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Aarhus Convention Capacity-Building Coordination Framework

Eighth meeting of the Aarhus Convention Capacity-Building Coordination framework held in Geneva on 16 December 2013, focusing on access to justice, access to information and electronic information tools, public participation in decision-making, genetically modified organisms, and public participation in international forums.

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Aarhus Convention Capacity-Building Coordination Framework

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  1. Eighth meeting of the Aarhus Convention Capacity-Building Coordination framework UNECE Aarhus Convention Secretariat Geneva 16 December 2013

  2. Focus areasfor capacity-building • Access to justice • Access to information and electronic information tools • Public participation in in decision-making • Genetically modified organisms • Public participation in international forums

  3. Access to justice • Supporting multi-stakeholder national dialogues • e.g. in the form of round tables; • focus: standing, remedies and costs; • target groups: judiciary, prosecutors, public interest lawyers and other legal professionals; • Assisting in improving legislation • Assisting in providing information on access to judicial and administrative review as well as court decisions Material to support capacity-building activities: • Relevant findings of the Compliance Committee of a systemic nature • Analytical studies and jurisprudence database developed under auspices of the Task Force on Access to Justice • Implementation Guide and Simplified Guide

  4. Access to information and electronic information tools • Trainings • focus: scope of environmental information; access to environment-related health information; environmental information held by other authorities, product-related environmental information and application of electronic information tools • Target groups: civil servants of local and regional authorities; ministries other than responsible for environmental protection; non-governmental organizations and local communities • Facilitating dissemination of the priority types of information identified in Decision II/3 • Assisting in establishing Aarhus (web) national nodes Material to support capacity-building activities: • Relevant findings of the Compliance Committee of a systemic nature • Recommendations on the more effective use of electronic information tools to provide public access to environmental information (Decision II/3) • Summary report on the assessment of the implementation of the above mentioned recommendations (AC/TF.AI-2/Inf.2) • Implementation Guide and Simplified Guide

  5. Public participation in decision-making • Trainings • Focus: projects, plans and programmes, legislation&regulations; • Target groups: civil servants of local and provincial authorities; relevant ministries, especially others than responsible for environmental protection; developers, non-governmental organizations and local communities • Assisting in improving legislation • Assisting in developing e-participation tools and improving access through Internet to information related to the decision-making procedure (especially EIA, SEA, permitting and licenses as well as state environmental expertiza) Material to support capacity-building activities: • Relevant findings of the Compliance Committee of systemic nature • Draft Recommendations on Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters • Aarhus good practice database (PPDM) • Implementation Guide and Simplified Guide

  6. Genetically modified organisms • Strengthen coordination and cooperation between national focal points of the Aarhus Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety • Assist in preparing documents for ratification of the GMO amendment • Priority countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine • Develop a list of key measures required for implementing the GMO amendment to the Convention, the Lucca Guidelines and the Cartagena Protocol • National round-tables and trainings Material to support capacity-building activities: • GMO amendment to the Aarhus Convention • Lucca Guidelines on access to information, public participation and access to justice with respect to genetically modified organisms • Report and material of the round-table (Geneva, 16-17 October 2013) • Implementation Guide and Simplified Guide

  7. Public participation in international forums • Trainings • Target groups: national focal points of the relevant international forums and non-governmental organizations • Assist in developing the national action plan on PPIF Material to support capacity-building activities: • Almaty Guidelines promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums • List of international forums (in Eng, Fre and Rus) • Compendium of the case studies (in Eng) • Checklist of measures to be borne in mind when developing national action plans on PPIF (in Eng) • Outcomes of the PPIF sessions at WGP • Implementation Guide and Simplified Guide • Aarhus good practice database (PPIF) • Leaflet on PPIF to be released in February 2014

  8. Thank you! Contact: public.participation@unece.org

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