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Fifth meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making under the Aarhus Convention

23 - 24 February 2015
Geneva Switzerland

The fifth meeting of the Aarhus Convention Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making took place from 23 to 24 February 2015 in Geneva (Palais des Nations, Salle XII). An article about the meeting is available here.

The meeting aimed to discuss the main challenges and obstacles to effective public participation, exchange good practices to address those obstacles, identify innovative practices to facilitate more effective public participation, and convey a thematic session on climate change-related decision-making.

Documents

Documents ENG FRE RUS
Provisional Agenda (AC/TF.PP-5/Inf.1) PDF    
Report of the meeting, (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2015/4) PDF PDF PDF
List of outcomes (AC/TF.PP-5/Inf.4) PDF    
List of participants PDF    
Selected relevant resources (AC/TF.PP-5/Inf.2) PDF    
Selected considerations, findings and reports of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (AC/TF.PP-5/Inf.3) PDF    
Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters (ECE/MP.PP/2014/2/Add.2) PDF PDF PDF
Aarhus Convention Implementation Guide      

Synthesis report on the status of implementation of the convention (ECE/MP.PP/2014/6)

PDF PDF PDF
NIRs webpage      

 

Presentations and Statements

Presentations ENG FRE RUS
Item 2. Obstacles, challenges and good practices in relation to public participation in decision-making      
(a). Identification and notification of the public concerned      
Ms. Elizabeth Smith, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development PDF    
Ms. Lina Oskarsson, Sweden PDF    
Mr. Filip Spirovski, NGO Journalists Environmental Agency, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia PDF    
(b). Early public participation      
Mr. Adrian Panciuc, Republic of Moldova PDF    
Ms. Emilia Liaska, The hellenic society for the protection of the environment and the cultural heritage, Greece PDF    
(c). Role of private actors and project developers      
Mr. Jerzy Jendroska, University of Opole and Member of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee PDF    
Ms. Nino Gokhelashvili, Georgia PDF    
Ms. Ljudmila Petrova, NGO Angel, Kazakhstan PDF   PDF
(d). Due account of comments and outcomes of public participation      
Ms. Enkelejda Malaj, Albania PDF    
Ms. Aida Iskoyan, Armenia PDF    
Mr. Ilya Trombitsky, Globe Europe Parliamentary NGO, Republic of Moldova PDF    
Item 3. Innovative practices of public participation in decision-making      
Ms. Marguerite Stapleton, Ireland PDF    
Mr. Etienne Ballan, Expert and Chair of the thematic session on PPIF PDF    
Ms. Kaidi Tingas, the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe online presentation (due to the volume
of the presentation downloading make take a few seconds)
Ms. Diane Henrick, Peace and Disarmament, Quaker United Nations Office PDF    
Item 5. Thematic focus: climate change-related decision-making      
Ms. Adriana Valenzuela, UNFCCC Secretariat PDF    
Mr. Vincent van Steenberghe, Belgium PDF    
Ms. Olga Zakharova, Aarhus Centre of Belarus PDF    
Ms. Maaike de Beer, Netherlands PDF    
Ms. Mara Silina, European Eco Forum, Belgium PDF    
Ms. Tamara Malkova, "Green Dossier", Ukraine PDF    
       
Statements ENG FRE RUS
Mr. Ahmed Azam, United Kingdom PDF    
Ms. Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland PDF    
Ms. Yulia Dolinina, WWF Russia PDF