"Sustainable Development in Ukraine"

MAMA-86 Ukraine organized open dialogue between Government, Industry and Civil Society

26.09.2006 |Anna Golubovska MAMA-86

Programme of the event, Mariupol, 20 September 2006, where MAMA-86 organised the workshop 3 on Civil Society Participation, national environmental policy , planning and implementation"

Workshop 3:
“Civil society participation, national environmental policy planning and implementation”

Wednesday, 20 September

09.30 Introduction to the workshop – facilitator Anna Golubovska-Onisimova.

09.40 Global and European perspectives

International formats of NGOs participation in the process of decision-making on environmental matters, tba
Local commitments in an international context, Silvia Hesse, Head Agenda 21-Bureau office of the Lord Mayor, City of Hannover, Germany
Business environmental responsibility, Jens Rupp, senior communication manager, Coca-cola HBC.

10.25 Government – NGOs – Enterprises: Connections in modern Ukraine-1

Aarhus convention implementation in Ukraine, Tatiana Tymochko, Director Aarhus Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
Public rating approach to influence business performance, Olya Melen, coordinator EPL, Lviv, Ukraine
Local environmental planning and public participation, Olena Levitska, Head, “Afalina”, Mariupol, Ukraine

11.10 Coffee break

11.30 Government – NGOs – Enterprises: Connections in modern Ukraine-2

5 Public participation case studies from NGOs

Danube channel, Olexiy Vedmidsky (Deputy head, EG “Pechenegy”, Kharkiv)
Energy strategy of Ukraine, Anna Golubovska-Onisimova ( “MAMA-86”, Kyiv)
HAES projects, Viktor Melnichuk (Executive Director, NECU, Kyiv)
Environmental compliance and information, Volodymir Berezin (Head, Bakhmat, Donetsk region)
“Donuzlav port”, Andriy Artov (Executive Director, “Ecologia I Mir”, Crimea)

12.20   Questions and Answers

12.50 Preparation for the working groups

13.00 Lunch.

14.00 – 17.00 Discussion in the working groups

Main question: how to improve the effectiveness of environmental policy in Ukraine?

5 blocks of questions to discuss and to elaborate the recommendations (up to 30 min each)

    1.    Civil society role in planning and implementation of strategies to achieve the MDG-3 (environmental sustainability)

    1.    How the recommendations of Chapter 27 of the Agenda 21 (“Strengthening the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations: Partners for Sustainable Development”).

    1.    Environmental NGOs as effective representatives of Civil Society. Recommendations of NGOs for NGOs themselves.

    1.    Partnership: Government – Industry – NGOs. What are their significant roles? Who should do what in order to create partnerships? What is the MM role in this process? When the partnership is not possible?

    1.    Current environmental situation and performance in Ukraine: which decisions should be taken and in what order at the national and local policy levels? Which should be priority actions for Industry?