Actualités & Evénements

People and Biodiversity Policies: Impacts, Issues and Strategies for Policy Action

14-mai-2008

This book is designed to help policy makers put together strategies for anticipating distributive impacts of biodiversity policy across different groups; and for selecting processes and instruments that manage distributive impacts without compromising conservation and use objectives.

SCOPING STUDY ON THE INCLUSION OF RELEASES AND TRANSFERS FROM SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs) - ENV/JM/MONO(2008)5

13-mai-2008

This study provides an insight on whether a systematic inclusion of releases and transfers from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)  in national PRTRs would improve the current knowledge of industrial pollution as a whole. The study concludes that in order to be able to cover the remaining releases and transfers from SMEs, diffuse sources should be included in PRTRs.

Multilateral Symposium between Monitoring Authorities, Regulatory Authorities and Test Facilities on the Implementation of GLP, held on 10 and 11 April 2008 in Frascati, Italy

07-mai-2008

Presentations
Symposium Programme and presentations from the OECD Industry Event, ‘Multilateral symposium between Monitoring Authorities, Regulatory Authorities and Test Facilities on the Implementation of the OECD Principles of GLP’ held on 10 and 11 April 2008 in Frascati, Italy.

Council adopts Resolution on the Implementation of the SAICM

02-mai-2008

A Resolution on the Implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was adopted by Council on 28 March 2008 and welcomed by Environment Ministers of OECD countries and major non-member economies at their meeting at OECD on the 28-29 April 2008.

Revision of OECD Monograph Guidance Document (Rev 3)

29-avr.-2008

Section 4.1.1 of the OECD Monograph Guidance Document has been revised to include text which specifies that Regulatory Authorities should not use the contents of a Monograph from another country as a basis for their regulatory decisions unless the data package upon which a particular Monograph was based has been provided to the Authority, or the owner of the data has granted permission for use of the summary evaluation in a Monograph in lieu of the data.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part I: Survey results

28-avr.-2008

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterization in Nanotechnologies

21-avr.-2008

The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterisation in Nanotechnologies was held 26-28 February 2008 at National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (USA), in co-ordination with ISO, IEC, NIST and the OECD. The participants discussed the development, efficacy, harmonisation and uptake of documentary standards broadly relevant to the field of measurement and characterisation for nanotechnologies. The summary, as well as the presentations provided during the workshop, is available by clicking on the link. 

Current Developments/ Activities in Manufactured Nanomaterials, Paris, France, 28-30 November 2007

18-avr.-2008

This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries.  Information was provided by delegations who participated in the 3rd Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials.  There are also reports on relevant current activities in some International Organisations.

Experts' Meeting on Global Infrastructure Needs: Prospects and Implications for Public and Private Actors

The one-day Experts’ Meeting on future Global Infrastructure Needs took place at OECD Headquarters on 1st October 2004.  It was organised by the OECD’s International Futures Programme (IFP), and brought together 45 high-level government officials and business executives involved in various infrastructure-related activities. 

Première réunion du Groupe de pilotage sur les besoins mondiaux en matière d’infrastructures : Perspectives et implications pour les acteurs publics et privés

le 03-juin-2005

La première réunion du Groupe de pilotage sur les futurs besoins mondiaux en matière d’infrastructures a eu lieu au siège de l’OCDE le 3 juin 2005. À cette réunion organisée par le Programme de l’OCDE sur l’avenir (IFP) ont participé 25 hauts responsables publics et dirigeants d’entreprises de divers secteurs d’activité liés aux infrastructures.
Pour plus d’informations, prière de contacter M. Pierre Alain Schieb à l’adresse suivante : Pierre Alain.Schieb@oecd.org.

2nd preparatory meeting for the Almaty+5 Ministerial Conference on Financing of the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in EECCA countries

du 05-juin-2005 au 06-juin-2005

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss draft documents and practical arrangements for a Conference of EECCA Ministers of Water, Environment and Economy/Finance as well as their OECD partners to discuss issues of financing the water supply and sanitation sector in EECCA.

Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative’s EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Environmental Finance and Water Networks, Chisinau, Moldova, 29 March to 1 April 2005

du 29-mars-2005 au 01-avr.-2005

Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative’s EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Environmental Finance and Water Networks, Chisinau, Moldova, 29 March to 1 April 2005 

6th meeting of REPIN Network, Yerevan, Armenia

du 26-sept.-2004 au 28-sept.-2004

The sixth annual meeting of the EECCA Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) took place on 26-28 September 2004, Yerevan, Armenia. Special attention was devoted to projects on strengthening environmental compliance assurance system in Kyrgyzstan, reforming environmental permitting in Ukraine and other EECCA, and on analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of economic instruments in Russia and Armenia.

OECD Global Forum for Sustainable Development at the INECE Conference in Marrakech

du 11-avr.-2005 au 15-avr.-2005

2005 OECD Global Forum for Sustainable Development will be organised on the occassion of the 7th global meeting of the International Network on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) on 11-15th April, 2005 in Marrakech, Morocco.

Colloque OCDE sur les flux de matières et les indicateurs liéés, 17-18 juin 2004, Helsinki

du 17-juin-2004 au 18-juin-2004

Ce colloque a rassemblé des pays OCDE autour du thème des flux de matières et indicateurs liéés.  Le colloque a eu lieu à Helsinki, Finlande, avec une participation de plus de 50 délégués nationaux, experts internationaux et observateurs de l'industrie et d'ONGs environnementales.

Conference of Environment Ministers from countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and their Partners, Tbilisi, October 2004

du 21-oct.-2004 au 22-oct.-2004

the Conference of EECCA Environment Ministers and their Partners took place in Tbilisi (Georgia). It was organised by the Georgian Ministry of Environment in co-operation with the EAP Task Force Secretariat at OECD. More than 150 representatives from all stakeholders attended the Conference. For more information, please visit our page about the Conference .

5th Annual Meeting of EECCA Network on Policies and Enforcement

du 16-oct.-2003 au 18-oct.-2003

The meeting in Kiev was the fifth annual gathering of enforcement officers and environmental policy makers from environmental authorities in the region of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA). The main result of the meeting were the endorsement of the draft Work Programme of the Network for the period 2003-2006 and the new Term of Reference for the Network.

INECE-OECD Workshop on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Indicators

du 03-nov.-2003 au 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.