| Item 2. Ensuring effective public participation |
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| (i) Meaningful and early public participation |
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| Facilitator: Mr. Dmytro Skrylnikov (member of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee) |
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| Mr. Massimo COZZONE, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy |
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| Ms. Emilia LIASKA, Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural heritage |
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| (ii) The availability of all relevant documents to the public |
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Effective public participation: a new platform to access to environmental information and data in France
Ms. Aurélie GUILLEMOT, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition, France |
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EIA Registry in Ukraine - new opportunities for effective public participation
Ms. Galyna SIEROVA, Aarhus Centre Kyiv, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Ukraine
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The public participation in EIA and SEA in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine - trends and lessons
Ms. Tamara MALKOVA, ICO “Green Dossier”, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum |
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| (iii) Effective notification and time frames for public participation |
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Effective notification and time frames for public participation related to specific activities – the Swedish system
Ms. Anna BERGLUND, Ministry of the Environment and Energy, Sweden |
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| (iv) Ensuring that greater account is taken of the comments from the public in the final decisions, and ensuring the appropriate provision of feedback on how the public’s comments have been taken into account in the decisions |
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Example of Romania
Ms. Elena DUMITRU, Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations and other International organisations in Geneva |
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| Lessons learned from the application of the European Union SEA Directive Mr. Plamen PEEV, Bluelink Foundation |
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| Item 3: Protection of persons exercising their rights in conformity with the provisions of the Convention |
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| (i) Introduction |
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Article 3, paragraph 8, of the Aarhus Convention
Mr. Jonas EBBESSON, Chair of the Compliance Committee |
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NGOs perspective on systemic challenges encountered
Mr. Yves LADOR, Earthjustice |
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| (ii) Experiences of Parties and stakeholders |
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Effective Public Participation in Decision-making from Latvian Perspective
Ms. Marta OSLEJA, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia |
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Promoting safe and effective public participation without persecution and harassment
Mr. Kanybek ISABAEV, Information Aarhus Centre, Osh, Kyrgyzstan |
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The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers’ Association
Mr. Jamie WILLIAMSON, International Code of Conduct Association |
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| (iii) Mechanisms and tools |
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United Nations Special Procedures: Protection of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
Mr. Jamshid GAZIYEV, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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Environmental Rights Initiative
Ms. Eva DUER, United Nations Environment Programme |
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Aarhus Convention compliance mechanism needs a tool to deal with issues of environmental activists persecution
Mr. Siarhei MAHONAU, Ecohome |
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| Item 4: Thematic focus: chemicals and product related decision-making |
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Case study from Serbia
Ms. Gordana PETKOVIC, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Serbia |
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Case study from Georgia
Ms. Nino GOKHELASHVILI, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Georgia |
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NGOs perspective
Ms. Anke STOCK, Women Engage for a Common Future |
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| Item 5: Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters |
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Promoting Maastricht recommendations in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ms. Natalya DAULETYAROVA, Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan
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