Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention

Document TitleENGRUS

Item 2. Representation and credentials

Presentation by the secretariatENG-

Item 3. Report of the Bureau

Presentation by the ChairENG

Item 4. Election of officers and other members of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties

Bureau proposal presented by the ChairENG-

Item 5. Implementation of the Convention

Sixth report on the Convention's implementation, by the Chair of the Working Group on ImplementationENGRUSPresentation of good practices in reporting:-- Czech-German joint inspections, by the Czech Republic and GermanyENGRUS-- Use of indicators and criteria for filling in the report on implementation of the Convention of Serbia, by Serbia (full version)ENGRUSBureau proposal for members of the Working Group on Implementation for 2013-2014, presented by the ChairENG-

Item 6. Use of financial resources in 2011–2012

Overview of the use of financial resources, by the secretariatENG-

Item 7. Involvement of Parties and other stakeholders

Stakeholder outreach and communications, by the secretariatENGRUS

Item 8. Exchange of information

Report on the joint seminar on land-use planning around hazardous industrial sites, presented by the NetherlandsENG-Report on the workshop on cost-effectiveness for major accident prevention, presented by PolandENG-

(c) Seminar on how national authorities can support local authorities in preparedness and response

Preparing for Cross-border Chemical Incidents: findings of the CERACI project, by Elisabeth Hall, The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the NetherlandsENG-Experiences from the Czech Republic, by Pavel Danihelka, Technical University of Ostrava, the Czech RepublicENG-Background on the Swedish system regarding preparedness, National reinforcement resources, and Hazmat coordinators, by Helena Nässlander and Ove Brunnström, MSB, SwedenENG-Corporate chemical contingency, by Bo Olsson, The Swedish Plastics and Chemical FederationENG-RIB-Integrated decision support system, by Tore Eriksson, MSB, SwedenENG-

Item 9. Assistance Programme

(a) Progress report on the activities carried out within the Programme’s preparatory and implementation phases

Outcome of the key assistance activities, by the secretariatENGRUSProject on hazard and crisis management in Danube Delta, by the Republic of Moldova and RomaniaENGRUSAssistance to raising knowledge on industrial safety at universities in Armenia, by Eco-Peace ArmeniaENGRUS

(b) Indicators and criteria for the Strategic Approach for the implementation phase of the Assistance Programme

Outcome of the Review of the first Self-Assessments and Action Plans under the Strategic Approach, by Chair of the Working Group on ImplementationENGRUSProposed tasks and division of work between the Bureau and Working Group on Implementation, presented by the secretariatENGRUS

Item 10. Strategic partnerships

Strategic partners, by the secretariatENG-Flexible framework for addressing chemical accident prevention and preparedness, by UNEPENG-Prevention of, preparedness for and response to emergencies in WHO agenda, by WHOENG-OECD Programme on Chemical Accidents, by a member of the Bureau of the OECD Working Group on Chemical AccidentsENG-The EU Major Accident Reporting System - eMARS, by the European CommissionENG-

Item 11. Financing

Proposed sustainable financial mechanism, presented by the ChairENGRUS

Item 12. UNECE Industrial Accidents Notification System

Results of electronic consultation of the points of contact, by the secretariatENGRUS

Item 13. Prevention of accidental water pollution

Progress made with drafting of ECE safety guidelines and good practices, by co-Chair of the Joint ad hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial AccidentsENG-Report on the seminar on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sandoz accident, presented by GermanyENG-

Item 14. Possible amendment of the Convention

Possible amendments to the Convention, presented by the secretariatENGRUS

Item 15. Plan of action under the Convention

Draft workplan and staffing, presented by the secretariatENG-Prioritization of possible activities based on recommendations from workshops and seminars, by Chair of the Working Group on ImplementationENGRUSFinancial support for the participation of experts from countries with economies in transition, by secretariatENGRUS

Item 18. Review of decisions

Informal record of decisions taken, presented by the secretariatENG-

1. The following countries of Eastern European, the Caucasus and Central Asia — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan — as well as the following countries of South-Eastern Europe — Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina — are eligible for full financial assistance (travel expenses and daily subsistence allowance (DSA)) to support the participation of their experts and representatives in activities organized within the framework of the Conference of the Parties. Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkmenistan are eligible for partial financial assistance (DSA only).

2. The countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe, as accepted by the Conference of the Parties as recipient countries in the Assistance Programme under the Convention, are eligible for full financial assistance (travel expenses and DSA) to support the participation of their experts and representatives in the capacity-building activities organized within the Programme.

-- Guiding principles for financial assistance to support the participation of experts and representatives from countries with economies in transition in meetings organized within the framework of the Conference of the Parties and in the activities under the Assistance Programme (ECE/CP.TEIA/22, annex III)