INTERNATIONAL ECO-FORUM PRE-CONFERENCE, Kyiv-2003

INTERNATIONAL ECO-FORUM PRE-CONFERENCE,
PARALLEL NGO EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL ECO-FORUM FOLLOW-UP CONFERENCE IN Kyiv-2003
(19-24 May 2003)

PROGRAM (REVISION 14 MAY 2003)

Time	Item	Place	Notes
19 May, Monday, 2003
08.00	Registration of participants	Lobby of the Conference Hall No 2
09.00	Plenary. Chairs: Gunnar Boye Olesen and Fe Sanchis-Moreno Opening of the ECO-Forum Conference Welcoming remarks: Victoria Elias, Chair of the EF CB Gennadiy Marushevskiy, Chair of Ukrainian NGO NOC 9.15 - 9.35: Update on official process Where are we now: comparison with ECO demands and objectives "Agenda for Kyiv 2002: the view of the European ECO-Forum" (September 2000) and the Bratislava Declaration (December 2002). Victoria Elias 9.35 - 10.00: The state of affairs with the Ministerial Declaration. John Hontelez, EEB, PPCC Chair 10.00 - 10.45: Protocols 10.00: SEA - Svitlana Kravchenko, ECO-Pravo-Lviv, EF PPCC 10.15: PRTR - Dmitri Skrylnikov, ECO-Pravo-Lviv 10. 30: Civil Liability - Serhiy Vykhrist, ECO-Pravo Kharkiv 10.45: Organization of work for the coming days. Draft ECOs Statement to the Ministerial Conference, Election of the Drafting group Victoria Elias, ECO-Accord, Chair ECO-Forum CB	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
11.00	Coffee Break
11.30 13.00	Plenary: Ukrainian NGO presentations. Chair - Chris Church 11.30-12.00 Public evaluation of the environmental policy in Ukraine -Gennadiy Marushevskiy, Ukr NGO NOC 12.00-12.15 Alter ECO Kyiv-2003 Project. Oksana Bilobran, MAMA-86 Discussion	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30 16.00	Workshop: Protocol on PRTR Facilitator T.B.D.	Room 4	Russian/English translation
14.30 16.00	Workshop: EECCA Initiative (Environment Strategy) Facilitator - Olga Ponizova (ECO-Accord, EAP IG)	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
16.00 - 16.30 Break
16.30 18.00	Workshop: UNECE Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development, NGO involvement Facilitators - Victoria Elias / Mikulas Huba	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
16.30 18.00	Workshop: Role of Environment for Europe process in the follow-up of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Facilitator - John Hontelez /Olga Ponizova	Room 4	Russian/English translation
19.00 Reception
20 May, Tuesday, 2003
10.00-11.00	Plenary: Environmental Policy Integration: discussion to prepare for the roundtable with Ministers Chair: Mara Silina	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
11.00-13.00	Workshop: EPI Roundtable Preparation (plenary continued) Facilitator - Mara Silina	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
11.00-13.00	Workshops (in small groups): Protocols on SEA (Facilitator - Svitlana Kravchenko); Protocol on Civil Liability (Facilitator - Anna Tsvetkova.) Health and the Environment - Towards Budapest-2004 (Facilitators -Chris Church and Victoria Elias)	Room 4	Russian/English translation
13.00-14.00	Press-conference: What do NGOs expect from Kiev Conference?
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30 16.00	Plenary: Agreement on messages/statements to the Official Conference Chairs Victoria Elias and John Hontelez Introduction of approved ECOs Speakers at the Ministerial Conference ECOs Position to the Ministerial Conference (discussion of the Revised Draft Statement), including ECO-Forum position on future of EfE process	Conference Hall No 2	Russian/English translation
16.00	Coffee-Break
16.30-17.30	Adoption of the Statements Press-strategy and activities of NGOs during the conference - Olga Speranskaya
18.00 19.00	Social event: Launch of the "Green Pack" REC-CEE Project presentation (Environmental Education materials) Organized by the REC-CEE (coordinator - Kliment Mindjov)	Conference Hall No 2	Working language - English
19.00	Meeting with NGO representatives on official delegations	t.b.d.
21 May, Wednesday, 2003
08.30-09.30	Plenary: NGO morning Strategy meeting and briefing on the process	Conference Hall No 3
11.00-13.00	Workshop: Environment and Poverty: the Development of Joint Strategies and Actions across Europe Facilitator - Chris Church	Room 23
11.00-13.00	Workshop :European Phase out of Environmental Harmful Subsidies in Energy; Alternative Energy Facilitator - Gunnar Boye Olesen	Room 24
13.30-14.00	Press-briefing: Three Protocols: New Benchmarks in the Development of Environmental Rights
