Sixty-third session of the Commission
Sixty-third session of the Commission
30 March - 01 April 2009
Palais des Nations, Geneva Switzerland
Documents
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Annual Report (28 April 2007-1 April 2009) |
E/ECE/1453
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Provisional agenda for the sixty-third session |
E/ECE/1449
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Tentative timetable | ||||
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Item 2 of the provisional agenda Economic Development in the ECE region Informal note |
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Programme | ||||
Item 3 of the provisional agenda Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation The work of the Economic Commission for Europe: Translating global objectives and commitments into regional results Background note by the secretariat |
E/ECE/1450
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Informal note | ||||
Programme | ||||
Item 4 of the provisional agenda Review of the ECE Reform Note by the secretariat |
E/ECE/1451
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Item 5 of the provisional agenda Report of the Committee on Environmental Policy on its Special Session Note by the secretariat |
ECE/CEP/152*
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Item 6 of the provisional agenda Issues calling for action by the Commission Note by the Executive Secretary |
E/ECE/1452
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* Please note symbol change from that referred to in annotated agenda. |
Presentations: 30 March
Speech |
Powerpoint Presentation |
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Mr. Ján KUBIŠ - Opening statement |
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Programme: Economic Development in the ECE region |
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Panellists |
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Powerpoint Presentation |
Opening Session - General Economic Situation in Europe | ||
Mr. Marek Belka - The impact and challenges of the current financial and economic crisis |
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Mr. Jean-Daniel Gerber - The financial crisis: the response of Switzerland |
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Mr. Alexander Yakovenko - The role of the ECE in addressing the economic challenges in the wider European region | ||
Panel One | ||
Mr. Michael Roberts - The importance of AfT for low-income countries (and donors!) within the UNECE region | ||
Mr. Lubomír Jahnátek - The importance of energy security | ||
Mrs. Tatyana Starchenko - The Economic integration in the wider Europe | ||
Mr. Tair Mansurov - The Euro-Asian transport links | ||
Ms. Etelka Barsi-Pataky - The importance of pan- European and transcontinental transport inter-connectivity – UNECE as the gateway between the EU and non-EU countries | ||
Mr. Philippe Meunier - The Energy interconnections and water management in Central Asia | ||
Mr. Gary Litman - The U.S. private sector perspectives on investment in and trade with Russia, CIS and Central Asia | ||
Mr. Sigurd Heiberg - The Global energy reserves and the need for establishing a compatible standard for measuring energy reserves and resources (UNFC) | ||
Panel Two | ||
Mr. Augusto Lopez-Claros - Creating growing knowledge-based innovative economies in the wider European region | ||
Mrs. Marina Kaljurand - The knowledge-based economy as a way forward | ||
Mr. Antonio Erario - The Innovation challenges in transport and benefits from Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS applications in helping ECE economies to integrate more fully and become globally competitive. | ||
Mr. Sergey Mostinsky - The role of innovation in economic competitiveness and diversification -- the challenges of economic cooperation and integration and the impact of the current financial crisis on innovative development. | ||
Mr. Malcolm McKinnon - Eliminating paper and simplifying procedures | ||
Mr. Steve Williams - Reforming real estate markets for financial stability | ||
Panel Three | ||
Ms. Kori Udovicki - An overview of the situation of poverty and the status of the MDGs in the region and how the financial/economic crisis is impacting progress | ||
Mr. Fredrik Arthur - The implications of the financial crisis on gender equality and development cooperation | ||
Mr. Marin Anton - The global safety crisis and the MDGs | ||
Mr. Fatmir Besimi - The impact of the financial crisis in a small and open economy on labour markets | ||
Mr. Bernd Marin - Addressing aging and the need for pension reform | ||
Mr. Hussein Abaza - Creating a green economy and achieving MDG 7 on ensuring environmental sustainability |
Presentations: 31 March
Programme: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
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Opening Session |
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Mr. Predrag Nenezic - Regional efforts to meet climate change challenges: mitigation and adaptation | ||||
Mr. Doru Laurian Badulescu - Climate Change awareness on the way to Copenhagen | ||||
Mr. Matthias Machnig - Greening our economies | ||||
Mr. Gérard Poffet - The impact of climate change on the ECE region and challenges ahead | ||||
Mr. Paolo Monferino - Climate change: the role of the private sector | ||||
Overview | ||||
Professor David Simon - Introduction | ||||
Mr. Lajos Csepi - Climate change: Energy and Transport | ||||
Panel 1 | ||||
Mr. Giacomo Mattino - Mitigation in the transport sector: the EU perspective | ||||
Mr. Martin Williams - Co-benefits from integrated strategies on air pollution and climate change | ||||
Mr. Markus van der Burg - Financing for energy efficiency | ||||
Mr. Wolfgang Förster - Environmentally friendly housing | ||||
Panel 2 | ||||
Mr. Allan Carroll - Timber and sustainable forest management | ||||
Mr. Carel de Villeneuve - Adaptation in the water sector | ||||
Mr. Goran Svilanovic - OSCE’s work on climate change and cooperation with UNECE | ||||
Mr. Christophe Bouvier - ENVSEC and the environment and security nexus | ||||
Panel 3 | ||||
Mr. Jan Dusik - Contribution of UNECE Aarhus Convention to climate change mitigation and adaptation | ||||
Ms. Irina Semko - Addressing climate change through education for sustainable development | ||||
Ms. Heli Jeskanen-Sundström - Climate change and official statistics | ||||
Mr. John Hontelez - Public participation in climate change debate | ||||
Ms. Elizabeth Wilson - Strategic environment assessment under UNECE Espoo Convention |