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WGI Special Session: Seminar on good practices and lessons learned in implementing the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention

WGI Special Session: Seminar on good practices and lessons learned in implementing the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention

03 February (11:00) - 04 February (17:00) 2022
Geneva Switzerland

The Convention’s Working Group on Implementation (WGI) organizes a special session for a seminar on good practices and lessons learned in implementing the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. The seminar will be held in Geneva and online on 3-4 February 2022 from 11:00–13:00 and 15:00–17:00 (Central European Time) on both days. It is included in the Convention’s workplan for 2021-2022, adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its 11th meeting in December 2020.

The main objective of the special session is to hold a seminar that promotes good practices and lessons learned in the implementation of the Industrial Accidents Convention in order to help overcome implementation gaps by facilitating the exchange of information among Parties and other countries. National authorities will present on good practices and lessons learned from their countries to a broad audience. The target audience includes national authorities, operators of hazardous installations, partner organizations, scholars and students, within and beyond the UNECE region.

The seminar is organized into six thematic sessions, in recognition of the different sections in the national implementation reports: Identification and notification of hazardous activities; Prevention of industrial accidents; Emergency preparedness, response and mutual assistance; Information to and participation of the public; Decision-making on siting and land-use planning; and Scientific and technical cooperation and exchange of information.  Each thematic session will include: an overview of relevant provisions of the Industrial Accidents Convention, gaps that the WGI identified in the ninth report on the implementation of the Convention 2016–2018; relevant actions contained in decision 2020/2 on strengthening the implementation of the Convention; country presentations on good practices and/or lessons learned in addressing those gaps or on addressing a new and emerging risk under the thematic session; and discussion between the moderator, presenters, secretariat and audience. Members of the WGI who are involved in the respective preparatory group will moderate the thematic sessions.

Further information about the concept for the seminar can be found in the below concept note and draft agenda.

Please click here to register for the Special Session. Kindly register before 27 January 2022. You will find guidance for how to register here (ENG, RUS). Once registered, we will send you more details on how to connect to the event closer to it.

The special session will be held with English, French and Russian interpretation. The lead party for the organization of the special session is the Netherlands; it has been organized with support from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands. A preparatory group, comprised of members from the WGI, guided the substantive preparation of the seminar under the leadership of the Netherlands, including the selection of good practices, development of the agenda and above concept note.

Background information

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Draft agenda (as of 2 February 2022)

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List of Participants

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Concept note for the seminar

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Ninth report on the implementation of the Convention (2016-2018)

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Decision 2020/2 on strengthening implementation of the Convention

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Presentations

Welcoming and Seminar Introduction

 

Session 1 – Prevention of industrial accidents

Moderator: Ms. Helena Fridh, Chair of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation and member of the preparatory group for the seminar

 

Session 2 – Identification and notification of hazardous activities

Moderator: Ms. Sanja Stamenkovic, Member of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation and of the preparatory group for the seminar

 

Session 3 – Decision-making on siting and land-use planning

Co-Moderators: Mr. Raphaël Gonzalez, Member of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation and of the preparatory group for the seminar; Ms Torill Tandberg, Chair of the Bureau of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

 

Session 4 – Emergency preparedness, response and mutual assistance

Moderator: Mr. Vitalii Mutaf, Member of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation and of the preparatory group for the seminar

 

Session 5 – Scientific and technological cooperation and exchange of information

Moderator: Mr. Raphaël Gonzalez, Member of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation and of the preparatory group for the seminar

 

Session 6 – Information to and participation of the public

Moderator: Ms. Nicolette Bouman, Member of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation and Chair of the preparatory group for the seminar

 

Conclusions 

Nicolette Bouman, Chair of the preparatory group for the seminar, member of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation: Outcomes of the seminar and ways forward     Recording ENG RUS

Concluding Remarks by Nicolette Bouman, Chair of the preparatory group for the seminar, and Helena Fridh, Chair of the Convention’s Working Group on Implementation  Recording ENG RUS

Conclusions and recommendations from the Working Group on Implementation’s Special Session: Seminar on good practices and lessons learned in implementing the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Annex to the ECE/CP.TEIA/2022/5) ENG FRE RUS

Evaluation summary of the Working Group of Implementation (WGI) Special Session: Seminar on good practices and lessons learned in implementing the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention online