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“New
stage of co-operation between Russia and UNEP Infoterra ”
Seminar
Programme
(7-8th December 2000, Moscow, ICSTI)
Thursday,
7th December
9:00 – 10:00 Registration
of participants
10:00 – 10:15 Opening
ceremony.
10:15
– 11:00 Mr. G. Cunningham, UNEP/INFOTERRA, “Reform
of UNEP's Global environmental information exchange
network, INFOTERRA”*
*NOTE: Due
to last minute cancellation of Mr. G. Cunningham’s
visit to Moscow, the seminar participants were
presented with the text of his report accompanied
by a verbatim oral translation into Russian (Mrs.
Marina Toumanova, ICSTI). Mr. Noel Hughes, manager,
Infoterra NFP for Ireland, supplied additional
comments on the subject of building national information
consortia and answered questions.
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee-break
11:15 – 12:00 Mr.
A. Fedorov, RF MNR, “A new stage of co-operation between Russia
and
UNEP/INFOTERRA”
Mr.
E. Samotesov, Infoterra NFP for Russia, “Building
an environmental information consortium and EIS in
Russia: the challenges and prospects”
Ms.
O. Razbash, “For Human Rights and Environment Defence”,
“The Aurhus Convention and problems of Russia’s
participation in international environment information
exchange”
Questions
and discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00
– 16:00 Mr. A. Tishkov, A. Martynov, GEF project
on biodiversity, “Information partnerships as a
prerequisite for providing efficient information and
analytical services to public agencies with an environment
protection mandate”
Mr.
S. Vasiliev, Institute of Dynamics of Information Systems,
“Co-ordination of
information
support activities aimed at conservation of bio-diversity
of lake Baikal”
Mr.
I. Potapov, VINITI, “Information support of environmental
research, activities of
international
organizations and international environmental co-operation”
Mr.
E. Burmistrov, UNIDO Moscow office, “Environmental
issues in UNIDO programmes”
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee-break
16:15 – 17:45 Mrs.
D. Bennedbaek, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Denmark,
“Denmark’s
experience
in building environmental information services and opportunities
for multilateral
projects”
Mr.
N. Hughes, ENFO Centre, “Experience of Ireland
in building environmental information services and
opportunities for multilateral projects”
Mr.
A. Jubier, NATO, “NATO scientific programmes supporting
international
environmental
co-operation”
Mrs.
M. Toumanova, ICSTI, “Infoterra Regional service
centre activities supporting implementation of Russia’s
environmental information consortium”
Mr.
A. Podust, R&D Institute of Water Resources, “State
information policy on use of water
resources
and problems of information support of resource management”
Discussion
and adoption of the final document.
Closing
of the seminar.
18:00 Reception
on behalf of the organizers (ICSTI premises)
Friday,
8th December
9:30 – 13:00 Bilateral
meetings, negotiations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
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