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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (postcard)
August 2016
Industrial accidents can happen anywhere, anytime. Often, they have severe consequences on human health and the environment, including in other affected countries. The UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention helps its Parties to prevent industrial accidents,
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Ten Years of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Development - Evaluation report on the implementation of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development from 2005 to 2015. This evaluation report summarises the progress, challenges and achievements of ECE member States from 2005 to 2015 in implementing the UNECE Strategy for ESD. The report reviews
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The failure of tailings management facilities is a major problem worldwide that regularly leads to severe disasters. To address this problem, a methodology for tailings safety – comprised of a tailing hazard index, checklists and a measure catalogue – was developed and tested within a project on improving tailings safety in Ukraine, financed by Germany under the framework of the Convention in
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The Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Oil Terminals were developed within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on hazard and crisis management in the Danube Delta involving the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine under the auspices of the Assistance programme of the Industrial Accidents Convention. The Conference of the Parties to the
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In response to the need to improve pipeline safety, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) member countries decided to jointly develop safety guidelines and good practices for pipelines under two UNECE conventions — the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) and the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
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Since 2008, all assistance activities under the Assistance Programme are based on the Strategic Approach. The Strategic Approach is designed to enhance the efforts of participating countries in the implementation phase of the Programme and to grant sustainability in the countries of the activities organised.
The Approach outlines six working priority areas of high priority – that correspond to
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The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents deals with prevention, preparedness and response to industrial accidents with possible transboundary consequences. Being informed of these topics is important - not only for policy makers, politicians, and industry representatives - but also for the public. The cartoons illustrate the main points of the Convention and its
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Empowering educators for a sustainable future: Tools for policy and practice workshops on competences in education for sustainable developmentThis publication builts on the Learning for the Future: Competences in Education for Sustainable Development (ECE/CEP/AC.13/2011/6) report, drafted by the UNECE Expert Group on Competences, which gives advice on: (a) what competences educators need in
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Disponible en English (et bientôt en français et en russe).Cours de formation en ligne d'environ 3 heures. Inscription obligatoire. Aucun coût. Produit par la CEE-ONU, le PNUE / OCHA et le PNUE, Genève, 2013.Ce cours est recommandé pour ceux qui veulent en savoir plus sur les
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Available in Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
On-line training course of approximately 3 hours. Registration required. No cost.
Produced by UNECE, the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit and UNEP, Geneva, 2013.
This course is recommended for anyone wanting to know more about industrial
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Learning for the future – competences for education for sustainable developmentThe competences in ESD described in this document are those of educators and not of learners, although both are intricately related. They go beyond the competences that individual educators would have in order to provide a good quality education
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Available in English27 pp., Geneva, 2012The Convention was adopted 20 years ago, in 1992, to protect people and the environment against industrial accidents that can have transboundary effects. The publication reflects on the last 20 years of work under the Convention, also through the voices of some people who have
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Доступный в английском и русском языках.26 стр., Женева, 2012 г.Этот перечень система была разработана в поддержку подготовки, аудита и проверки отчетов по безопасности. Пожалуйста, см. также прилагаемого Руководство.
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Available in English and Russian26 pp., Geneva, 2012This checklist system was developed to support the preparation, auditing and inspection of safety reports. Please see also the accompanying Guidelines.ContentsIntroduction
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Доступно на английском и русском языках.56 стр., Женева, 2012 г.Эти руководящие принципы были разработаны подробные рекомендации и инструкции по использованию контрольного перечня система, которая была разработана в поддержку подготовки, аудита и проверки
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Доступный в английском и русском языках.(ECE/CP.TEIA/21, 21 стр.)Нью-Йорк и Женева, 2010 г.Программа оказания помощи была начата в 2004 году с целью оказания поддержки Сторонам и ЕЭК ООН в странах с переходной экономикой в целях повышения промышленной
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The UNECE Strategy for ESD is a policy tool that helps the countries of the region to introduce and promote ESD in national formal, non-formal and informal education in their respective countries. It aims at developing policy, regulatory and operational frameworks to support ESD, equipping educators with the necessary competences, ensuring that adequate tools and materials for ESD are accessible