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Second Intergovernmental conference 'Biodiversity in Europe'

24-28 February 2002, Budapest, Hungary

 

The Second Intergovernmental Conference 'Biodiversity in Europe' was held on 24-28 February 2002 in Budapest, Hungary. The Conference is regarded as a European regional preparatory meeting for the CBD/COP-6. Participants included delegations from governments from the UNECE region, representatives of international governmental organisations, and observers, which include participants from international and national expert and NGO organisations. The Conference brought together in a unified approach the key actors involved in European biodiversity policy, focusing on the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy and its Council, the EU Member States working group on biodiversity, and the focal points to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Conference discussed five issues of European importance to the CBD and brought a concerted message to the sixth CBD Conference of the Parties in April 2002, The Netherlands.

Apart from Plenary sessions, devoted to the CBD/COP-6 preparations and a regular PEBLDS Council agenda, the Conference offered a venue for meetings of the Committee on Activities of the Council of Europe in the Field of Biological and Landscape Diversity (CO-DBP), the Sofia Biodiversity Initiative and sub-regional groups.

Conference was convened under the overall umbrella of PEBLDS with a Secretariat provided by the Joint Secretariat of PEBLDS together with the Government of Hungary.

The outcome of the conference is laid down in the Chairman's conclusions, which was communicated to the appropriate sections of COP6 in The Hague.

The subjects of the discussions papers include:

Full list of Meeting Documents

Agenda

1. Opening, adoption of the agenda and election of officers

2. Preparations for the CBD/COP-6:

2.1 Forest biological diversity
2.2 Invasive alien species
2.3 Financing biodiversity
2.4 Indicators, monitoring and CHM
2.5 Strategic Plan for the CBD
3. Rolling Work Programme of the PEBLDS and progress reports
4. Preparations for the Kyiv Conference
5. Administrative and financial issues:

5.1 Organisation of work and financing of the Joint Secretariat
5.2 Terms of Reference of the PEBLDS Council and its Bureau
5.3 Dates and venues of next meetings of Council and Bureau

6. Consideration of Chairman's conclusions
7. Other business

 

Programme

REGISTRATION:

12.00-18.00 on 24 February 2002
8.30-18.00 on 25-28 February 2002

Sunday, 24 February 2002
PARALLEL SESSIONS

 
15.00 –18.00

Meeting of the Committee on activities of the Council of Europe in the field of biological and landscape diversity (CO-DBP)

Chair: Mr. Raymond Pierre Lebeau, Swiss Agency for Forests, Environment and Landscapes

15.00 -18.00

Meeting of the Sofia Biodiversity Initiative

Chair: Ms. Mira Mileva, Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe
Monday, 25 February 2002
OPENING PLENARY

 

9.30 -13.00

Opening, adoption of the agenda and election of officers

Chair: Mr. Béla Turi Kovács, Minister of Environment, Hungary

Opening and welcome address by Mr. Béla Turi Kovács, Minister of Environment, Hungary

Adoption of the agenda and election of officers

Introductory statements:

"From Riga to Budapest: a new integrated biodiversity process in Europe" by Mr. Vladimirs Makarovs, Minister of Environment, Latvia "CBD/COP-6: from Budapest to The Hague" by Ms. Geke Faber, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, the Netherlands
"EU biodiversity policies" by Ms. Carmen Martorell, General Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Spain
"Biodiversity conservation from a Central European perspective" by Mr. László Miklós, Minister of Environment, Slovak Republic (tbc)
"Biodiversity at the Kyiv Conference" by Mr. Sergii Kurykin, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Ukraine
"Integration of biodiversity considerations in sectoral policies" by Mr. André Stoylen, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Norway
"New directions for European biodiversity conservation", by Sir Brian Unwin, President of ECNC/Former President of the European Investment Bank
"Biodiversity in Europe and ten years of transition - lessons learned" by Mr. Piotr Gorbunenko, Biodiversity Issue Group Coordinator, European ECO-Forum

