The meeting was organized under the auspices of the Aarhus Convention’s Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making (TF on PPDM) and the Bureau under the Protocol on SEA to the Espoo Convention, as foreseen in the respective programme of work and workplan of the two treaties. The meeting served as the third meeting of the TF on PPDM.
The meeting had a key role in contributing to the development of recommendations that are being prepared under the two treaties for improving the implementation of their respective provisions:
(i) the second draft of the Aarhus Convention’s draft Recommendations on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making
(ii) draft Good Practice Recommendations on Public Participation in Strategic Decision-making.
Participants had an opportunity to discuss and provide input on both sets of draft recommendations.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for participants to discuss key issues of concern for Parties and stakeholders with respect to the implementation of the SEA Protocol and articles 7 and 8 of the Aarhus Convention. It examined obstacles and challenges to effective public participation in strategic decision-making, as well as good practices and innovative tools to address them.
For further information on this event please see the links below.
Joint Meeting on public participation in environmental decision-making: focus on strategic environmental assessment
29 - 30 October 2012
Geneva Switzerland
Documents
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Provisional Agenda | |||
Report | |||
Aarhus Convention's Recommendations on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making (second draft in clean text) | DOC | DOC | |
Aarhus Convention's Recommendations on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making (second draft in track changes format) | DOC | ||
SEA Protocol's Good Practice Recommendations on Public Participation in Strategic Decision-making (draft, 28 August 2012) | DOC | DOC |
Presentations
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Overview of key challenges to ensuring effective public participation in strategic environmental decision-making |
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SEA and public participation - some strategic thoughts Mr. Richard Macrory, University College London, United Kingdom |
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Practical experiences of organizing public participation in SEA in transboundary contexts Mr. Piotr Otawski, Ministry of Environment, Poland |
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Main obstacles to effective public participation in strategic environmental decision-making in countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia Mr. Dmytro Skrylnikov, European ECOForum |
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Main obstacles to effective public participation in strategic environmental decision-making in the countries of the European Union Mr. Michael Ewing, European ECOForum |
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Innovative approaches to public participation in environmental decision-making Ms. Maria Partidario, International Association for Impact Assessment |
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Special focus: Public participation in draft legislation | |||
Experiences of public participation in the European Commission's Impact Assessment with respect to EU legislation Mr. Georges Kremlis, DG Environment, European Commission |
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Public participation on Greece’s draft bill of biodiversity Ms. Katerina Skouria and Ms. Evelina Stamouli, Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Greece |
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Public participation regarding Armenia’s draft environmental legislation Mrs. Aida Iskoyan, Ministry for Nature Protection, Armenia |
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Special focus: Public participation in plans, programmes and policies | |||
Sustainable development | |||
Public participation in the era of the green economy Mr. Francesco Le Camera, Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea, Italy |
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Public participation regarding the Eastern Partnership Roadmap, Ukraine Mr. Andriy Andrusevich, Resource & Analysis Center "Society and Environment”, Ukraine |
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France’s Grenelle Environnement and the French Environmental Conference Mr. Tomas Legoupil, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning, France |
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Energy and climate change | |||
Public participation regarding Nordland County Council regional climate plan Mr. Dag Bastholm, Nordland County Council, Norway |
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Public participation in strategic energy-related planning in the United Kingdom Ms. Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Friends of the Earth, United Kingdom |
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Agriculture and food security | |||
Public participation regarding Spain’s Sustainable Rural Development Programme Ms. Ana Vicente Rangel, Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain |
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Marine protection | |||
Public participation in the establishment of Marine Protected Areas Ms. Anne Lettaye, Marine Protected Areas Agency, France |