13.00-15.00	LUNCH TIME and Official Side Event: Partnership as a Precondition for Successful Education on Sustainable Development org: (REC CEE - ECO-FORUM)	Room 10	LCD multimedia projector, overhead projector
15.00-16.30	Workshop: Environmental Education in the Formal Schools of South-eastern Europe - Needs, Achievements, Partnerships, Perspectives Facilitator - Stoyan Yotov, Borrowed Nature, Bulgaria	Room 23	LCD multimedia projector, overhead projector
15.00-16.30	Workshop: Environmental Action Program for Central and Eastern Europe and EECCA Facilitator - Olga Ponizova	Room 24
16.30-18.00	Workshop: Raising Mountain Issues in the Environment for Europe Process Facilitator - Hana Petrikova, Man & Krknose, Czech Republic	Room 23
16.30-18.00	Workshop: The CEE Countries Think-Tanks Voice in the Enlarged Europe Facilitator Krzysztof Kamieniecki, Institute for Sustainable Development, Poland	Room 24	overhead projector
22 May, Thursday, 2003
08.30-09.30	Plenary: NGO morning Strategy meeting and briefing on the process	Conference Hall No 3
09.30-11.00	Workshop: Civil Liability Protocol - Environmental NGO's Participation in Negotiations and Lobbying Facilitator - Darek Szwed, Environmental Law Centre, Poland	Room 23
09.30-11.00	Workshop: Environment, Public Health and Sustainability: Finding Common Grounds and Developing Joint Actions Facilitator - Chris Church, Suscom, UK	Room 24
11.00- 13.00	Workshop: NGOs' financial sustainability: from strategy to practice (organized be REC-CEE) Facilitator - Cerasela Stancu (REC-CEE)	Room 24
11.00- 13.00	Workshop: Relationship between Environment, Biodiversity and Agriculture - Important Issue of Kiev-2003 Facilitators - Svetla Nikolova, Agrolink, Bulgaria and Maria Stanishewska, PKE, Poland	Room 23
12.00-13.00	Meeting of the EU Commissioner Mrs. Margot Wallstroem with NGOs	Room 5
13.00-13.30	Press-briefing: EECCA Environmental Strategy: opinions of NGOs
13.00-15.00	LUNCH TIME, and Official Side Event: The State of Pan-European Biodiversity Policy from NGO Point of View (CEEWEB - ECO-FORUM)	Room 23
15.00-17.00	Workshop: Sustainable Production and Consumption Facilitator - Jeffrey Barber, ISF, USA	Room 23
17.00 - 19.30	Joint NGO - Ministerial Session on Environmental Policy Integration (in the official Ministerial Conference Program)	Main Conference Hall
19.30	Press-briefing: Round-table with Ministers: Assessment by NGOs
23 May, Friday, 2003
08.30-09.30	Plenary: NGO morning Strategy meeting and briefing on the process	Conference Hall No 3
09.30-15.30	Workshop: Protocol on PRTR (one day workshop) Facilitator - t.b.a.	Room 25
09.30 -15.30	Workshop: Protocol on SEA (one day workshop) Facilitator - Svitlana Kravchenko, ECO-Pravo-Lviv, Ukraine	Room 26
9.00-11.00	Workshop: Local Actions on Sustainable Development: Towards Cooperation Around and Beyond Local Agenda 21 Facilitators - Chris Church, Suscom, UK & Mikulas Huba,STUZ, Slovakia	Room 23
09.00-11.00	Meeting: UNEP-NGOs cooperation - Informational meeting	Room 24
13.00-14.00	Press-briefing: NGOs evaluate the Ministerial Declaration
13.00-15.00	LUNCH TIME and Official Side event: Workshop "European Phase out of Environmental Harmful Subsidies in Energy" INFORSE on behalf of ECO-Forum Energy Group	Room 9
15.30-17.00	ECO-FORUM ISSUE GROUPS MEETINGS, ELECTIONS Public Participation Campaign Meeting	Room 23
15.30-17.00	Energy and Climate Issue Group Meeting	Room 24
15.30-17.00	Biodiversity Issue Group Meeting	Room 26
15.30-17.00	Transport Issue Group Meeting	Room 11
15.30-17.00	Sustainable Production & Consumption Issue Group Meeting	Room 13
15.30-17.00	Environmental Education Issue Group Meeting	Room 12
15.30-17.00	Water Issue Group Meeting	Room 7
15.30-17.00	Values for Sustainable Future Issue Group Meeting	Room 5
15.30-17.00	Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe Issue Group Meeting	Room 6
24 May, Saturday, 2003
09.00 13.00	Plenary: Chair (t.b.d.) Discussion about the conclusions of the Ministerial Conference on the future, and the consequences for the organisation of the work of environmental organizations Elections of the CB	Conference Hall No 2	English/Russian translation
14.30 17.00	Plenary: Chair (t.b.d.) Decisions about the future format and ways of working of the European ECO-Forum; Legislative, social and economic conditions of activity of European environmental NGOs	Conference Hall No 2	English/Russian translation