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| 5 |
Bureau of the Inland Transport
Committee
Focal point: Helmut Lehmacher, Tel:
917 24 34 |
Second meeting of ITC Bureau
will consider preparation for JMTE meeting and organizational and
substantive questions of ITC. |
| 5-8 |
Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee
on Forest Technology, Management and Training - 23rd session
Focal point: Jorge Najera , Tel:
917 32 40 |
The Committee will review
its past activities and discuss the programme of work for the next
two years. |
5-9
Kuopio,
Finland |
BALTEX FIRE-2000, second
Baltic Seminar and Exercise in Forest Fire Information and Resources
Exchange
Focal point: Mr. Jorge Najera, Tel:
917 32 40 |
Organized under the auspices
of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee. |
| 6 |
Joint Meeting on Transport
and the Environment, 3rd session
Focal point: Marianne Baudat, Tel:
917 23 59 |
Documents are available
in the Programme of Joint Action website: |
| 7 |
Joint UN/ECE – WHO
meeting: follow-up to the third Ministerial Conference on Environment
and Health (London, June 1999)
Focal point: Marianne Baudat, Tel:
917 23 59 |
The 2nd Joint
UN/ECE – WHO meeting will be held at the AELE Building, 9 rue
de Varemb, starting at 10 a.m. General information and documents
are available in the Programme of Joint Action Website: http://www.thepep.org |
| 7-9 |
Working Party on the Standardization
of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation
Focal point: Viatcheslav Novikov,
Tel: 917 24 78 |
The meeting will deal with
the updating of the European Code for Inland Waterways (CEVNI) and
will start at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 June 2000. A meeting of a
small informal group of experts on the same issue will be held in
the course of the morning session on that day starting at 10.30 a.m. |
8-9
Rome,
Italy |
Third Meeting of Open-Ended
Group to Prepare First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to
the Convention on Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Focal point: Sergiusz Ludwiczak,
Tel: 917 31 74 |
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12-13
Warsaw,
Poland |
Meeting on Sustainable
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Poland (12 June) followed
by informal consultations with Polish government officials (13 June)
Focal point: Iouri Adjoubei, Tel:
917 24 88 |
The meeting is organized
by the UN/ECE Advisory Group on the Protection and Implementation
of Intellectual Property Rights for Investment. The objective of the
meeting, bringing together experts from the private sector and Government
officials, is to discuss institutional and legal conditions of sustainable
IPR enforcement in Poland, and identify training requirements of government
bodies responsible for enforcement. |
| 13-14 |
Ad Hoc Meeting on Rail
Census Methodologies
Focal point: Brinda Wachs, Angel Aparicio,
Tel: 917 24 52 |
First meeting to develop
methodology for E-Rail Census to collect data on rail traffic and
infrastructure parameters on AGC network on a harmonized basis. |
13-15
Paris, France |
CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN
STATISTICIANS (to be held at OECD)
Focal point: John Kelly, Tel: 917 41
55
E-mail: [email protected] |
Annual plenary session of
the Conference, hosted by the OECD
Main topics to be discussed:
- Integrated presentation of international statistical work in the
ECE region;
- Sustainable development indicators;
- International statistical work in South East Europe
- Relations between official statisticians and academic statisticians
- How international comparability is affected by developments with
users and with administrative sources.
http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2000.06.ces.htm |
14-16
Pruhonice/Prague, Czech Republic |
ECE/OECD Workshop on Enhancing
the Environment by Reforming Energy Prices
Focal point: Mikhail G. Kokine, Tel:
917 23 47 |
The Workshop will review
existing implementation strategies for energy-related economic instruments
in both OECD and non-OECD members of ECE, and prepare policy recommendations
or policy options to Governments in countries in transition and proposals
for follow-up. |
14-16
Stockholm, Sweden |
Workshop on Mapping Air
Pollution Effects on Materials, including stock at risk
Focal point: Radovan Chrast, Tel.
917 23 58 |
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| 15 (pm)-16 (am) |
Ad Hoc Group of Experts
on Natural Gas Resources
Focal point: Alexandre Chachine,
Tel: 917 24 51 |
Room IX. |
| 19-20 |
Forum on Electronic Commerce
for Transition Economies in the Digital Age
Focal point: Daewon Choi, Tel: 917
24 74 |
The Forum is organized by
the Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development. Speakers
will include high-ranking officials from UN/ECE member States and
key players in the industry both at the global and regional level.
The objectives include to promote the development of the Internet
and electronic commerce in transition economies; to review the Internet
infrastructure and prospects for electronic commerce in the countries
of central and eastern Europe and the CIS; to consider the potential
of electronic commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises; and
to identify the needs for capacity building. The Forum will explore
the central issues in electronic commerce and Internet-based enterprise
development in transition economies. The discussions should not only
raise awareness of the current situation but also offer a panorama
of the vast potential and upcoming opportunities for these countries. |
19-20
Zagreb,
Croatia |
International Conference
on Technology Transfer for Economic Development: Experience for Countries
in Transition
Focal point: Andrei Maevski, Tel:
917 32 96 |
The Conference is organized
jointly by UN/ECE, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic
of Croatia and the Centre of Technology Transfer (Zagreb). The following
themes will be discussed: strategic aspects of technology transfer;
best practices in the transfer of technology; key factors for technology
transfer; and technology transfer between higher education and industry.
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| 19-22 |
Meeting of Specialized
Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit)
Focal point: Tom Heilandt, Tel: 917
24 50 |
The Specialized Section
will discuss UN/ECE standards for hazelnuts, walnuts and pistachios
as well as a revision of the standard layout for UN/ECE standards. |
19-22
Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Workshop on UN/ECE Environmental
Conventions
Focal point: Branko Bosnjakovic,
Tel: 917 23 96 |
Organized in cooperation
with the Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo. |
| 19-23 |
Working Party on Customs
Questions Affecting Transport - 95th session
Focal point: Martin Magold, Tel:
917 24 53 |
The main focus of the session
of the Working Party will be to complete work on Phase II of the TIR
revision process which will consist of a complex package of amendment
proposals modifying and clarifying a large number of provisions of
the TIR Convention, 1975. The TIR Administrative Committee, at its
session in October 2000, will then decide on the adoption of
these amendment proposals prepared by the Working Party. The Working
Party will also consider the draft of a new annex to the International
Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982
addressing efficient border crossing procedures. |
| 21-23 |
COMMITTEE FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY
AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Focal point: Virginia Cram-Martos, Tel:
917 27 45
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Among other items, the Committee
will be discussing strategic directions both for Committee and for
the Enterprise Development part of its work programme; recommendations
coming from the Forum on electronic commerce for transition economies
held on the two previous days; and programme priorities. The session
will be held in Salle XII of the Palais des Nations. All documents
can be found on the Internet at: http://www.unece.org/trade/
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| 27 |
Seminar: Statistics for
Social Development: Geneva 2000 and Beyond
Focal point: Clare Menozzi, Tel:
917 43 23 |
The Seminar will take place
at the Geneva 2000 Forum, during the week of the Special Session on
Social Development of the United Nations General Assembly. |