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UNECE Resource Management Week 2018

UNECE Resource Management Week 2018

23 - 27 April 2018
Room XVII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

including 9th Session, Expert Group on Resource Classification (25-27 April), Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva

INCLUDING: LANGUAGES:

23 April:        Sectoral Workshops

23 April:        Introduction to Application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC)

Presentations and course background material can be found here including the Draft Guidance on the Application of UNFC for Mineral Resources in Finland, Norway and Sweden

Training organized in cooperation with PETRAD 


24 April:        Workshop on "UNFC for Sustainable Development" Salle XVIII

 

24 April:        Symposium on the "Availability of raw materials from secondary sources: A key aspect of circular economy" Salle XXVII

Organized by

     

 

 

25-27 April:   9th Session, Expert Group on Resource Classification

Revised Detailed Timeline for 27 April

Salle XVIII

Organized in cooperation with

 

24-27 April
Interpretation into:
English, French and Russian

 
CONTACT US:
For information contact:
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Documents

Document title & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Revised Detailed Timeline for 27 April PDF    
Detailed Timeline (at 23 April 2018) PDF    
List of EGRC Ninth Session Official Documents PDF    
List of EGRC Ninth Session Unofficial Documents PDF    
Item 2: Adoption of the agenda      
Annotated provisional agenda for ninth session
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/1
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Report of EGRC eighth  session
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2017/2
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Work plan of the Expert Group on Resource Classification for 2018-2019
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2017/2/Add.1
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Item 7: Development, maintenance and application of UNFC      
Technical Advisory Group Annual Report 2017
EGRC-9/2018/INF.2 (English only)
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Item 7(a): Development, maintenance and application of UNFC: Minerals      
Draft proposal on developing specifications and guidelines for classification and subsequent management of mineral inventories
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/8 (English only)
PDF    
Item 7(b): Development, maintenance and application of UNFC:
Petroleum
     
Draft input mechanism for the development of Specifications for the Application of UNFC for Resources to Petroleum
Application of UNFC for Integrated Resource Management for petroleum and total resources by National Oil Companies and government regulators
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/9
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Case study on bridging from the Oil and Fuel Gas Reserves and Resources Classification of the Russian Federation to UNFC:
Field A in West Siberia, Russian Federation
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/11
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Item 7(c): Development, maintenance and application of UNFC:
Renewable energy resources
     
Draft Specifications for the application of UNFC for Resources to Solar Energy
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/6 (English only)
PDF    
Specifications for the application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources to Bioenergy Resources
ECE/ENERGY/2017/15 (English only)
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Item 7(f): Development, maintenance and application of UNFC:
Anthropogenic resources
     
Draft Specification for the application of UNFC for Resources to Anthropogenic resources
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/5 (English only)
PDF    
Item 8: Guidelines for accommodating social and environmental considerations in UNFC      
Draft guidance for accommodating environmental and social considerations in UNFC
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/3
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Accommodating Social and Environmental Considerations in UNFC:
Concepts and Terminology
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/4
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Item 9: Role of UNFC in the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals      
UNFC supporting the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals
Transforming our world's natural resources: A step change for UNFC?
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/7
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Item 10: Application of the UNFC in different geographical contexts      
A guidance for the application of the UNFC for mineral resources in Finland, Norway and Sweden
EGRC-9/2018/INF.3 (English only)
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Item 12: Extrabudgetary projects and resource mobilization strategy      
Project on Integrated energy and water resource management in support of sustainable development in South-east Europe and Central Asia
EGRC-9/2018/INF.5 (English only)
PDF    
Project on improving national capacities of Central Asian countries to harmonize and implement internationally applicable system of classification and sustainable management of energy and mineral resources
EGRC-9/2018/INF.6 (English only)
PDF    
Item 14: Education and outreach      
Promotion and outreach activities of the Communications Working Group in 2017
EGRC-9/2018/INF.4 (English only)
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Report

Document title & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Report of the ninth session of the Expert Group on Resource Classification
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/2
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Presentations

Presentations of the Workshop on Application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC)-UNECE in cooperation with PETRAD

