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Time is Life: Conference on Halting Biodiversity Loss by 2010

Draft agenda

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Wednesday, 3 November

 

Time
Items Speakers, panellists Annotation
8.30 Registration
9.30 Welcome speeches Katalin Rodics, Hungarian Ministry of Environment and Water
András Krolopp, CEEweb
Robert Höft, Secretariat of the CBD
Welcome speeches
10.15

Sustainable development, the framework for halting biodiversity loss  

30 min presentation
15 min questions from the floor

Iván Gyulai, Ecological Institute for Sustainable Development What lies behind the concept, its framework and principles. Is the 2010 target realistic without sustainability? NGOs' possible role in the realisation.
11.00 coffee break
11.30

Halting the loss of biodiversity, the 2010 target

Panel discussion

Horst Korn, CBD SBSTTA Focal Point of Germany
Iván Gyulai, Ecological Institute for Sustainable Development
Tamás Marghescu, IUCN Representative of the
Katalin Rodics, Hungarian Ministry of Environment and Water
 
Moderator: Andreas Beckmann
Perception of the 2010 target, challenges, opportunities, priorities and main obstacles from different perspectives.
13.00 lunch
14.30

Global and regional processes for policy forming

Panel discussion

Harald Egerer, UNEP Interim Secretarait of the Carpathian Convention
Ivonne Higuero, UNEP
Mihály Végh, ECNC
Robert Höft, Secretariat of the CBD

 
Moderator: Michael Meyer
The Convention on Biological Diversity, the Environment for Europe process, PEBLDS, the Carpathian Convention, their connections, synergies and complementarities, their contribution to the 2010 target. NGO involvement.
16.00 coffee break
16.30

Efforts of the EU towards the 2010 target

Panel discussion

Andreas Beckmann, WWF
Ben Delbaere, ECNC, representing ALTER-Net
Erzsébet Schmuck, CEEweb
András Demeter, DG Environment
Gyula Hegyi, Representative of the European Parliament
 
Moderator: András Krolopp
2010 target in the EU policy (EU Sustainable Development Strategy, 2010 delivery plan, agricultural and transport policies). NGO involvement in policy forming and implementation.
18.00 Wrap up of the day Michael Meyer, Ecological Tourism in Europe Lessons learned from the first day.

 

 

Thursday, 4 November

 

9.00

Presentation of the CEEweb project related to the 2010 target

Presentation and questions from the floor

Klára Hajdu, CEEweb
Márton Kelemen, Milvus Group
Assessments of national efforts towards halting biodiversity loss.
Findings from Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.
9.45

Working group discussion

(Coffee provided during the discussion)

Building partnership towards halting biodiversity loss. How could NGOs and governmental, intergovernmental institutions best facilitate each other's work towards halting biodiversity loss? In what field is NGO involvement most necessary and effective, and what could NGOs undertake?
Possible introductory presentations on best practices, case studies, afterwards brainstorming, discussing possible cooperation.
12.30

lunch

Drafting group working on the paper

Further elaboration of a draft policy paper on possible NGO involvement based on a prepared document and the outcomes of the WG discussions.
14.30 Adoption of the NGO paper Moderator: Michael Meyer Discussing and adopting the NGO paper on a CEE strategy on NGO involvement towards the 2010 target.
15.30 Wrap up of the day, closing of the conference Erzsébet Schmuck, CEEweb
Ivonne Higuero, UNEP
Lessons learned from the conference. Follow-up for the conference.

 

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