The meeting discussed the main obstacles to effective public participation, exchanged good practices to address those obstacles in relation to public participation in decision-making related to changes to or extensions of existing activities and public participation in decision-making in a transboundary context; shared experiences linked to the implementation of the Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters (ECE/MP.PP/2014/2/Add.2); and conveyed a thematic session on decision-making for sustainable development.
Seventh meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making under the Aarhus Convention
15 - 16 December 2016
Salle XII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Documents
| Document | ENG | FRE | RUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Agenda (AC/TF.PP-7/Inf.1) | |||
| Report | |||
| List of Participants | |||
| Key outcomes of the meeting (AC/TF.PP-7/Inf.5) | |||
| Selected extracts from National Implementation Reports (AC/TF.PP-7/Inf.2) | |||
| Selected considerations, findings and reports of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee relating to public participation in decision-making related to sustainable development (AC/TF.PP-7/Inf.3) | |||
| Selected considerations, findings and reports of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee relating to public participation in decision-making related to changes to or extensions of existing activities and in a transboundary context (AC/TF.PP-7/Inf.4) |
Statements and Presentations
| Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item 2: Thematic focus: Decision-making for sustainable development | |||
| Mr. Jose Palacin, Sustainable Development Unit, UNECE | |||
| Mr. Jerzy Jendroska, Member of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention | |||
| Mr. Michel Amand, Department of Sustainable Development, Wallonia, Belgium | |||
| Second Walloon Sustainable Development Strategy, Executive Summary | |||
| Ms. Elena Trigo, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland | |||
| Ms. Nana Janashia, Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) | |||
| Mr. Galust Nanyan, Ararat Aarhus Centre | |||
| Item 3: Obstacles, challenges and good practices in relation to public participation in decision-making related to changes to or extensions of existing activities; and in a transboundary context | |||
| (a) Changes to or extensions of existing activities | |||
| Mr. Jerzy Jendroska, Member of the Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention | |||
| Mr. Khachatur Khachatryan, Ministry of Nature Protection, Armenia | |||
| Ms. Chiara Landini, Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy | |||
| Ms. Olha Melen-Zabramna, Environment-People-Law NGO | |||
| (b) Decision-making in a transboundary context, including barriers to participation of non-governmental organizations, the general public and marginalized groups | |||
| Mr. Jerzy Jendroska, Member of the Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention | |||
| Ms. Eglė Paužuolienė, Ministry of Environment, Lithuania | |||
| Ms Sabina Ivanovic, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Serbia | |||
| Ms. Anke Stock, Women in Europe for a Common Future | |||
| Item 4: Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters | |||
| Mr. Theodore Koukis, Aarhus Convention secretariat | |||
| Ms Elena Dumitru, Permanent Mission of Romania to UN Office at Geneva |