The special session on the implementation of the Espoo Convention, the Protocol on SEA and the Bucharest Agreement in the South-East European sub-region 'Good practices and challenges in transboundary EIA and SEA; and the benefits of a regional approach' was organized by Croatia, Romania, Slovenia and the secretariat to the UNECE Espoo Convention and its Protocol on SEA within the Third Regional Conference on Environmental Assessment, Vodice, Croatia, 13 – 16 September 2017.
The session presented the role of the Espoo Convention, its Protocol on SEA, and the Bucharest Agreement in facilitating environmental assessment procedures, public participation and consultations between authorities in a transboundary context, with a specific focus on South-Eastern Europe. It also provided an opportunity for national experts and stakeholders to share and to discuss good practice and lessons learned in this respect, and recommend ways for further improvements. Some potentially more challenging fields of implementation, related for example to nuclear energy were discussed more in depth. The discussions also aimed at outlining actions needed to promote the implementation and the ratification of the Bucharest Agreement.
The activity is foreseen in the workplan 2017-2020 adopted by the Meetings of the Parties to the Convention and the Protocol at their sessions held in Minsk, 13-16 June 2017.
For more information on the Conference, please see http://www.huszpo-konferencija.com/en/
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Introduction to the transboundary procedures of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol; Ms. Tea Aulavuo, Secretary to the Espoo Convention and its Protocol, UNECE |
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Introduction to the Bucharest Agreement and its expected role in South-Eastern Europe Ms. Mihaela Macelaru, Romania |
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Lessons learned from the development of SEA and EIA systems in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) and current status and existing challenges in implementing the Espoo Convention in Central Asia Mr. Martin Smutny, UNECE secretariat to the Espoo Convention and its Protocol |
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Albania: Good practice and lessons learned from the application of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol Ms. Sabina Cenameri |
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Croatia: Good practice and lessons learned from the application of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol Ms. Anamarija Matak |
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Montenegro: Good practice and lessons learned from the application of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol Ms. Brankica Cmiljanovic |
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Slovenia: Good practice and lessons learned from the application of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol Ms. Vesna Kolar-Planinsic |
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia : Good practice and lessons learned from the application of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol Ms. Daniela Rendevska |
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Perspective of the Implementation Committee Mr. Felix Zaharia and Ms. Vesna Kolar-Planinsic, former Chairs of the Implementation Committee under the Convention and the Protocol |
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Introduction to UNECE Good Practice Recommendations on the Application of the Convention to Nuclear Energy-related Activities Ms. Zsuzsanna Pocsai, member of the Espoo Convention Implementation Committee |
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Hungary: Good practice examples of the application of the Espoo Convention to the nuclear energy-related activities Ms. Zsuzsanna Pocsai |
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Romania : Good practice examples of the application of the Espoo Convention to the nuclear energy-related activities Ms. Mihaela Macelaru |