| I. Opening Statement |
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| Mr. Marco Keiner, Director, ECE Environment Division |
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| Statement on behalf of Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
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| II. Ratification and implementation of the Aarhus Convention’s Almaty Amendment on GMOs and implementation of Article 23 on public awareness and participation under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: challenges and good practices |
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| Status of ratification and implementation presented by Ms. Maike Salize, Aarhus Convention Secretariat |
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| Ms. Altynkul Balabayeva, Director of Department, Information and Analytical Center, Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan |
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| Ms. Carliz Elena Díaz Martinez, Agronomist Engineer, Directorate General of Biological Diversity, Ministry of People’s Power for Eco-socialism of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
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| Ms. Odeta Pivoriene, Chief Officer, Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group, Ministry of Environment of Lithuania |
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III. Access to information
Introduction to provisions on access to information of the Aarhus Convention and of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety |
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| Mr. Sergiy Vykhryst, Associate Professor, KROK University, Ukraine |
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| Mr. Hans Moons, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission (remotely) |
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| Mr. Casper Linnestad, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Climate and Environment of Norway |
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| Ms. Ana Atanassova, Regulatory Policy Manger, Global Industry Coalition/ BASF |
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| Ms. Antje Lorch, NGO Ecoropa; representative of the European ECO Forum |
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| IV. Public awareness |
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| Mr. Wendrabo Mathurin Rouamba, National Focal Point for the Biosafety Clearing-House under the Cartagena Protocol, National Biosafety Agency of Burkina Faso |
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| Mr. Dzhamoliddin Yakubov, Head of Aarhus Center, Committee on Environmental Protection of Tajikistan |
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| Ms. Lydia Astanina, Chair of NGO “Greenwomen” Analytical Environmental Agency, Kazakhstan; representative of the European ECO Forum |
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V. Public participation
Training on procedures on public participation in decision-making related to LMOs/GMOs |
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Training Facilitator
Mr. Sergiy Vykhryst, Associate Professor, “KROK” University, Ukraine |
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| Ms. Angela Lozan, Manager, Head of Biosafety Office, Biodiversity Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova |
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| Mr. Marek Prityi, State Adviser, Department of International Relations, Directorate for Environmental Policy, EU and International Relations, Ministry of Environment of Slovakia |
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| Mr. Hatem Ben Belgacem, Deputy Director of Environmental Studies at the General Direction of Environment and Quality of Life, Ministry of Local Affairs and Environment of Tunisia |
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| Ms. Natasha Dokovska Spirovska, Program Director, NGO Journalists for Human Rights, North Macedonia; representative of the European ECO Forum |
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| VIII. The way forward |
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| Mr. Helmut Gaugitsch, Chair, Joint Global Round Table on LMOs/GMOs under the Aarhus Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity |
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