"Role of the Convention on Biological Diversity in sustainable development " by Mr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of CBD
"Forest biological diversity" by Mr. Werner Wutscher, Secretary General, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria
"Invasive Alien Species" by Mr. János Tardy, Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry for Environment, Hungary
"Financial Resources and Mechanisms for biodiversity in Europe" by Mr. Beat Nobs, Ambassador, Swiss Agency of Environment, Forests and Landscapes
"Indicators, monitoring and Clearing House Mechanism" by Mr. Domingo Jimenez-Beltran, Executive Director, European Environment Agency

Welcome address by Mr. Bendik Rugaas, General Director, Council of Europe
Welcome address by Mr. Frits Schlingemann, Director and Regional Representative, UNEP Regional Office for Europe

PLENARY 1

15.00 -16.30

Forest biological diversity

Chair: Mr. Peter Mayer, Head, Liaison Unit Vienna, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe

Presentation of the paper by Ms. Gabriele Obermayr, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria

Discussion

16.30 -18.00

Invasive Alien Species

Chair: tbc

Presentation of the paper by Mr. András Demeter, Ministry of Environment, HungaryDiscussion

20.00

Reception hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Hungary at Hyatt Regency Hotel

Tuesday, 26 February 2002

PLENARY 2

9.30 -11.00

Financing biodiversity

Chair: Sir Brian Unwin, President of ECNC/Former President of the European Investment Bank

Presentation of the paper by Mr. Robert Lamb, Swiss Agency of Forests, Environment and Landscapes

Discussion

11.00 -12.30

Indicators, monitoring and CHM

Chair: Mr. Carlos Martin-Novella, European Commission

Presentation of the paper by Ms. Ulla Pinborg, European Environment Agency

Discussion

PLENARY 3

14.30 -17.00

Strategic Plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity

Chair: Mr. Jan Plesnik, Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic

Presentation of the paper by Mr. Jonathan Tillson, United Kingdom

Discussion

18.00 -19.00

Cultural programme
PARALLEL SESSIONS
20.00

Informal meetings, including meetings of sub-regional groups,
to prepare conclusions and recommendations for the CBD/COP-6 (optional)
Wednesday, 27 February 2002
PLENARY 4

9.30 - 10.45

Discussion of draft Chairman's conclusions

Chair: Mr. Béla Turi Kovács, Minister of Environment, Hungary
PLENARY 5  

11.00 - 12.30

Rolling Work Programme of the PEBLDS and progress reports

Chair: Mr. Peter Skoberne, Ministry of Environment, Slovenia
PLENARY 6

14.00 - 18.00

Preparations for the Kyiv Conference

Administrative and financial issues:Organisation of work and financing of the Joint Secretariat Terms of Reference of the PEBLDS Council and its BureauDates and venues of the next Council and Bureau meetings

Chair: Mr. Peter Skoberne, Ministry of Environment, Slovenia
Thursday, 28 February 2002
PLENARY 7

9.30 -11.00

Other business

Chair: Mr. Peter Skoberne, Ministry of Environment, Slovenia
CLOSING PLENARY

 11.30 -12.30

Preparations for CBD/COP-6

Presentation and adoption of the Chairman's conclusions Chair: Mr. Béla Turi Kovács, Minister of Environment, Hungary
PARALLEL SESSIONS

14.00 -17.30

Informal meetings of sub-regional groups

Further contact

Local organiser:
Ms Judit Megyery
Tel: + 36 1 209 60 01
Fax: +36 1 386 93 78
E-mail: megyery@sztaki.hu

Conference Secretariat:

Mrs Louise Lakos
Ministry for Environment
44-50 Fo utca
1011 Budapest
Hungary
Tel.: +36 1 457 33 24
Fax: +36 1 201 28 46
E-mail: lakosne@mail.ktm.hu
WWW: www.ktm.hu
 Ms Ivonne Higuero
UNEP/ROE
15 Chemin des Anémones
1219 Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
Tel.: +41-22-9178395
Fax: +41-22-9178024
E-mail: ivonne.higuero@unep.ch
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