UN/ECE: Aarhus Convention
Workshop on Involving the Public in International Forums Dealing with Matters Relating to the Environment – Geneva June 20-21, 2007
10.07.2007 |Anke Stock
Prominent speakers from different international forums, such as the Basel Convention and the World Bank, as well as NGOs, such as WWF and ANPED, and individual experts from the academia and other institutions attended the workshop. Unfortunately, not many parties to the Aarhus Convention took part in the meeting.
The workshop started with an overview over the consultation process on the Almaty Guidelines presented by the Chair of the PPIF Task Force and the consultant to the Task Force (for more information see here.) Then Professor Prieur from the University of Limoges reported on the state of the art on involving the public in international forums (for more information see here.) Afterwards an exchange on good practices took place. Especially, the discussion in smaller groups was fruitful and allowed a better exchange of views and experiences. For the agenda see here.
A detailed report will be published on the UNECE website.