Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention, 5th session and Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on SEA, 1st session (20 - 23 June 2011)

Fifth session of Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ECE/MP.EIA/14
Annotated provisional agenda for the fifth session

- plus corrigendum of English

ECE/MP.EIA/15 (post session)
Report of the fifth session

First session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/1
Annotated provisional agenda for the first session

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2 (post session)
Report of the first session

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/L.1
Compendium of draft decisions forwarded for adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/L.1
Compendium of draft decisions forwarded for adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/L.2 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/L.2
Compendium of draft decisions forwarded for adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, and by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, meeting in joint session

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/L.3
Draft decision on the review of compliance

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/L.3
Draft declaration

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/1 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/1
Report on budget and financial arrangements in the period since the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/2
Draft review of implementation, regarding legal, administrative and other measures taken to implement articles 2–4 of the Convention

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/3
Draft review of implementation, regarding legal, administrative and other measures taken to implement articles 5–9 of the Convention, and regarding practical experiences

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/4
Report on the activities of the Implementation Committee

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/5
Background paper on the application of the Conventiion to nuclear energy-related activities

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/6
Opinions of the Implementation Committee, 2001–2010

Convention

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

Rules of Procedure

ECE/MP.EIA/10
Report of the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties

ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2010/5
Report of the fourteenth meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Impact Assessment

ECE/MP.EIA/AC.3/2010/2
Report of the third session of the Meeting of the Signatories to the Protocol

ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2011/2
Report of the Implementation Committee on its twentieth session

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.1 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.1
Informal notes on agenda / practical arrangements (revised on 18 May 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.2 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.2
Status of the Convention, its amendments and its Protocol (as at 30 March 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.3 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.3
Informal assessment of the completion of the workplan (as at 30 March 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.4 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.4
Status of contributions to the trust fund (as at 30 March 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.5 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.5
Informal list of nominations (as at 12 May 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.6 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.6
Informal list of events planned (revised on 19 April 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.7
Information on seminar on 20 years of law and practice under the Convention (as at 19 April 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.8
Information on panel discussion on nuclear energy-related projects (revised on 31 May 2011)

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.9 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.9
Report on credentials (post-session)

Background document

Informal list of nuclear energy-related activities in the UNECE region, first discussed at the 13th meeting of the Working Group on EIA (Exchange of good practices: Application of the Convention to nuclear energy-related activities; revised)

Outstanding issues: draft decision on the review of compliance (item 3(a) of MOP-5 agenda)

Proposal by Ukraine

Non-paper by Ukraine

Support to Ukraine to Implement the Espoo and Aarhus Conventions, Draft Final Report, EuropeAid Development and Cooperation, European Commission, August 2010, prepared by NIRAS A/S, Denmark (mention of any commercial firm does not imply endorsement by the United Nations).

Statement by Minister

Statement by Deputy Minister

Revised draft decision put forward for adoption in high-level segment (informal, advance copy of adopted text)

Outstanding issues: draft decision on the adoption of the workplan (item 3(b) of MOP-5 and MOP/MOP-1 agendas)

Presentation of the implementation of the previous workplan, by secretariat

Outstanding issues: draft decision on the budget, financial arrangements and financial assistance (item 3(c) of MOP-5 and MOP/MOP-1 agendas)

Presentation of the financial report, by secretariat

Oustanding issues: nominations (item 3(f) of MOP-5 and MOP/MOP-1 agendas)

Proposal by NGOs EEB and EcoForum for an NGO observer at Bureau meetings

Seminar on 20 years of law and practice under the Convention (item 4 of MOP-5 agenda)

Panel 1: The Espoo Convention’s Relationship to Public International and European Law

Developments in International Law of EIA and their Relation to the Espoo Convention, Alan Boyle

Relationship between the Espoo Convention and the Aarhus Convention, Jonas Ebbesson

Implementation of and Compliance with the Espoo Convention and Kiev Protocol in the European Union, Simon Marsden

Panel 2: Legal Developments within the Espoo Convention

The Protocol on SEA: a matter of good governance?, Jan De Mulder

The Legal Status of Subsidiary Body Rulings and ‘Guidance’ Documents, Neil Craik (presenter) and Timo Koivurova

Legal challenges of the application of Espoo Convention in post-Soviet OVOS/expertiza systems, Jerzy Jendroska

Review of the workplan and work done by the Working Group on EIA (item 5 of MOP-5 agenda)

List of cases 2010

Panel discussion on nuclear energy-related projects (item 7 of MOP-5 agenda), moderated by Mr. Georges Kremlis

Summary (informal notes by the Secretariat)

Mr. Andreas Molin, Federal Ministry of Environment (Austria)

Mr. Jorma Aurela, Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Finland)

Mr. Jean-Luc Lachaume, Deputy Director-General of the Nuclear Safety
Authority (France)

Ms. Rita Mazzanti, Head of Liaison Office in Geneva, International Atomic Energy Agency

Mr. Stasys Motiejunas, State Enterprise Radioactive Waste Management
Agency (Lithuania)

Ms. Monika Nauduzaite, Directorate-General for Energy, European
Commission

Ms. Patricia Lorenz, Friends of the Earth Europe

Statements by Parties

Belarus

Belarus, open letter of the Ministry of Natural Resources

Slovenia

Presentation on the Swiss-organized programme on Environmental Impact Assessment in Central Asia and Azerbaijan (item 8 of MOP-5 agenda)

Keynote speech by Mr. Gérard Poffet, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

Opening statement by Mr. Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary of UNECE

Statements by Ministers and high-level representatives (item 10 of MOP-5 agenda; item 6 of MOP/MOP-1 agenda)

Armenia

Belarus

European Union

European Commission

Lithuania

Azerbaijan

Romania

WHO

Ukraine

Other business (MOP-5 item 13)

Statement by Armenia

Conclusion of the sessions (MOP/MOP-1 item 12 and MOP-5 item 14)

Informal presentation of the main outcomes, by secretariat

Registration form

Outline credentials (for all delegations) - Pouvoirs - Мандат

List of participants

Evaluation by delegates - a summary (post-session)