 

Presentation Title & Author ENG FRE RUS
3.    Opening remarks      
4.    Workshop on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources
5.    Activities and priorities of the Committee on Sustainable Energy and any matters for consideration by the Expert Group on Resource Classification      
6.    The role of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources in managing the future socio-economic and technological landscape for energy and raw materials
Balancing growth and transitions - Challenges and opportunities for energy security
Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General, International Energy Forum
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Investments for the energy transition
Nick Stansbury, Fund Manager, Legal & General Investment Management
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New ways of applying UNFC for harmonization of relations between the State and investor in producing countries
Igor Shpurov, First Vice-Chair, EGRC & GKZ, Russian Federation
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Resource Classification Conference at MGIMO University, Moscow, 30-31 May 2018
Georgy Krasnyansky, Head of the Department of World Mineral Resources of the MGIMO University, Professor of Economics
     
Joint UNECE and SPE Swiss Section Lecture: Diversity and inclusiveness in the oil and gas industry: Why it makes a difference?      
Diversity – an investor perspective
Catherine Ogden, Manager, Sustainability and Responsible Investment, Legal & General Investment Management
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Diversity and inclusiveness in the oil and gas industry-Why does it make a difference?
Jennifer McCoy, Senior Manager, Energy, Ernst & Young
PDF    
7.    Development, maintenance and application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources:
Overview of the development of UNFC specifications and guidelines  (EGRC-9/2018/INF.2)
Alistair Jones, Chair, Technical Advisory Group   
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(a)     Minerals
     
Development of UNFC specifications and guidelines for minerals (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/8)
Michael Neumann, Chair, Mineral Working Group
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Certification of Mineral Resource Recovery Chains
Andreas Hucke, DMT & CERA Project
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Competency Framework
Vitor Correia, President, European Federation of Geologists
PDF    
(b)     Petroleum
     
Development of specifications and guidelines for petroleum (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/9)
Satinder Purewal, Chair, Petroleum Working Group
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Case study on bridging from the Oil and Fuel Gas Reserves and Resources Classification of the Russian Federation to UNFC (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/11)
Alexander Shpilman, Research Institute, Tyumen
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Mexico UNFC pilot test programme in Mexico
Christian Moya, National Hydrocarbons Commission
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Update on PRMS revision
Bernard Seiller, SPE
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(c)     Renewable energy resources
     
Introduction to UNFC Renewable Energy Classification
Frank Denelle, Chair of Renewable Energy Working Group
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Application of UNFC Geothermal Specifications
Geothermal Energy-Towards standardisation in resources classification–UNFC
Gioia Falcone, Lead of Geothermal Sub-Group, IGA

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Training on UNFC and geothermal case studies in the Central and SE European region - DARLINGe project examples
Annamária Nádor, Head of Division, Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary
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Application of UNFC Bioenergy Specifications
James Primrose, Lead of Bioenergy Sub-Group
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Draft UNFC Solar Energy Specifications (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/6)
Jeremy Webb and Frederick Morse, Solar Sub-Group  
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Report on the development of Wind Specifications
Tom Lefeber, Lead of Wind Sub-Group 
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Report on the development of Hydro Energy and Marine Energy Specifications
Frank Denelle, Chair of Renewable Energy Working Group
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(d)     Nuclear fuel resources
     
Application of UNFC for uranium resource management
Adrienne Hanly, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
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Nuclear Resources-Argentina
Luis Lopez, Head. Project Management Division, National Atomic Energy Commission-Argentina (CNEA)
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Redesigning the uranium resource pathway
Julian Hilton, Aleff Group; Luis Lopez, CNEA, Argentina
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Central Jordan Uranium Project: UNFC and the SDGs
Hussein Allaboun, General Manager, Jordanian Uranium Mining Company
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CZ waste rock dumps recycling project
Jiri Muzak, Head of Dept. of International Cooperation, DIAMO, State Entreprise
PDF    
(e)     Injection projects
     
Update on the application of UNFC to injection projects
Karin Ask, Chair, Injection Projects Working Group
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(f)     Anthropogenic resources
     
