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from 16-Jun-2005 to 17-Jun-2005
The OECD, in co-operation with the Finnish Ministry for the Environment, organised a workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Private Investment. The main purpose of the workshop was to improve understanding on how to promote private investment that contributes to the implementation of MEAs and thus to the broader objective of sustainable development. It explored business opportunities under MEAs and new ways to engage business in MEA implementation.
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from 11-Nov-2004 to 12-Nov-2004
The Global Forum on Sustainable Development: Development and Climate Change addressed key issues relating to mainstreaming responses to climate change into economic development planning policies. It focused on mainstreaming adaptation to climate change within developing countries, within donor portfolios on development assistance, and within OECD domestic contexts.
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from 17-Jun-2004 to 18-Jun-2004
This workshop gathered views from OECD member countries on material flows and related measurement tools. It was held in Helsinki, Finland and was attended by more than 50 participants, including national delegates, international experts and observers from industry and environmental NGOs.
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from 02-Feb-2004 to 03-Feb-2004
This was the third meeting of the Group. The Group has been established according to the conclusions of the Ministerial Consultation on Water Management and Investments in Almaty, October 2000. The main objective of the Group is to promote policy reforms in the urban water sector and to elaborate practical approaches for the implementation of the Almaty Guiding Principles for the Reform of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in the EECCA.
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from 16-Dec-2003 to 16-Jun-2004
This is the third meeting of the Group. It has been established according to the conclusions of the Ministerial Consultation on Water Management and Investments in Almaty, October 2000.
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On 12 November 2003, the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) met for a High Level Special Session in Paris to discuss decoupling the environmental pressures of the transport sector in the context of unsustainable production and consumption patterns.
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from 03-Nov-2003 to 04-Nov-2003
Responding to growing worldwide interest in developing and applying environmental compliance and enforcement indicators, the OECD and the INECE organised, on 3rd and 4th November, 2003 in Paris, a workshop which assisted enforcement agencies in designing enforcement and compliance indicators and using them for agencies’ performance assessment.
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from 15-Dec-2003 to 16-Dec-2003
This seminar is part of the OECD’s Programme of Dialogue and Co-operation with China. It was organised under the auspices of OECD Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks (WGEIO), and in close co-operation with the State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA) and the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP). The seminar is a follow-up to an earlier OECD-China seminar on environmental monitoring, Beijing, 12-14 April 1999. The seminar was attended by 90 officials from OECD member countries, China and international organisations.
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Workshop on the Valuation of Environmental Health Risks for Children - 11-12 September 2003
from 14-Aug-2003 to 12-Sep-2003
This international workshop, bringing together experts and policymakers from the health and environment fields, will allow for an improved understanding of the relative merits of standard approaches used to evaluate environmental health effects for children. It will also help to define practical recommendations for the valuation of children's health. The workshop is by invitation.
View the workshop agenda.
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from 21-May-2003 to 23-May-2003
Environment Ministers from 55 countries of Europe, North America, Caucasus and Central Asia will meet in Kyiv on 21-23 May at 5th "Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference. OECD provide inputs on environmental policy instruments, financing and management of urban water infrastructure.
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