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CAMBRENSIS DIRECTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN UKRAINE CONFERENCE IN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Cambrensis Directors William Wilson and Profesor David Slater will participate in a major international conference on environment and development being organised in Mariupol, Ukraine in September 2006 by St James's Research and the Leventis Foundation.

 

An Open Dialogue between the State, Industry & Civil Society

Event: Aimed at policy makers and managers from government, industry & civil society in the CIS to explore how inter-sectoral co-operation can tackle chronic pollution and promote sustainable development

Date: 18-23 September 2006

Venue: Mariupol University of the Humanities, Mariupol, Ukraine

Organiser: St James's Research, with participation by environmental consultancy Cambrensis Ltd

Attended by: Policy makers and practitioners from Ukraine and neighbouring countries, inter-governmental agencies, key industries and civil society organizations responsible for environmental management and pollution control.

Programme:

DAY	Theme	SPEAKER
Day 1.	Aims, objectives and structure	Ukrainian (chair)
Keynote	Globalisation, democratisation: building a constructive relationship between the State, business and civil society to achieve sustainable development	OSCE/NATO
Day 1.	POLICY & CO-OPERATION IN UN-ECE
	Environment for Europe Process	UN-ECE
	Implementing the Aarhus Convention	UN-ECE
	Implementing Espoo 1991 and the SEA protocol
	Training the judiciary: environmental ethics	Min. of Justice
Day 2	EU ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY
	Approximation of EC Environmental Law and Policy	EU
	Policy, Regulations, Institutions	EU DG
Day 3.	BUSINESS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
	Corporate social responsibility
	The Business Case: Economic Evaluation of Environmental Impacts - prioritisation	OSCE/NATO
	Environmental Management Systems	UNEP-WCMC
Day 4.	NATIONAL LEGISLATION & REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
	Implementation air, land and water regulations
	Black Sea Regional Action Plan	UNEP/IMO/Ukraine
	Links: sustainable development and tourism
Day 5.	CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS
	Incentives for developing “green business ”	Case Study
	Environmental guidelines for the judiciary	Case Study
	Blueprint for conflict resolution: multi-sector guidelines	Case Study
	Institutional development for environmental democracy	EcoAccord
	Protecting biodiversity and promoting tourism	U Society PB
Posters	PRTRs OECD; GEF, BSEP; UNEP/GRID

Contact: Struan Simpson, St James’s Research < struan@gn.apc.org>

For further information about Cambrensis' participation in this conference, please contact us

 

 

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