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Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention, 6th session and Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on SEA, 2nd session (2 - 5 June 2014)

02 - 05 June 2014
Geneva Switzerland

The sixth session of Meeting of the Parties to the Convention was held, in conjunction with the second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, in Geneva, from 2 to 5 June 2014.

Official documents

ECE/MP.EIA/19-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/3
Annotated provisional agenda for the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and the second session of the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/20-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/4 (post session)
Report of the sixth session and the second session
 ENG  FRE  RUS 

ECE/MP.EIA/20/Add.1-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/4.Add.1
Decisions by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ECE/MP.EIA/20/Add.1/ Corr.1−ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/4/Add.1/Corr.1

ENG

ENG

FRE

FRE

RUS

RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/20/Add.2-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/4.Add.2
Decisions by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/20-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/4.Add.3
Decisions taken jointly by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (including the declaration)

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2014/L.1
Draft decisions by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/L.1
Draft decisions by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/L.2-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/L.2
Draft joint decisions by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention
serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
 ENG FRE  RUS 
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/L.3
Draft decision on the review of compliance of the Convention
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/L.3
Draft decision on the review of compliance of the Protocol
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/L.4-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/L.4
Draft declaration
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/1- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/1
Report on the budget and financial arrangements in the period since the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/2
General guidance on enhancing consistency between the Convention and environmental impact assessment within State ecological expertise in countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/3
Draft fourth review of implementation of the Convention
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/2014/4-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/4
Report on the activities of the Implementation Committee
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/2
Good practice recommendations on public participation in strategic environmental assessment
ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2014/3
Draft first review of implementation of the Protocol

ENG FRE RUS

Background documents

Convention

ENG FRE RUS

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

ENG FRE RUS

Rules of Procedure

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/15
Report of the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties

ENG FRE RUS
- plus corrigendum (to decision V/2) ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2
Report of the first session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2013/7 (Advance copy)
Report of the Working Group on EIA and SEA on its third session
ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2014/2  (Advance copy)
Report of the Implementation Committee on its 30th session
ENG FRE RUS
Opinions of the Implementation Committee (2001-2014) ENG    

Adopted Decisions

Decisions adopted by sixth session of Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

Decision VI/1 on reporting and review of implementation and Corrigendum ENG FRE RUS
Decision VI/2 on review of compliance ENG FRE RUS
Decision VI/6 on aligning the authentic language versions of the Convention ENG FRE RUS
Decision VI/7 on application of the Convention to nuclear energy-related activities ENG FRE RUS
Decision VI/8 on General guidance on enhancing consistency between the Convention and environmental impact assessment within State ecological expertise in countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia ENG FRE RUS

Decisions adopted jointly by sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

Decision VI/3–II/3 on adoption of the workplan ENG FRE RUS
Decision VI/4–II/4 on budget, financial arrangements and financial assistance ENG FRE RUS
Decision VI/5–II/5 on accession by Member States of the United Nations not members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ENG FRE RUS
Declaration ENG FRE RUS

Decisions adopted by second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

Decision II/1 on reporting and the review of implementation of the Protocol ENG FRE RUS
Decision II/2 on review of compliance ENG FRE RUS
Decision II/6 on aligning the authentic language versions of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment ENG FRE RUS
Decision II/7 on format for notification under the Protocol ENG FRE RUS
Decision II/8 on good practice recommendations on public participation in Strategic Environmental Assessment ENG FRE RUS

Informal documents

  Informal presentation of the main outcomes, by secretariat ENG  
  ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.12
Report on credentials (post-session as of 13 June 2014)
ENG  
Item 2 Organizational matters    
  (c) Adoption of the agenda    
 

Informal notes on the agenda
Note by the secretariat (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.1)

ENG RUS
  See also: Information on meeting preparations and practical arrangements ENG RUS
  (e) Status of the Convention and its amendments and the Protocol    
  Status of ratification of the Convention, its amendments and its Protocol
Note by the secretariat (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.2)
ENG RUS
Item 3 Outstanding issues    
  (a) Draft decisions by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention    
  Comments to the list of proposed corrections to the Convention
– in annex to draft decision VI/6 on aligning the authentic language versions (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/L.1)

Note by the secretariat (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.11)
ENG RUS
  (c) Draft joint decisions    
  Informal assessment of the completion of the workplan
Note by the secretariat (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.3)
ENG RUS
  (e) Nomination of officers and tentative calendar of meetings for the next intersessional period    
  Informal list of nominations
Note by the secretariat (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.5)
ENG RUS
  Provisional schedule of meetings
Note by the secretariat (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.6)
ENG RUS
Item 4 Seminar on wind and hydro energy    
  Information on the seminar on wind and hydro energy
Note by Poland (ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.7)
ENG  
Item 5 Review of the workplan and work done by the Working Group on Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment    
  (c) Promoting ratification and application of the Protocol on SEA    
 

Electronic publication of the Resource Manual to Support Application of the SEA Protocol in Russian

  RUS
 

IAIA informal pamphlets:

   
 

Case study (Poland): application of the Protocol on SEA to regional spatial planning
(including transboundary procedures)

short version (ENG)

long version (ENG)

