| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Opening session |
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• Welcoming
remarks by a representative of the Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC)
• Welcoming remarks by the Regional Director for Europe, UNEP |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
• Election
of meeting officers and adoption of the meeting agenda
• Option of producing regional statement or key messages
Facilitator: MGFC members
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| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Coffee break |
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| 10:15
- 10:45 |
Session
1: Introduction
to the UNEP GCSF cycle and the achievements
during the last cycle
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Purpose of the GCSF cycle and expected outcomes
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Description of the GC/GMEF: potential engagement opportunities
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Selection criteria for two regional representatives to the
GCSF and
GC/GMEF to be given
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Q&A
- Key note speaker: MGFC members
- Facilitator: MGFC members |
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| 10:45 – 11:30 |
Session
2: 25th GC/GMEF themes:
• Theme I: Globalization and the Environment: Global Crises:
National Chaos?;
• Theme II: International Environmental
Governance and the UN Reform: "IEG: Help or Hindrance?"
Key note speaker: John Scanlon (video/teleconference) tbc
• Programme of Work (POW) 2010-11.
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| 11:15-12:30 |
Programme
of Work (POW) 2010-11:
Discussion of UNEP six priority areas:
Climate Change (Adaptation)
Disasters and Conflicts Environmental Governance, Harmful
Substances and Hazardous Wastes (Mercury), Ecosystem Management, Resource Efficiency-Sustainable Consumption
and production.
Civil Society implementation of POW
Key note speaker: Felix Dodds |
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| 12:15 – 13:45 |
• Q&A and discussion with an emphasis
on the implications for UNEP’s work
in Europe and the role of Civil Society
Facilitator: MGFC |
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch and visits to UNEP Offices |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 |
• Mercury and Chemicals Management
Q&A
Keynote speaker: UNEP ROE Office (tbc) |
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| 14:30 – 18:30 |
Session
3: Break-out groups on the
specific topics of the POW 2010-11
Group 1. Climate Change / Resource Efficiency;
Group 2. International Environmental Governance / Ecosystem
Services;
Group 3. Disasters and Conflict and Harmful Substances /
Hazardous Waste. |
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Questions:
1. What are your views regarding the priorities of the Programme
of Work (POW), taking into consideration
the current environmental challenges and UNEP’s comparative advantage?
2. With reference to the on-going work of Stakeholder Forum,
that has been presented earlier in the
agenda, what would be your suggestions
on how to strengthen the engagement of the major groups
in the implementation of the POW?
Facilitator: MGFC members |
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| 19:00 – 21:00 |
Dinner
hosted by UNEP/ROE |
