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Sarajevo UNECE and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MOFTER) launched the 2nd Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Bosnia and Herzegovina today in front of an audience of key Governmental institutions, the NGO sector, and international
BakuOn Monday, 28 November 2011, Government representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia met in Baku to discuss a draft bilateral agreement on the shared water resources of the Kura River Basin as part of a joint United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)-Organization for Security and
Tirana On 25 November 2011 in Tirana the five Drin River Riparians signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Shared Strategic Vision for the Sustainable Management of the Drin River Basin to protect the shared water resources for about 1.5 million people relying on the water resources of the
GenevaThe Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, announced on 23 November the appointment of Ján Kubiš, UNECE Executive Secretary since 2009, as his Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan(UNAMA). Ján Kubiš, 59, succeeds Staffan de Mistura who
Geneva The Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, Rio+20) for the UNECE region will take place at the Palais des Nations, Room XVIII, on 1-2 December 2011. About 300 delegates representing Governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN
Geneva Fostering innovation occupies a central position in strategies to enhance national competitiveness, serving to increase productivity and providing the foundation for sustained economic growth. Collaboration between the public and private sectors, including in the development of key
Geneva Rapid technological change has transformed the global economy and made possible new business practices and ways to access the markets by entrepreneurs. However, traditional barriers to entrepreneurship are still an obstacle to the development of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial
Geneva National ageing focal points from across the UNECE region are gathering in Geneva for the Fourth meeting of the UNECE Working Group on Ageing on 21-22 November 2011. Active ageing and quality of life in old age will be the focus of a special in-depth discussion with latest research
Tashkent/Geneva, 9 November 2011 — An expert workshop to enhance understanding of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, and in particular the Convention’s Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment, opened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, today. The
GenevaOn 29 October, at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) sixth Plenary session, held in Palermo, Italy, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was granted the PAM Award for its contribution towards the region's attainment of
Almaty and GenevaAn international high-level conference opened today in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to discuss ways for strengthening transboundary water cooperation in Central Asia and the role of international water law in finding long-term sustainable solutions for water management in this subregion
GenevaAs of 20 October 2011, Iceland has become the latest country to ratify the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. This action raises the total
UNECE signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia on the National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) that will be carried out in the country in the framework of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative. The
Geneva Increasing environmental, social and economic expectations are putting unprecedented pressure on forests in the ECE region. Balancing the competing demands of climate change, while protecting the forests’ rich biodiversity, yet satisfying a growing requirement for renewable energy and the
GenevaExperts forecast a continuing upturn in wood and paper products markets (consumption, production and trade) in 2011 and 2012 for the UNECE region, with an increase in overall consumption of 0.8% in 2011 and 1.1% in 2012. Production in the same years is forecast to rise by 1.5% and 1.7%
DushanbeThe Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resource Management (NPD/IWRM) met for the second time in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Nineteen policy-makers, including the Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Management and two deputy ministers; representatives of
Geneva"Small, discreet, agile, service- and future-oriented", these were the words (or the "anthropological definition of UNECE" as the EXCOM Chair described it) used by the Swiss Ambassador to describe UNECE at the 44th meeting of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) which took
Kemer, Turkey Andrey Vasilyev, UNECE Deputy Executive Secretary, and Saghit Ibatullin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), presented a regional project on the forestation of the dry bed of the Aral Sea on 12 October, at the joint session
GenevaOn 6 and 7 October, a newly created group of experts will meet to begin updating the 1997 IMO/ILO/UNECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units, to reflect the latest information, best practices and requirements. UNECE will host the first meeting. Around 80 per cent of goods in
GenevaTo mark the International Year of Forests, in early 2011 the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a PhD Thesis Award on Sustainable Forest Management in the UNECE region, sponsored by Pictet, one of Switzerland’s
GenevaTo celebrate the first anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment and the tenth anniversary of the European Union Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive, some 250 international
Podgorica Representatives of national, regional and local authorities, important economic sectors, water users associations, academia, private sector, NGOs as well representatives of international organizations and donor countries met on 28 April 2011, in Podgorica, Montenegro to discuss and
GenevaThe 7th “Environment for Europe” (EfE) Ministerial Conference, held in Astana from 21 to 23 September 2011, concluded on the commitment by the Governments of the UNECE region to take the lead in the transition to a green economy. The Conference gathered more than 1,500 participants, from
Geneva The UN/CEFACT Forum—a meeting of experts from around the world working within the global remit of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) - held its 18th meeting in Geneva from 19 to 23 September. This was the first UN/CEFACT Forum to be
Geneva How can transboundary water cooperation help in adaptation to climate change? On 26 and 27 September 2011, this issue is being discussed at the national seminar organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Kyrgyzstan, in cooperation with the State Committee on