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14-Sep-2007
The 6th "Environment for Europe" (EfE) Ministerial Conference took place in Belgrade on 10-12 October 2007. It brought together ministers and high-level delegates from 56 UNECE member states and the European Commission, representatives of the United Nations organisations, other intergovernmental organisations, non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders. OECD/EAP Task Force analytical reports provided basis for discussions at the Ministerial Conference.
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31-Aug-2007
Water supply and sanitation (WSS) infrastructure in Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia is often critically deteriorated, involving significant risks for human health and the environment. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals on water supply and sanitation is therefore a serious challenge in many countries in the region. Armenia, one of the poorest countries in the region, faces many of these challenges as well as serious financial constraints related to affordability issues in households and public budgets.
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27-Aug-2007
The publication sketches a realist portrait of the municipal waste management sector in EECCA based on field work, presents lessons learnt from the financing strategy case studies, and proposes recommendations on policies which could be implemented in EECCA countries to promote a more financially sustainable municipal waste sector.
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24-Aug-2007
This report draws on work carried-out over the last 7 years by the EAP Task Force and other actors in the EECCA region to draw a complete picture of the water supply and sanitation sector in the region and some of the key reforms that will need to be undertaken to achieve the water-related MDGs.
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17-Jul-2007
A new OECD report assessing China's environmental performance encourages China to redouble efforts to improve its environment to achieve sustainable economic growth. The report, which makes 51 specific recommendations, builds on more than a decade of OECD-China co-operation and is based on the same review methodology used for environmental reviews of all OECD countries.
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25-Jun-2007
The Environment, Health and Safety News is a newsletter issued approximately every eight months. Its purpose is to provide an update on the main events and activities of the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme. Information on new publications arising from the Programme as well as dates and venues of upcoming events and meetings are given.
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15-Jun-2007
The Handbook proposes a set of management tools and approaches to designing realistic public environmental expenditure programmes and selecting and financing the most cost-effective projects supported with public funds. It focuses on appraising investment projects in the water sector. It is tailored to the perspective of the public financier, not the project promoter.
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12-Jun-2007
eChemPortal is an internet gateway that provides direct free access to information on the properties of chemicals (physical-chemical properties, environmental fate and behaviour, ecotoxicity, toxicity) as well as to hazard and risk assessments. It allows users to simultaneously search multiple databases, most of which are prepared for government chemical review programmes.
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11-May-2007
A new OECD report on Switzerland notes remarkable improvements in numerous areas of its environment including air, water, waste management but insists the country must better manage its natural resources, particularly biodiversity and land protection. The report makes 46 specific recommendations.
The report was released at a news conference on 11 May 2007, Schwellenmätteli, Bern at 10am by M. Leuenberger, Federal Councillor; L. Lorentsen, OECD Environment Director; B. Oberle, Secretary of State for Environment; and C. Avérous, head of OECD’s national environmental reviews.
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