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| 30 Oct.-2 Nov. |
Working Party on the
Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs
Focal point: Ould Khou Sid’Ahmed, Tel: 917 24 21 |
Annual session of WP.11.
Implementation of the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable
Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage
(ATP). |
| 30 Oct.-3 Nov. |
Enterprise Development
Meetings |
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31 Oct.-1 Nov.
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Working Party on Industry
and Enterprise Development (WP.8)
Focal point: Mika Vepslinen, Tel: 917 31 97 |
First session of a new Working
Party that was established by the Ad hoc Informal Session of
the UN/ECE on 21 September 2000. The Working Party will assume responsibility
for developing a coherent cross-sectoral enterprise development programme
for the UN/ECE with a particular focus on transition economies. |
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1 Nov.
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Forum on Best Practice
in Development of Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Countries in Transition:
The Hungarian Experience
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24 71 |
This Forum is the second
one following the Forum on the Czech Experience held in June 1999. |
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2-3 Nov.
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Expert Meeting on Best
Practice in Business Advisory, Counselling and Information Services
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24 71 |
Third Expert Meeting on
best practices and benchmarking of different SME-related issues. More
than 140 experts from 30 countries and 10 international organizations
registered for this event. |
| 31 Oct.-2 Nov. |
COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY and High-level Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Energy
in a Competitive Market: Forging Partnerships
Focal point: Sevinc Kiciman, Tel: 917 24 46 |
Tenth session. |
2-3
Budapest, Hungary |
Meeting of the Signatories
to the Protocol on Water and Health
Focal point: Rainer Enderlein, Tel: 917 23 73 |
First meeting |
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Ad Hoc Group of Experts
on Extension of European Electricity Interconnection
Focal point: Sevinc Kiciman, Tel: 917 24 46 |
Third session. |
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Administrative Committee
for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2)
Focal point: Jan Jerie, Tel: 917 24 22 |
Seventy-fourth session of
the Committee coordinating the work of the World Forum for Harmonization
of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). |
| 6-8 |
Working Party on Standardization
of Perishable Produce and Quality Development
Focal point: Tom Heilandt, Tel: 917 24 50 |
Discussion and adoption
of the work done by the Specialized Sections of the Working Party
(fresh fruit and vegetables, dry and dried fruit, meat, potatoes)
and the future work programme. |
| 6-8 |
Working Party on Technical
Harmonization and Standardization Policies
Focal point: Serguei Kouzmine, Tel: 917 27 71 |
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6-8
London, United Kingdom |
Second Meeting of Aarhus
Convention Task Force on Compliance Mechanisms
Focal point: Jeremy Wates, Tel 917 23 84 |
The meeting will continue
the work of elaborating options for establishing compliance arrangements
under the Convention, with appropriate public involvement in the arrangements,
for consideration by an intergovernmental working group which will
meet early in 2001. |
6-8
The Hague
Nether-lands |
First Meeting of the
Ad hoc Expert Group on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under
the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Focal point: Henning Wuester, Tel: 917 23 63 |
The main task of the expert
group is to review the evidence on specific POPs with a view to (a)
making the best use of available knowledge to meet the existing obligations
for substances listed in annexes I, II and III to the POPs Protocol
and (b) assisting Parties in identifying which candidates may be given
priority for inclusion in the Protocol. |
| 7-10 |
World Forum for Harmonization
of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
Focal point: Jan Jerie, Tel: 917 24 22 |
The one-hundred-and-twenty-second
session of WP.29 has on the agenda consideration of more than thirty
amendments to existing UN/ECE Regulations and five new draft Regulations,
of which substantial part is expected to be adopted by vote. Besides,
it is the first session since the entry into force of the 1998 Global
Agreement and WP.29 is expected to consider the strategy of developing
future global technical regulations for road vehicles. |
13-14
Riga, Latvia |
Consultative Visit to
Latvia by the Advisory Group on the Protection and Implementation
of Intellectual Property Rights for Investment
Focal point:: Iouri Adjoubei, Tel: 917 24 88 |
The Visit will result in
