with a distinguished
international panel whose objective will be to generate a policy debate
on this issue. Other important issues to be discussed include: approval
of Recommendations coming from the preceding Forum on
e-Services for Trade, Investment and Enterprise; follow-up to decisions
made at the May 2000 ECE session; approval of strategic objectives
and goals for the Committee as well as revised terms of reference;
reports from the subsidiary bodies; the renewal or approval of revised
mandates for a number of sub-groups; and approval of the programme
of work for the coming year. All documents for the meeting can be
found on the Internet at http://www.unece.org/trade/ |
12-15
Palisades, New York |
EMEP Workshop on Photooxidants,
Particles, and Haze across the Arctic and North Atlantic: Transport
Observations and Models
Focal point: Henning Wuster, Tel: 917
23 63 |
The workshop, hosted
by the US Environment Protection Agency, will bring together international
experts from the global and regional atmospheric chemistry communities
to assess the current state of knowledge, identify research needs,
and improve coordination of research efforts with regard to a series
of specific scientific questions of interest to the international
environmental policy and research communities: Does the current state
of knowledge about the transport of photooxidants and fine particles
allow the calculation of source-receptor relationships between anthropogenic
emissions in North America and Europe and concentrations and visibility
impacts in North America, Europe, and the Arctic? What are the key
uncertainties in these source-receptor relationships? What research
activities could help reduce these uncertainties? |
| 13-14 |
Inter-Agency Task Force
on the Harmonization of Energy Reserves/Resources Terminology
Focal point: Slav Slavov, Tel: 917 24
44 |
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| 14(pm) & 15(am) |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts
on Natural Gas Resources
Focal point: Alexandre Chachine,
Tel: 917 24 51 |
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| 18-21 |
Meeting of Specialized
Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit)
Focal point: Tom Heilandt, Tel: 917 24
50 |
The meeting will finalize
quality standards for walnuts and discuss revisions for standards
on almonds and pistachios. Additionally work on the annexes to the
standard layout (determination of moisture content, definition of
defects) will be completed. |
| 18-22 |
Working Party on Customs
Questions affecting Transport, 98th session
Focal point: Poul Hansen, Tel: 917 32
58 |
The Working Party will
review the status of the 14 United Nations Conventions in the
field of border crossing facilitation, which are administered by the
Working Party. In particular, the Working Party will consider the
progress made in the completion of a new annex to the International
Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods and
progress in the current revision of the TIR Convention as well as
a large number of issues relating to the application of the TIR Customs
transit procedure. |
18-24
Ossiach, Austria |
Joint ECE/FAO/ILO Workshop
on New Trends in Wood Harvesting with Cable Cranes
Focal point: Jorge Najera, Tel: 917 32
40 |
The workshop will review
trends on environmentally friendly forest operations using cable systems
for sustainable forest operations and management in mountainous areas
and its importance to the forestry sector, changes needed and guidelines
to further enhance the overall forest conservation and utilization
in difficult terrain. |
19-21
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic |
Workshop on Rational
and Efficient Uses of Water and Energy: Developing a Strategy for
Central Asia
Focal point: Branko Bosnjakovic,
Tel: 917 23 96 |
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| 21 |
Ad Hoc Expert Group on
the Computerization of the TIR Procedure, 2nd session
Focal Point:Artur Bouten, Tel: 917 24 33 |
The expert group will
especially focus on the objectives of the computerization process,
the elements to be addressed at the international level in relation
to the computerization, repercussions of the computerization process
on existing legal provisions and administrative procedures, the role
of the various actors in the TIR procedure in the computerization
process and technical aspects to be considered as a result of the
computerization process. A possible follow-up of the meeting could
be to convene a meeting of the TIR Contact Group in order to provide
a platform for all concerned parties to address the issue. |
| 22 |
Task Force on Environmental
Compliance and Enforcement
Focal point :
Albena Karadjova,
Tel: 917 23 45 |
The ECE Task Force on
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement is mandated to work on the
development of guidelines for environmental compliance and enforcement
in association with preparatory work for the fifth Ministerial Conference
"Environment for Europe" in Kiev. At its first meeting the
Task Force will discuss the possible scope and content of the guidelines
and will decide on its programme of work for the next two years. |
| 25 |
Joint Bureaux Meeting
on Public Participation
Focal point: Jeremy Wates, Tel: 917 23
84
or Sofie H. Flensborg, Tel: 917 26 50 |
Members of the Bureaux
to the five UNECE environmental conventions and the Committee on Environmental
Policy are meeting to discuss the themes of the Aarhus Convention
(access to information, public participation in decision-making and
access to justice) in the context of the four other conventions and
related protocols. |
| 25 |
Administrative Committee
for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2)
Focal point: Jan Jerie, Tel: 917 24 22 |
Seventy-sixth session
of the Committee which co-ordinates the work of the World Forum for
Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). Its recommendations
will be submitted to WP.29 for consideration at its 124th session
(see below). |
| 26-29 |
World Forum for Harmonization
of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
Focal point: Jan Jerie, Tel: 917 24 22 |
At its 124th session
WP.29 shall consider subjects related to the 1958 Agreement (amendments
to 23 existing UNECE Regulations and 3 new draft Regulations)
and priorities for global technical regulations to be established
under the 1998 Agreement. Besides, WP.29 will review reports
of its six subsidiary bodies and check the progress on projects related
to road vehicle safety, protection of the environment and conservation
of energy. |
| 27-29 |
Working Group on Environmental
Monitoring, First session
Focal point: Mikhail Kokine, Tel: 917
23 47 |
The Working Group will
discuss and take action on the preparation of the 3rd pan-European
report on the environment; monitoring of hazardous chemicals, waste
and inland waters; environmental indicators; information technologies;
and remote sensing. |
| 28(pm)-29 |
Joint ECE/Eurostat Seminar
on Business Registers
Focal point: Miodrag Pesut, Tel: 917
41 36 |
The agenda and working
papers for the meeting are available at: http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2001.06.busreg.htm
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