Eighth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs

Public Participation

The meeting was held on 16 and 18 December 2020

16 - 18 December 2020

Salle XIX, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

The eighth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs was held on 16 and 18 December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the meeting was held in a hybrid format (combining on-site and remote participation). The remote participation was enabled through the Interprefy platform supporting the interpretation in English, French and Russian.
At the meeting, the Working Group considered a number of subjects, including:

• Development of the Protocol
• Progress in implementing the work programme and financial matters
• Promotion and coordination
• Compliance and reporting mechanisms
• Subregional and national activities: needs and challenges for capacity building
• Substantive preparations for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties

Interested Parties and stakeholders were provided with an opportunity to share their experiences in implementing pollutant release and transfer registers, in particular, during agenda items on the development of the Protocol and on subregional and national activities. For more information, please read a News Article

Documents

Information on the preparation of the report on experiences in implementing the Protocol organised prior to the meeting is available through this webpage.

Document title	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 1: Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
Provisional annotated agenda (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/1)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Draft operating procedures to facilitate remote participation and decision-making in eighth meeting of the Protocol’s Working Group of the Parties due to extraordinary circumstances (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/12)	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Report, outcomes and list of participants
Report ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/2	PDF	PDF	PDF
List of decisions and major outcomes, as adopted (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.2)	PDF
List of participants	PDF
Item 5: Compliance and reporting mechanisms
Membership of the Compliance Committee (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/3)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Compliance Committee on its eighth meeting (ECE/MP.PRTR/C.1/2020/2)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Item 6: Development of the Protocol
Organisation of work (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.3)	PDF
Report on the outcomes of the survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/4)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report on the development of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2019/6 and Add.1)	PDF PDF	PDF PDF	PDF PDF
Responses to the Survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, including a Comparative analysis of international reporting obligations related to annexes I and II of the Protocol on PRTRs (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.1)	Excel
Survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on PRTRs questionnaire (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.2)	PDF
Draft proposal by EU and its Member States for a WGP 8 recommendation to the fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs to adopt a decision on development of the Protocol	PDF DOC
REVISED proposed EEB amendments to proposal of EU and its Member States for a WGP 8 recommendation to the fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (MoPP 4) to adopt a decision on development of the PRTR Protocol	DOC
Proposed EEB amendments to proposal of EU and its Member States for a WGP 8 recommendation to the fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (MoPP 4) to adopt a decision on development of the PRTR Protocol	PDF DOC
Item 7: Implementation of the work programme for 2018–2021, including financial matters
Report on the implementation of the work programme for 2018-2021, (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/5)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report on contributions and expenditures in relation to the implementation of the work programme of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers for 2018–2021 (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/6)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Revised note on contributions and pledges received between 1 October - 1 December 2020 (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.1/Rev.1)	PDF
Note on contributions and pledges received between 1 October - 1 December 2020 (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.1)	PDF
Item 8: Preparations for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
Draft outline of the agenda for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/7)	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision on the work programme for 2022–2025 for the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/8)	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision on financial arrangements under the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/9)	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision on reporting requirements (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/10)	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft Declaration on Environmental Democracy for Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Development, (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/11)	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Note on the indicative preparatory timeline for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol and seventh session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.6)	PDF
Item 9: Subregional and national activities: achievements, needs and challenges for capacity- building
Organisation of work (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.4)	PDF

In-Session documents

Title

ENG

FRE

RUS

Draft decision on development of the Protocol (PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.5), as amended at the meeting

PDF

DOC

Draft provisional agenda of the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/7), as amended at the meeting

PDF

DOC

Statements

Title	ENG	FRE	RUS
Statement by Canada	PDF
Statements by EU and its Member States	PDF

Presentations

Title	ENG	RUS
Item 4 Promotion and coordination
Mr. Inigo DE VICENTE-MINGARRO, Chair International PRTR Coordinating Group (ICG), on the activities under the ICG	PDF
Ms. Andrea CARARO, UNITAR, on present PRTR-related activities	PDF
Mr. Koki TAKAKI, OECD, on the current activities of the OECD Working Party on PRTRs	PDF
Item 6 Development of the Protocol
Mr. Alex RADWAY, EU, on Reviewing the European PRTR (E-PRTR) Regulation	PDF
Mr. Iñigo de VICENTE MINGARRO, Spain, on how to use PRTR systems under the Minamata Convention on Mercury	PDF
Mr. Eisaku TODA, Minamata Convention Secretariat, on Minamata Convention and PRTR	PDF
Item 9 Subregional and national activities
Ms. Enkelejda SHKURTA, Head of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Unit National Environment Agency, Experience of Albania	PDF
Mr. Ivan NARKEVITCH, Coordinator of International projects RUE "Bel SRC "Ecology", Experience of Belarus	PDF	PDF
Mr. Rodolfo Ivan ALARCON MORA, Specialized Professional Directorate of Sectoral and Urban Environmental Affairs, Experience of Columbia	PDF
Ms. Shahlo AZIZBEKOVA, International Relations Sector of the Committee of Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Experience of Tajikistan	PDF
Ms. Betül KESKIN ÇATAL, Environmental Expert, Directorate General of Environmental Impact Assessment Permit and Inspection, Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, Experience of Turkey	PDF
Mr. Eisaku TODA, Minamata Convention Secretariat, on Information on technical guidance and capacity-building	PDF
Mr. Erol CAVUS, UNEP/MAP- MED POL, on Recent Developments under UNEP/MAP regarding support to implementation of and reporting under NBB/PRTRs	PDF

Eighth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs

Eighth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs

Documents

Information on the preparation of the report on experiences in implementing the Protocol organised prior to the meeting is available through this webpage.

Item 1: Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

Report, outcomes and list of participants

Item 5: Compliance and reporting mechanisms

Item 6: Development of the Protocol

Item 7: Implementation of the work programme for 2018–2021, including financial matters

Item 8: Preparations for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

Item 9: Subregional and national activities: achievements, needs and challenges for capacity- building

In-Session documents

Statements

Presentations

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