UNFC Anthropogenic Resources Specifications (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/5)
Ulrich Kral, Chair, Anthropogenic Resources Working Group
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Activities of Anthropogenic Resources Working Group
Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler, Lead, MINEA Working Group IV
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(g)    Commercial aspects and financial reporting
     
UNFC guidelines on commercial assessments of projects
Sigurd Heiberg, Chair, Commercial Working Group
     
Financial Reporting Update
Kathryn Campbell, Sullivan Cromwell; Danny Trotman, EY
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(h)    Other potential applications
     
8.    Guidelines for accommodating social and environmental considerations in the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources
UNFC Guidelines on Social and Environmental considerations (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/3 and  ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/4)
Michael Lynch-Bell, Social and Environmental Considerations Task Force
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Build a Beautiful China & Contribute a Beautiful World
Hua Yang, Deputy Director, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED) of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
PDF    
Mandatory Social and Environmental Reporting
Thomas Schneider
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9.    Role of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources in the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
Transforming our world’s natural resources: A step change for the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources? (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/7)
Julian Hilton, Chair of Sustainable Development Goals Delivery Working Group
PDF    
10.    Application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources in different geographical contexts
Ukrainian classification and its adaptation to UNFC
Rudko I. Georgii, Chairman of the State Commission of Ukraine on Mineral Resources    
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On-going actions at EU level
     
General overview of on-going actions at EU level
Rodrigo Chanes, Policy Officer, DG GROW, European Commission
PDF    
UNFC and activities of EuroGeoSurveys
Teresa Ponce de Leão, President, EuroGeoSurveys   
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UNFC mineral resources guidelines for the Nordic sub-region (EGRC-9/2018/INF.3)
Kaj Lax, Chair, UNFC Nordic Project; Erika Ingvald, SGU 
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Experience with mineral data harmonization and UNFC application - cases studies (Hungary / Central Europe).
Zoltan Horvath, Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary
PDF    
Africa and AMREC
     
Need for capacity-building in UNFC-based resource management in Africa
Alex Nwegbu, President, Organization of African Geological Surveys
PDF    
Update on UNFC-AMREC-PARC System
Tunde Arisekola, Aberra Mogessie; Frank Dixon Mugyenyi, AMREC Working Group, AMDC/AUC
PDF    
Asia-Pacific
     
Development of Bridging Document between National Standard of the People's Republic of China Classification for Solid Minerals and Petroleum Resources/Reserves  and UNFC
Wang Yongxiang, PetroChina, China  
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Indonesian KCMI Code 2017
Amita Swamidharma, Indonesian Representative, CRIRSCO
PDF    
Update on the status of application of UNFC in Thailand
Tawatchai Chualaowanich, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Thailand
PDF    
11.    Revision of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources      
12.    Extrabudgetary projects and resource mobilization strategy
UN Development Account Project: Integrated energy and water resource management in support of sustainable development in South-east Europe and Central Asia  (EGRC-9/2018/INF.5) & Improving national capacities of Central Asian countries to harmonize and implement an internationally applicable system of classification and sustainable management of energy and mineral resources (funded by the Russian Federation)  (EGRC-9/2018/INF.6)
Viktor Badaker, Regional Advisor on Energy, UNECE
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13.    Empowering women in resource management      
Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector
Kim Chi Tran-Gulbrandsen, Ph.D
PDF    
14.    Education and outreach      
Update on Activities of the Communications Working Group (CWG) (EGRC-9/2018/INF.4)
Carolina Coll, Co-Chair, Communications Working Group
Fourth Meggen Raw Material Days 2018, Lennestadt-Meggen, Germany
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Update on Beijing Reserves Workshop 2018
Hua Yang, Deputy Director, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED) of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
PDF    
Fourth Meggen Raw Material Days 2018, Lennestadt-Meggen, Germany
Bianca Neumann, Intern, UNECE   
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15.    Cooperation with other organizations      
Activities of AIPG and possible colaboration on UNFC
Aaron Johnson, Executive Director, American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)   
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