Support to the UNECE Espoo Convention
| Title: |
Training and Implementation
Manual for the UN/ECE SEA Protocol |
| Period: |
2004 |
| Donors: |
Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and
the Environment of the Netherlands |
The REC is providing support to the implementation
of the UN/ECE SEA Protocol by elaboration of the first outline of
the "Training and Implementation Manual for the UN/ECE SEA
Protocol".
| Title: |
UNECE SEA Protocol: Informal
brainstorming workshop |
| Period: |
September 2000 |
| Donors: |
WHO;
Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic |
The REC assisted the MoE of the Czech Republic
in organising an informal workshop to assist elaboration of draft
elements for the negotiations on the UNECE SEA Protocol.
| Title: |
UNECE SEA Protocol: International
Workshop on Public Participation and Health Issues in SEA |
| Period: |
November 2000 |
| Donors: |
Ministry of Environment, Norway; WHO; Ministry
of Environment of Italy; Ministry of Environment of the Czech
Republic |
The workshop aimed to develop ideas and suggestions
regarding public participation and health assessment within the
SEA Protocol to the Espoo Convention. The workshop was initiated
at the 2nd Meeting of Parties of the Aarhus Convention in Cavtat
in May 1999. It covered all UNECE countries and was officially hosted
by Norway and the Czech Republic. The workshop proceedings have
been published and are available in a PDF file Proceedings
of International Workshop on Public Participation and Health Aspects
in Strategic Environmental Assessment, (147 pages, November,
2001, ISBN 963 8454 99 7).
| Title: |
UNECE SEA Protocol Assistance
|
| Period: |
2000-2001 |
| Donors: |
Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and
the Environment of the Netherlands |
The project supported:
a) a comparative study to define principles of effective SEA in
CEE countries;
b) “aide memoir” on development of legal frameworks
for SEA; and
c) regional workshop
to coordinate input by CEE countries to negotiations on the UNECE
SEA Protocol.
| Title: |
Application of UNECE Espoo Convention
in Central Europe |
| Period: |
June 2003 |
| Donors: |
Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning of
the Netherlands |
The project aimed to support effective implementation
of the Espoo Convention in selected Central European countries.
It was implemented through a regional workshop for national focal
points for the Espoo Convention from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovakia.
Conclusions from the regional workshop and recommendations were
passed to the UNECE secretariat to the Espoo Convention. The project
was carried out by the REC on behalf of the Ministry of Environment
of Poland.
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