the preparation of recommendation for the Latvian Government aimed
at sustainable enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Latvia. |
| 13-17 |
Working Party on the
Transport of Dangerous Goods
Focal point: Olivier Kervella, Tel: 917 24 51 |
Sixty-ninth session of the
Working Party. Final approval of the restructured annexes of the European
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods
by Road (ADR). |
| 14-16 |
Working Party on Road
Transport (SC.1)
Focal point: Christopher Smith, Tel: 917 32 98 |
The ninety-fourth session
of the SC.1 will consider such issues as activities of ECE bodies
and international organizations, road transport infrastructure, harmonization
of requirements concerning international road transport and facilitation
of its operation, and follow-up to the UN Regional Conference
on Transport and the Environment. |
16-17
Vilnius, Lithuania |
Consultative Visit to
Lithuania by the Advisory Group on the Protection and Implementation
of Intellectual Property Rights for Investment
Focal point : Iouri Adjoubei, Tel: 917 24 88 |
The Visit will result in
the preparation of recommendation for the Lithuanian Government aimed
at sustainable enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Lithuania. |
22-24
Brussels, Belgium |
Conference of the Parties
to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Focal point: Sergiusz Ludwiczak, Tel: 917 31 74 |
First meeting. |
23-24
Laxenburg
Austria |
Workshop under the Convention
on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on the potential and costs
for controlling primary emissions of fine particulate matter
Focal point: Henning Wuester, Tel: 917 23 63 |
The aim of this workshop
is to initiate a systematic and internationally harmonized assessment
of the potential of and the costs for controlling primary emissions
of fine particulate matter in Europe, so that the foreseen review
processes of the Gothenburg Protocol and the EU legislation can
rely on verified and internationally accepted information on this
subject. |
23-24
Szentendre, Hungary |
International Workshop
on Public Participation and Health Aspects in Strategic Environmental
Assessment
Focal points: Workshop secretariat: Jiri Dusik at +420
603 214 487
In ECE: Jeremy Wates, Tel 917 23 84, or Wiek Schrage, Tel 917
24 48 |
The Workshop is being held
at the instigation of the Second Meeting of the Signatories to the
Aarhus Convention, to develop ideas and make suggestions regarding
public participation in plans, programmes, policies and legislation,
and health assessment, with a view to supporting the drawing-up of
a protocol on strategic environmental assessment under the Espoo Convention.
It will involve experts from both the Aarhus and Espoo Convention
bodies. |
| 27-28 |
Business Object Summit
Focal point: Jean Kubler, Tel: 917 27 74 |
Information can be found
on the Website of the Memorandum of Understanding on electronic business
between IEC, ISO, ITU and UN/ECE: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/e_business/mou.html |
27(pm)-
1 Dec. |
Working Party on Passive
Safety (GRSP)
Focal point: Juan Ramos Garcia, Tel: 917 19 98 |
28th session of the body
subsidiary to WP.29. Consideration of a range of amendments to
ECE Regulations on passive safety requirements. |
28-30
Washington D.C.,
USA |
Work Session on Statistical
Metadata
Focal point: Jana Meliskova, Tel: 917 41 50 |
The meeting will consider
modelling and ways of dissemination of statistical metadata. Special
attention will be devoted to the needs and responsibilities of international
organizations for statistical metadata including the impact of the
IMF Special Data Dissemination Standards practice. |
| 28-1 Dec. |
Executive Body for the
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Focal point: Keith Bull, Tel: 917 23 54 |
Eighteenth session. |
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UNCITRAL Headquarters, Vienna, Austria |
Meeting of the UN/ECE
Advisory Group on International Commercial Arbitration
Focal point: Virginia Cram-Martos, Tel: 917 2745 |
The principal objectives
of this meeting are: 1) to agree upon the text and form of the revisions
to the 1961 Convention which were agreed during the Advisory Group
Meeting of 17-18 February 2000; 2) to agree upon the next
steps to be taken with regard to the 1961 Convention; 3) to agree
upon the text of a questionnaire on the practical problems encountered
by arbitration practitioners in the UN/ECE region. This work takes
place under the UN/ECE Working Party on International Legal and Commercial
Practice (WP.5). |
| 30-1 Dec. |
Bureau of the Inland
Transport Committee
Focal point: Helmut Lehmacher, Tel: 917 24 34 |
Third meeting of the 2000/2001
Bureau. The Bureau will discuss substantive and organizational questions
related to the forthcoming session of the ITC. |
| 30-2 Dec. |
BSEC Workshop on Technology
Transfer and SMEs
Focal point: Antal Szabo, Tel: 917 24 71 |
15th Workshop
to be organized jointly by the Permanent Secretariat of the BSEC,
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany) and UN/ECE. |