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Secretariat of the Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on PRTRs

 

 

Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Secretariat
Environment Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 10
1211 Geneva 10 
Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected];
 

Web-site: http://www.unece.org/env/pp

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Ella Behlyarova

Secretary to the Convention and its Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

Ella is programme manager of the Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on PRTRs.


Tel: + 41 22 917 2376
E-mail:[email protected]

Fiona Marshall

Legal Officer

Fiona serves as the Secretary to the Convention's Compliance Committee and Assistant to the Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders. She also supports efforts to promote the Convention in international forums and provides legal advice to the secretariat.
Tel: +41 22 917 4226
E-mail:[email protected]

Kristof Douçot

Environmental Affairs Officer

Kristof supports the bodies and activities under the Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) Protocol and manages PRTR.net.

Tel: +41 22 917 1390
E-mail: [email protected] 

Teresa Mayr

Legal Officer

Teresa supports the Convention’s Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders and assists the Compliance Committee. She also provides legal advice to the secretariat on a range of matters.

Tel: +41 22 917 24 37 
E-mail: [email protected]

 

Maryna Yanush

Environmental Affairs Officer

Maryna supports work related to access to information, access to justice, and capacity building.
Tel:+41 22 917 2440
E-mail: [email protected]

Maike Salize
Associate Environmental Affairs Officer

Maike supports the key subsidiary bodies under the Aarhus Convention, including the Bureau, the Working Group of the Parties, as well as activities related to GMOs and public participation. She also assists with various tasks within the secretariat, such as financial and administrative planning, the reporting mechanism, correspondence with national focal points, and coordination with partner organizations.
 

Tel: +41 22 917 6073

Email: [email protected]

Anastasia Giadrossi

Associate Legal Officer

Anastasia primarily supports the work of the Convention's Compliance Committee and contributes to other areas of work under the Convention and its Protocol.

Tel: + 41 22 917 3133

Email: [email protected] 

Jasper Bartels

 

Junior Professional Officer

Jasper primarily supports the Convention’s Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders. He also assists the Convention's Compliance Committee and contributes to other areas of work under the Convention and its Protocol.

Tel: + 41 22 917 2583

Email: [email protected] 

Sadaf Shamsie

Programme Management Assistant

Sadaf supports the planning, preparation, and organization of meetings under the Convention and its Protocol. She also helps manage the Convention's website and contributes to the preparation of documents, publications, and other materials. Additionally, she assists the team with various tasks as needed.

Tel: +41 22 917 2650

E-mail:[email protected]

Katri Veldre

Programme Management Assistant

Katri supports the planning, preparation, and organization of Compliance Committee meetings under the Convention and its Protocol. She also assists the team with various other tasks as needed.

Tel: +41 22 917 1911

E-mail:[email protected]

Environment Division

Marco Keiner

Director

Marco joined the Division as Director in September 2008. An expert on sustainability-oriented urban and rural development, he worked in Africa for six years as a development aid worker before joining the UN-HABITAT in Nairobi as Chief of the Urban Environment Section

Tel: +41 22 917 2370

E-mail:[email protected]

 

 

The secretariat joined by the host country team and Ms. Maia Bitadze, Chair of the Convention’s sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties, and Ms. Tina Skårman, Chair of the Protocol’s third session of the Meeting of the Parties, Budva, 10 - 15 September 2017.

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The secretariat joined by Mr. Jit Peters, Chair of the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, and Mr. Michel Amand, Chair of the second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs, held on 30 June - 4 July 2014.

 

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The secretariat joined by Mr. Jan Dusik, who chaired the
fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, 29 June-1 July 2011

 

 

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The secretariat joined by its friends and Mr. Willem
Kakebeeke of the Netherlands, who chaired the
negotiation of the Convention, at the third meeting of the
Parties 11-13 June 2008

 

 

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The Convention secretariat in 2002:
Ljilana Stancic, Sophie Flensborg, Jeremy Wates