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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: No. 6: Mitigation in Impact Assessment (November 2013) No. 7: Alternatives in Strategic Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programs (March 2014) Previously issued Fastips
	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)