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Working Group on EIA and SEA (Espoo Convention), 8th meeting

Working Group on EIA and SEA (Espoo Convention), 8th meeting

26 - 28 November 2019
Geneva Switzerland

Official documents

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ENG FRE RUS
Annotated provisional agenda for the eighth meeting
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/1)
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Report of the Working Group on its eighth meeting (post session) - (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/2) pdf

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Draft sixth review of implementation of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/3)

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Draft third review of implementation of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/4)
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Draft guidance on assessing health impacts in strategic environmental assessment
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/5)
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Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (FasTips)
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/6)
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Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary context (FasTips)
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/7
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OTHER MEETING DOCUMENTATION/
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
     
Informal notes on the Bureau meeting (Geneva, 17-18 June 2019) PDF    
Report of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and to the Protocol on their intermediary sessions
(ECE/MP.EIA/27−ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/11)
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Decisions by the Meetings of the Parties to the Convention
(ECE/MP.EIA/27/Add.1−ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/11/Add.1)
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Report of the Implementation Committee's 45th meeting (10-13 September 2019)
(ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2019/4) 
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Report of the Implementation Committee’s 44th meeting (12-15 March 2019) 
(ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2019/2)
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Report of the Implementation Committee’s 43rd meeting (4-7 December 2018)
(ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2018/6)
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Report of the Working Group on EIA and SEA on its 7th meeting (28-30 May 2018)
(ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2018/2)
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Report of the Implementation Committee’s 42nd meeting (11-14 September 2018)
(ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2018/4)
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Report of the seventh and the third sessions of the Meetings of the Parties to the Convention and the Protocol (MOP7&MOP/MOP3)
(ECE/MP.EIA/23–ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7)
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Decisions and the Declaration adopted jointly by the Meetings of the Parties to the Convention and the Protocol
(ECE/MP.EIA/23.Add.1–ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7.Add.1)
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Decisions by the MOP to the Convention
(ECE/MP.EIA/23.Add.2–ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7.Add.2)
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Decisions by the MOP to the Protocol
(ECE/MP.EIA/23/Add.3–ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7.Add.3)
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Informal documents

INFORMAL DOCUMENTS ENG
Item 1 Informal notes on the agenda (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.1) Word
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Item 2 Bureau’s proposals on the financing of the Convention and the Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.2) Word
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  Second annual financial report in the period between seventh/third and eighth/fourth sessions of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention/Protocol: period to 30 June 2019
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  Recent contributions to the Convention's and the Protocol's trust fund (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.14)
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Item 3 Status of ratification of the Convention, its amendments and its Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.3) Word
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Item 4-6 Workplan implementation status (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.4) Word
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Item 4 Suggested improvements to the questionnaires on the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.5) Word
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  Revised Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries (As published in November 2019) ENG
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  Update on the progress in drafting guidance on the applicability of the Convention to the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.6) Word
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  Co-Chairs report on ad hoc group’s 7th meeting (Rotterdam, 8-9 October 2019) PDF
  Core conclusions of IAIA workshop on environmental and health impacts of LTE of NPPs PDF
  Note on a draft long-term strategy and an action plan for the Convention and the Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.7) Word
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Item 6 IAIA FasTips published this far  
Item 7 Provisional programme for the workshop on the assessment of health impacts of plans and programmes in strategic environmental assessment (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.8) Word
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Item 8 Preparations for the next sessions of the Meetings of the Parties (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.9) Word
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  Elements for a draft declaration (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.10) Word
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  Possible activities for the draft workplan (2021–2023) (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.11) Word
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  A list of vacancies (chairs and members) in the treaty bodies for 2021-2023 (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.12) Word
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  Provisional schedule of meetings 2021–2023 (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2019/INF.13) Word
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Presentations and statements

  PRESENTATIONS AND STATEMENTS ENG
 
Agenda item 4 A. Compliance with and implementation of the Convention and the Protocol
 
  Report of the Chair of the Implementation Committee to the Working Group PDF
 
Agenda item 7A: Exchange of good practices:

Workshop on the assessment of health impacts and health sector involvement in strategic environmental assessment
(Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.)

 
  Programme PDF
  Health and the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessments- setting the scene through an example
Dr Julia Nowacki, WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health
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  Draft guidance on assessing health impacts in strategic environmental assessment
Thomas Fischer, Professor, University of Liverpool
Ben Cave, Director, Ben Cave Associates Ltd.
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1. Czechia
HIA in SEA - Regional Energy Concept of Vysočina Region update 2017-2042

Jaroslav Volf, University Hospital Ostrava
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2. The Netherlands
Health in SEA - National Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment
Birgit Staatsen, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
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3. Estonia
Rail Baltic high speed rail plan

Heikki Kalle, Estonian Environment Institute
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4. Wales (United Kingdom)
National development framework for Wales

Liz Green, Public Health Wales
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List of participants

List of Participants                                                                                ENG