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WORKSHOP AGENDA

Implementation of the Aarhus Convention: access to environmental information and international collaboration


(Kiev, November 11th-14th 2002.)


Tuesday, November 12th, 2002

10:00 - 10:30 Opening of the workshop

Ceremonial messages:

Vladimir Parkhomenko, Director, UkrISTEI

Andrei Gurzhy, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine

Sergei Kurikin, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Gerard Cunningham, Coordinator, UNEP-Infoterra network

Liliana Stancic, Secretariat of Aarhus Convention, UNECE

Victor Kodola, ICSTI

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee-break

10:45 - 13:00 Plenary session
Moderators: Vladimir Parkhomenko, Kiev, Ukraine
Victor Kodola, Moscow, Russia

UNEP.Net project -
Gerard Cunningham, Coordinator, UNEP-Infoterra network, Nairobi, Kenya

"Aarhus Convention: current state and challenges for the future",
Liliana Stancic, Secreatriat of Aaurhus Convention, Geneva, Switzerland

"Activities and services of ICSTI as the UNEP/INFOTERRA Regional Service
Centre", Marina Toumanova, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia

"Organization and inventories of environmental information resources in RF",
Alexander Fedorov, REFIA, Moscow, Russia

"The methodology for procession and distribution of environmental information",
Anatoly Shmurak, Ministry of ecology and natural resources of Ukraine, Kiev,
Ukraine

"Governmental and legal regulation of dissemination of environmental information
in Ukraine", Maria Krasnova, Kiev national university, Kiev, Ukraine

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 18:00 Plenary session continued
Moderators: Alevtina Goncharenko, Kiev, Ukraine
Victor Kodola, Moscow, Russia

"Governmental regulation of development and support of environmental
information systems", Yuriy Blinov, RF Ministry of industry, science and
technology, Moscow, Russia

"The legal basis and general aspects of dissemination of environmental information
in Moldova", Peter Cocirta, INFOTERRA NFP for Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova

"Practical steps in implementing the Aarhus Convention in the Republic of
Belarus", Victor Ivanovskiy, Ministry of natural resources and protection of the
environment of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

"The tasks and activities of the INFOTERRA NFP for Ukraine", Alevtina
Goncharenko, UkrISTEI, Kiev, Ukraine

15:50 - 15:30 Coffee-break

"The theory and practice of obtaining and applying environmental information.
Information interaction of governmental agencies and NGOs", Alexander
Miagchenko, "Azovskoye More" foundation, Berdiansk, Ukraine

"VINITI - the coordinator of intergovernmental exchange of scientific, technical
and environmental information", Ivan Potapov, VINITI, Moscow, Russia

"Information systems supporting transfer of environmental technologies", Vladimir
Fokin, "F&F Consultants", Moscow, Russia

"Creation of the Donetsk regional environmental centre based on the non-
governmental organization "Students - allies of nature", Olga Shaporenko,
"Students allies of nature", Donetsk, Ukraine

"The eco-social communication medium as an effective means for exchange and dissemination of environmental information", Grigory Kijashko, Alexander Berezovenko, Ukrainian Institute for Research of Environment and Natural Resources, Kiev, Ukraine

18:00 - 20:00 Social event

Wednesday, November 13th, 2002

9:30 - 13:00 Plenary session continued
Moderators: Alevtina Goncharenko, Kiev, Ukraine
Victor Kodola, Moscow, Russia

"The current situation and problems with implementation of provisions of the
Aarhus Convention in Ukraine. Demonstration of the web-resource of the "Ecopravo-Kharkov" NGO", Aleksei Shumilo, "Ecopravo-Kharkov", Kharkov, Ukraine

"Problems of accessing environmental information with regard to implementation of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in training journalists", Alexander Belyakov, Kiev national university, Kiev, Ukraine

"Participation of the public in the decision-making process together with governmental authorities", Boris Vasilkovsky, "Ecopravo-Kiev", Kiev, Ukraine

"The necessity to work out a uniform concept for development of environmental education in Ukraine. Experience of the Kiev technical school of geology and prospecting in preparation of the "Standard of Higher Education" within the subject "Applied Ecology", Valentin Ljukshin, Kiev technical school of geology and prospecting, Kiev, Ukraine


Plenary session
"Information systems on quality of the human habitat"

"International project "Quality of the human habitat" within the Integrated Information Network of ICSTI member countries", Aleksei Lovtsov, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia

"Prospects for integration of environmental monitoring systems of CIS countries within the EEIONET project", Vyacheslav Shershakov, Federal Environmental Emergency Response Centre - SPA "Typhoon", Obninsk, Russia

"Participation of Ukraine in the "Quality of the human habitat" project", Inna Voronkova, UkrISTEI, Kiev, Ukraine


"Problems of developing environmental information systems in Moldova with regard to provisions of the Aarhus Convention", Peter Cocirta, INFOTERRA NFP for Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 18:00 Plenary session continued
Moderators: Vladimir Parkhomenko, Kiev, Ukraine
Victor Kodola, Moscow, Ukraine

"Problems of public participation in environmental impact assessments
in former USSR republics. Experience of Ukraine", Irina Vishenskaya, "Kiev-
Mogilyansky Academy, Kiev. Ukraine

"Legal, methodological and organizational problems of informing the public about
radiation risks based on the example of radon", Oksana Osadchaya, "Kiev-
Mogilyansky Academy, Kiev. Ukraine

"The viewpoint of the public on the present state and prospects of development of Ukraine's legislation "On the issue of access to environmental information" with regard to provisions of the Aarhus Convention ", Galina Pristinskaya, "MAMA-86" network of environmental NGOs

"The legal environment and practice in Ukraine with regard to implementation of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention", Peter Pavlichenko, REC-Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine

"The experience of the All-Ukranian Ecological League in developing national
legislation and implementation of the Aarhus Convention", Tatiana Timochko, All-
Ukranian Ecological League, Kiev, Ukraine

General discussion, drafting and adoption of recommendations.

Closing of the workshop