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News & Events
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06-Nov-2009
The presentations by speakers from the OECD Conference on the Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology, which was held in Paris in July 2009, are now available for the public. All the conference information is available at this page.
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06-Nov-2009
This Guidance Document has been developed to help countries define minor uses of pesticides at national or regional levels with the aim of enhancing the consistency among countries. It does not give an OECD definition, but rather it lists the critical elements to consider when developing a minor use definition. It was developed by Australia and reviewed on several occasions by the OECD pesticide groups.
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06-Nov-2009
The OECD Strategic Approach in Pesticide Risk Reduction, that was prepared by Germany:
- takes into account some of the main outcomes from OECD’s work on pesticide risk reduction,
- identifies the core elements that contribute to the reduction of risks arising from the use of pesticides,
- describes the main measures that lead to a significant reduction of pesticide risks (e.g. registration, compliance, IPM, training, technology, R&D, etc.), and
- recommends key elements for ensuring implementation and adoption of national action plans.
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06-Nov-2009
This report presents the results of an OECD survey that gathered information from twenty countries on how they collect and use sales and usage data concerning agricultural pesticides. The survey focused on the collection processes, the type of data that are collected and how these data are used and analysed. This survey provides more current and comprehensive data than that collected in a previous OECD survey conducted in 1997 which focused exclusively on agricultural pesticide sales data (see ENV/JM/MONO(99)1 .)
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Publication of the Report of the Seminar on Pesticide Risk Reduction through Spray Drift Reduction Strategies as Part of National Risk Management
06-Nov-2009
This report presents the results of an OECD Seminar (June 2008) that looked at strategies to reduce pesticide spray drift and thus reduce risks posed by the application of pesticides on crops. Participants discussed various approaches for spray drift reduction (e.g. buffer zones, drift reduction technologies, labels), and developed several recommendations for promoting spray drift reduction technologies and policies. Please also visit www.oecd.org/env/spraydrift (from 2010).
Main part of the report Complete report (size: 16 MB)
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Publication of the Report of the Seminar on Pesticide Risk Reduction through Education / Training the Trainers
06-Nov-2009
This report presents the outcomes of an OECD Seminar (November 2007, Mexico) that reviewed current approaches to achieving pesticide risk reduction through education and training for trainers. Participants discussed the various aspects of training programmes such as qualification, quality of training, communication and economic aspects. The Seminar recommended that countries develop training strategies and the OECD conduct a survey on education and training programmes.
Main part of the report Complete report (size: 25 MB)
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06-Nov-2009
The current economic crisis offers an opportunity to transform Ireland’s growth model and make it stronger, cleaner and fairer. The OECD Secretary-General is presenting 38 recommendations to the Irish government to help move in that direction.
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30-Oct-2009
The OECD/Annex I Expert Group side event at the UN Climate Change Talks in Barcelona - "Financing for Enhanced Climate Change Action: Mitigation and Adaptation" at 15:30 on 3 November - will discuss the following critical issues with expert speakers and discussants from both Annex I and Non-Annex I countries: Overall financial architecture and MRV of financial support; Delivery of development finance to support climate change action; Matching support with actions and the role of registries. Please See October Released Papers
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Events
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on 24-Apr-2009
The dissemination workshop on “Strengthening financial planning and management for WSS in central government, municipalities and utilities of EECCA countries” was held in Kiev, Ukraine on 24 April 2009. The meeting was a capacity development and dissemination workshop where good practices and approaches to improve the financial management of the water sector have been presented. These outputs have been developed in the framework of the EAP Task Force and supported by a TACIS grant.
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on 10-Jun-2009
The main objective of the workshop was to discuss in detail the scope of a survey on the experience of countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) with integrating the environmental sector into medium-term budgeting processes. The workshop was organised on 10 June 2009, in Chisinau (Moldova), back-to-back with the annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
Environmental liability regimes and approaches and criteria to assess administrative fines were in the focus of discussions at the annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network. This meeting took place on 11-12 June 2009 in Chisinau, Moldova. The Network was established back in 1999 and brings together environmental experts from Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA).
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from 15-Jul-2009 to 17-Jul-2009
The OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) and the OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN) recently held a Conference on Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnolgy: Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth on 15-17 July in 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France. The conference covered both the opportunities and the challenges of the use of nanotechnologies for the potential benefits for the environment.
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on 17-Mar-2009
The OECD has released a new report – Managing Water for All: Pricing and Financing – at an event during the World Water Forum in Istanbul. Emphasising the economic, social and environmental benefits of investing in water and sanitation, the report includes information about the agricultural uses of water, financing water supply and sanitation, water pricing, private sector participation in the water sector and aid flows to water.
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from 01-Dec-2008 to 12-Dec-2008
The impact of climate change on our environment, our economies and our security is the defining issue of our era. OECD is at the forefront of climate change analysis, promoting environmentally and economically rational policies related to adaptation, mitigation, technology, financing and development. The OECD was present in several ways at the UN Climate Change Conference.
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from 23-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008
The next meeting of the EAP Task Force took place on 23-24 October 2008 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss progress in implementing the the EAP Task Force's Programme of Work, and priority areas of work for 2009 and beyond. The meeting started with a special session on how the challenge of institutional development of Environment Ministries in the region could be addressed, drawing on new approaches being employed by development cooperation agencies in OECD countries.
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from 23-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008
Ежегодная Встреча СРГ ПДООС, 23-24 октября 2008 г., Астана (Казахстан) Следующая встреча СРГ ПДООС состоится 23-24 октября 2008 г. в Астане (Казахстан). Главной целью встречи будет обсуждение прогресса в реализации Рабочей программы СРГ ПДООС и приоритетных направлений работы на 2009 г. и последующие годы. Встреча начнется со специального заседания, на котором будет обсуждаться, как решить задачу институционального развития министерств охраны окружающей среды в регионе с использованием новых подходов, применяемых организациями сотрудничества в целях развития стран ОЭСР.
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from 17-Jun-2008 to 19-Jun-2008
Environmental regulators and inspectors from twelve countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia and their counterparts from OECD countries, NGOs and industry will gather in Tashkent to share experience and decide on their joint actions in 2008-2011.
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OECD Published Pov and LRTP Screening Tool
OECD published the "Pov and LRTP Screening Tool" which has been developed with the aim of using multimedia models for estimating overall persistence (Pov) and long-range transport potential (LRTP) of organic chemicals at a screening level in the context of PBTs/POPs assessments. The Tool calculates metrics of Pov and LRTP from a multimedia chemical fate model, and provides a graphical presentation of the results.
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