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COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICIANS
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<p>Twentieth session of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics and Indicators
Geneva, 16-17 October 2023
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<p>Palais des Nations, Geneva
Meeting room: VII
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<p>Provisional Programme (version 09/10/2023)
Monday, 16 October 2023
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<p>09:30 – 09:45 Agenda item 1: Opening and adoption of the agenda
- Opening statements, Tiina Luige, Officer in Charge Statistics Division, and Marco
Keiner, Director Environment Division, UNECE
- Adoption of the Agenda (ECE/CEP-CES/GE.1/2023/1)
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<p>09:45 – 10:15 Agenda item 2. Election of the Chair and Vice-Chairs
- Election of the Chair and Vice-Chairs
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<p>10:15 – 10:30 Agenda item 3. Adoption of the report of the nineteenth session
- Presentation of the outcomes of the nineteenth session and status of
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<p>implementation of the decisions and recommendations, Christine Kitzler, UNECE
- Adoption of the report of the nineteenth session (ECE/CEP-CES/GE.1/2022/2).
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<p>10:30 – 11:00 Agenda item 4. Implementing the mandate and terms of reference
- Presentation of the proposed outline of activities for the period 2024-2028 of the
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<p>Joint Working Group on Environmental Statistics and Indicators (ECE/CEP-
CES/GE.1/2023/5), Christine Kitzler and Michael Nagy, UNECE
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<p>Discussion on the outline of activities, conclusions and way forward
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<p>11:00 – 11:15 Comfort break
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<p>11:15 – 12:30 Agenda item 5. Ongoing developments with relevance for the work of the Joint Task
Force
- Presentation of developments on the production and sharing of environmental
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<p>statistics and indicators by international and regional organisations
o Overview on activities to support the implementation of the main
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<p>outcomes of the Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference
with relevance for the Joint Task Force, Nicholas Bonvoisin, UNECE
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<p>o Progress in the WHO European Region towards the SDGs in the context of
the Ostrava Declaration on Environment and Health: mid-way to 2030,
Sinaia Netanyahu, WHO Regional Office for Europe
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<p>o Overview of main outcomes of the 25th session of the Working Group on
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Christine Kitzler, UNECE
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<p>o Overview on the outcomes of recent work of the UNECE Statistics
Division, Michael Nagy, UNECE
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<p>o UNEP’s work on plastic statistics, Ekaterina Poleshchuk, UNEP </p>
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<p>- Discussion
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<p>12:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
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<p>14:30 – 15:45 Agenda item 5. Ongoing developments with relevance for the work of the Joint Task
Force (continued)
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<p>o Trade and biodiversity statistics, Diana Camerini, UNCTAD
o Updates on Global Work on Environment and Statistics, Marcus Newbury,
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<p>United Nations Statistics Division
o Overview on OECD activities on Green Finance, Miguel Cardenas
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<p>Rodriquez and Rodrigo Pizarro, OECD
o GEP Sustainable Infrastructure Index: Application; Evaluating national
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<p>progress towards a sustainable infrastructure, Rowan Palmer, UNEP
- Discussion
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<p>15:45 – 16:00 Comfort break
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<p>16:15 – 17:15 Agenda item 5. Ongoing developments with relevance for the work of the Joint Task
Force (continued)
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<p>o Advanced findings of the Regional e-waste monitor for the Western
Balkans, Kees Balde, UNITAR
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<p>- National developments in the production and sharing of environmental indicators
and statistics with a focus on revised UNECE air related indicators, statistics on
sustainable infrastructure, biodiversity, chemicals and waste and/or circular
economy:
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<p>o Environmental Indicators of Life Quality and methodology for calculating a
Composite Index characterizing the ecological condition of Yerevan city
and RA regions, Naira Mandalyan, Armenia
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<p>o Austrian Green Finance Agenda and the development of its monitoring
and evaluation scheme, Sabine Kunesch and Karl Dobner, Austria
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<p>o Development of environmental indicators and statistics in Azerbaijan in
the past decade, main lessons learned and recommendations for the
future, Rana Lazimova, Azerbaijan
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<p>- Discussion
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<p>17:15 – 17:30 Conclusions of the first day
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<p>Tuesday, 17 October 2023
09:30 – 10:45 Agenda item 5: Ongoing developments with relevance for the work of the Joint Task
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<p>Force (continued)
o Ireland’s Environmental Indicators, Kevin Hunt, Statistics Ireland
o Ongoing developments related to air indicators and SEIS in Turkmenistan,
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<p>Viktoria Akopova, Turkmenistan
o Development of the waste management sector in the Republic of
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<p>Moldova, Ludmilla Lungu and Silvia Nelipovschi, Moldova
- Discussion
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<p>10:45 – 11:00 Comfort break
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<p>11:00 – 12:30 Agenda item 6: Review of the Guidelines for the Application of Environmental
Indicators </p>
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<p>- Introduction and presentation of the final version of the Guidelines for the
Application of Environmental Indicators – Edition 2023 (ECE/CEP-
CES/GE.1/2023/4), and overview on the status of the development of the official
publication of the Guidelines, Michael Nagy, UNECE
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<p>- Recent developments concerning environmental indicators at the European
Environment Agency, Roberta Pignatelli, EEA
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<p>- Feedback on structure and content of indicator metadata sheets from individual
experts
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<p>- Conclusions and next steps, Michael Nagy, UNECE
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<p>12:30 – 14:30 Informal lunch event on trade and biodiversity statistics
(https://unctad.org/meeting/informal-lunch-event-trade-and-biodiversity-statistics), a
light lunch will be offered to attendees.
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<p>14:30 – 15:30 Agenda item 7. Ongoing and planned capacity development activities
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<p>- EU4Environment: Water and Environmental Data programme, Johannes Mayer,
Environment Agency Austria and Christine Kitzler, UNECE
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<p>- Sector review on Environment Statistics Armenia, Jana Tafi, consultant, and Nelli
Baghdasaryan, Armenia
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<p>- Planning of a Sector Review on Environment Statistics in Georgia: Motivation and
main expectations, Irakli Apkhaidze, Georgia
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<p>- Ongoing and planned capacity development activities by UNECE Statistics Division,
Michael Nagy, UNECE
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<p>- Discussion
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<p>15:30 – 15:45 Comfort break
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<p>15:45 – 17:00 Agenda item 8. Data needs, statistics and indicators to manage environment-related
human health issues
- DRR related data needs and statistics, Kanza Ahmed, UK Health Security Agency
- Health-related targets and indicators within the Global Framework for Chemicals,
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<p>Irina Zastenskaya, WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Hazard Information Profiles, Kanza Ahmed, UK
- Discussion and conclusions
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<p>17:00 – 17:30 Agenda items 9 and 10: Other business and closure of the meeting
- Any Other business
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<p>Member States and partners are invited to inform the Secretariat of any other
business prior to the meeting
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<p>- Adoption of decisions and recommendations
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The CTU Code, a joint publication of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), addresses these concerns through a non-mandatory global code of practice for the handling and packing of shipping containers for transportation by sea and land.
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Evaluation Brief on the UNECE Project " Promoting innovation policy capacites in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus"
The evaluation assessed the project's relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability in enhancing innovation policy capacities in EESC countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.
Evaluation report of the UNECE project Promoting innovation policy capacities in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, by an external consultant Tania Tam, issued in September 2023.
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