National seminar “New Stage of Co-operation between Russia and UNEP Infoterra”

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Russian Federal Environmental Information Agency (REFIA) and ICSTI under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme and Infoterra – UNEP global network for exchange of environmental information organized a seminar on access to environmental information that is to take place in Moscow, during 7-8 December 2000.

The main objective of the seminar was to elaborate and discuss the basic principles for an environmental information consortium in Russia and the establishment of a national integrated environmental information service. The seminar also aimed to achieve the following:

• to identify major providers and suppliers of environmental information in Russia,
• to discuss current problems hampering access to and dissemination of environmental information in Russia, including issues of developing appropriate national legislation framework,
• to analyze international experience in organizing national environmental information centres and services, as well as opportunities for multilateral international projects in this field.

Among invited participants were Russian government agencies, academic and scientific institutes, the business community and NGOs, who can be considered either as major environmental information providers/users or organizations representing interests of major user groups. Experts from international organizations involved in environmental information programmes, as well as managers of national environmental information centres/services from European countries participated in the seminar as well.

Agenda of the seminar

List of participants

Recommendations adopted at the seminar

Photos of the seminar