 
Item 7 Seminar on the globalization of the Convention and the Protocol and the role of international financial institutions    
  Information on the seminar on globalization of the Convention and the Protocol; and the role of international financial institutions
(ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.8)
ENG RUS
Item 9 Panel discussion on the application of the Convention and the Protocol to energy related issues    
  Information on the panel discussion on the application of the Convention and the Protocol to energy-related issues
(ECE/MP.EIA/2014/INF.9)
ENG RUS
  Side event, Tuesday, 3 June, from 1.15 to 2.00 p.m. in room VIII
Application of the Espoo Convention to nuclear energy-related activities
ENG  
  Provisional programme ENG  

 

Presentations, statements

General segment  
Seminar on wind and hydro energy (item 4 of the agenda), moderated by Mr. Jerzy Jendrośka, Opole university, Poland  
PART I - WIND ENERGY  
Maritime Spatial Planning for an effective implementation of offshore wind farms and the grid connections – Spatial Offshore Grid Plan for the German Exclusive Economic Zone of the North and Baltic Sea, Ms. Anna Hunke ENG
Offshore wind farms impact on biodiversity and shadow uncertainty, Mr. Łukasz Rejt ENG
Landscape analysis for wind energy on the basis of transboundary EIA procedures, Ms. Paulina Filipiak ENG
Practical experiences of Polish regional authority responsible for conducting the EIA for offshore wind farms, also in a transboundary context, Ms. Hanna Dzikowska ENG
PART II - HYDRO-ENERGY  
Good practice example for implementing Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context on two Slovenian National Plans for Hydropower Use on the Lower Sava in Brezice and Mokrice, Ms. Vesna Kolar-Planisnic ENG
Environmental Problems of hydro energy in Ukraine, Mr. Igor Markelov RUS
Seminar on the globalization of the Convention and the Protocol and the role of international financial institutions (item 7 of the agenda), moderated by Mr. Matthew Arndt, Head of Environmental, Climate and Social Policy, European Investment Bank (EIB)  
A. Representatives of non-ECE countries and experts  
Strategies to promote Transboundary EIA system in Northeast Asia, Young-Joon Lee ENG
Environmental Impact Assessment and Transboundary Context of Mongolia, Tsogtsaikhan Purev ENG
Transboundary SEA/EIA in Vietnam, Le Hoai Nam ENG
Issues to consider when promoting SEA Protocol on global level: Lessons from South East Asia, Jiří Dusík ENG
Les etudes d'impact sur l'environnement au Maroc, Damghi Hanane FRE
EIE – EES en TUNISIE, Dhekra Gharbi FRE
B. Representatives of IFIs and NGOs  
Addressing Transboundary Environmental Impacts in EIB operations, Adina Relicovschi ENG
Capacity building on transboundary EIA, Angela Filipas ENG
African Development Bank: Implementing SESA, Dr. Anthony Nyong ENG
World Bank’s policy and practice relating to EIA and SEA, Agi Kiss ENG
EBRD and the Espoo Convention: an IFI perspective, Elizabeth Smith ENG
The role of public finance in application of the Espoo Convention: experience from Ukraine, Iryna Holovko ENG
Panel discussion on the application of the Convention and the Protocol to energy related issues Division of Sustainable Energy (item 9 of the agenda), moderated by Ms. Stefanie Held, Head of section, Division of Sustainable Energy, UNECE  
Application of the Convention to Nord Stream gaz pipeline project, Thomas Bunge  
Application of transboundary EIA procedures to large-scale projects, Georges Kremlis ENG
Application of the Convention to the Cernavodă nuclear power plant, Mihail Fâcă  
Role of Euratom and European Commission (DG Energy) in the field of nuclear safety, Michael Kuske ENG
Application of the Protocol on SEA to energy related plans and programmes, policies, Jiří Dusík ENG
Application of the Convention and the Protocol to energy related issues in Eastern-Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Jerzy Jendrośka  
Application of the Convention to nuclear energy related issues; the critical need for SEA in countries in Eastern-Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in the energy sector;
benefits of public participation and the need to engage the economic sectors into SEA application, Andriy Andrusevych
 
Informal summary of the panel discussion by the moderator ENG
High-level segment  
Opening statement by Mr. Michael Møller, Acting Executive Secretary of UNECE ENG
Statements by Ministers and high-level representatives (item 10 of agenda)  
Romania ENG
Switzerland FRE
Republic of Moldova ENG
Azerbaijan RUS
- re decision VI/2 ENG
Armenia RUS
- re decision VI/2 ENG
European Union ENG
Bulgaria ENG
France FRE
Norway ENG
Marocco FRE
Korea Environment Institute ENG
WHO

ENG

(long version)

European ECO-Forum on behalf of the NGO community ENG
Belarus re decision VI/2
- before the vote
RUS
- after the vote ENG
Side event - Application of the Espoo Convention to nuclear energy-related activities
(3 June, 1.15-2.00 p.m.)
 
Conclusion of the sessions (item 16 of agenda)  
Informal presentation of the main outcomes, by secretariat ENG

Preparatory, practical

Information on meeting preparations and practical arrangements ENG   RUS

Registration form

ENG ENG  

Outline credentials (for all delegations) - Pouvoirs - Мандат

ENG FRE RUS

List of participants

ENG    

Evaluation by delegates - a summary (post-session)