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Special Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy

Special Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy

24 - 27 May 2011
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

The Committee held its special session in Geneva from 24 to 27 May 2011. The main objectives of the session was to advance the preparations for the Seventh Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe", to be held in Astana from 21 to 23 September 2011. For more information about the meeting please consult the documents and presentations below.

Official documents

Annotated provisional agenda for the meeting
ECE/CEP/S/2011/1

ENG FRE RUS

Report of the meeting
ECE/CEP/S/2011/2

ENG FRE RUS

Draft agenda for the Astana EfE Ministerial Conference
ECE/CEP/S/2011/L.1

ENG FRE RUS

Proposed organization of work for the Astana EfE Ministerial Conference
ECE/CEP/S/2011/6

ENG FRE RUS

Draft official substantive document on sustainable management of water and water-related ecosystems
ECE/CEP/S/2011/L.2

ENG FRE RUS

Draft official substantive document on greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development
ECE/CEP/S/2011/L.3

ENG FRE RUS

Draft ministerial declaration of the Astana EfE Ministerial Conference
ECE/CEP/S/2011/L.6

ENG FRE RUS

Proposal for a Partnership Programme of the "Green Bridge" Initiative
ECE/CEP/S/2011/L.5

ENG FRE RUS

Draft Astana Water Action
ECE/CEP/S/2011/L.4

ENG --- RUS

Environmental Performance Review Programme: third cycle of reviews
ECE/CEP/S/2011/3

ENG FRE RUS

Environmental Performance Reviews beyond the UNECE region
ECE/CEP/S/2011/4

ENG FRE RUS

Guidelines for developing national strategies to use water quality monitoring as an environmental policy tool
ECE/CEP/S/2011/5

ENG ---

RUS

Informal documents

Provisional organization of work of the special session of the CEP
Information paper No.1

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Estimated resource requirements for preparing the Astana Ministerial Conference
Information paper No.2

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List of side events at the Astana Ministerial Conference
Information paper No. 3/Rev.2

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Establishment of a Task Force on Green Building: draft Terms of Reference
Information paper No.4

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UNECE publication programme 2012–2013: Environment subprogramme
Information paper No.5/Rev.1

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Collection of good practices on the sustainable management of water and water-related ecosystems
Information paper No.6

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Provisional list of documents for the Astana Ministerial Conference
Information paper No.7

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Proposal for a capacity-building workshop for journalists at the Astana Ministerial Conference
Informaiton paper No.8

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List of participants
Post-session paper

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Other relevant documents

Europe's Environment Assessment of Assessments draft for consultation
weblink

ENG --- RUS

Drafts of the second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters in the UNECE region
weblink

ENG --- RUS

Report of the seventeenth session of the Committee
ECE/CEP/161 and corrigendum

ENG / ENG FRE RUS

Organizational Issues for the Seventh "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference
ECE/CEP/2010/2  

ENG FRE RUS

Communication plan for the Seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference
ECE/CEP/2010/5

ENG FRE RUS

UN ESCAP Sixth Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific, Astana, 27 September - 2 October 2010
website

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Astana “Green Bridge” Initiative: Europe-Asia-Pacific Partnership for the Implementation of “Green Growth”
by Kazakhstan (as welcomed and endorsed by the ESCAP Ministerial Conference)

ENG --- RUS

The Reform Plan of the EfE process
Excerpt from the Report of the CEP on its special session (Geneva, 27-29 January 2009; ECE/CEP/S/152 and corrigendum 1)

ENG FRE RUS

Presentations

Europe's Environment: an Assessment of Assessments
by EEA

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The second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters in the ECE region
by ECE

ENG --- ---

Draft Official Substantive Document on Greening the Economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development
by ECE and UNEP

ENG --- ---

"Green Bridge" Partnership Programme 
by Kazakhstan 

ENG --- ---

Host country preparations for the Conference
by Kazakhstan

ENG --- ---

Communication and information activities for Astana Ministerial Conference
by ECE

ENG --- ---

Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments in countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia
by ECE

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National Policy Dialogues on Integrated Water Resources Management under the European Union Water Initiative
by ECE (lunch-time seminar)
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