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Название: Материалы на английском. Объявления Главные Пункты: * Азиатский Тихоокеанский форум журналистов-экологов (APFEJ) приглашает к участию в 13-м ежегодном конгрессе, 22-26 октября 2001 г., Филипинны, журналистов и экологические НПО из Центральной и Западной Азии. Дополнительная информация на http://www.oneworld.org/slejf. * Информация о 2-м Семинаре <Энергетика и окружающая среда>, Будапешт, Венгрия, 26-30 октября 2001 г. К участию приглашаются представители экологических НПО из Центральной и Восточной Европы. Возможна оплата расходов. Подробная информация - www.energiaklub.hu. * Международный фестиваль экологических кино- и видеофильмов, Торонто, 28-30 сентября 2001 г., приглашает докладчика по проблемам высыхания Аральского моря. Дополнительная информация на www.planetinfocus.org. * и др. сообщения. (18.07.2001) Полный Текст Материалы на английском. Объявления Материалы на английском. Объявления *** FROM: Pan-European ECO-Forum Co-ordination Board (APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-POSTING) INVITATION TO REGISTER AS A PARTICIPANT OF THE PAN-EUROPEAN ECO-FORUM Dear Colleagues, The Pan-European ECO-Forum, formerly called NGO Coalition "Environment for Europe" has followed the Environment for Europe process since the first Pan-European Ministerial Conference in Dobris, Czech Republic in 1991. The fact that Environmental NGOs managed to speak with one voice resulted in a substantial influence all along the process with its ministerial conferences 1993 in Lucerne (Switzerland), 1995 in Sofia and 1998 in Aarhus. We had a key influence on the Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe (EAP), National Environmental Action Plans (NEAPs), on the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy and on the elaboration of the Aarhus Convention to mention a few of the topics. At the plenary meeting of our coalition in June 98 in Aarhus we decided to have a slight formalisation of the co-ordination amongst environmental citizens organisations (ECOs) in pan-European environment related processes, without creating a formal organisation. You find the ECO-Forum Agreement adopted by NGOs that participated at the Aarhus conference as annex to this letter. According to this agreement the Pan-European ECO-Forum is a broad, inclusive coalition of sustainable development NGOs (ECOs as well as NGOs with related scopes like human rights NGOs, health organisations etc.) which are interested in participating in the official Pan-European processes (Environment for Europe and related processes like Environment & Health, Environment & Transport, Environment & Agriculture etc.) with the final goal of promoting sustainable development in Europe and globally. The goal of the coalition is to serve the NGO community and to facilitate the participation in these processes in order to be together stronger and more influential, however without preventing individual organisations to perform separately. The ECO-Forum Co-ordination Board decided at its meeting in Kiev, Ukraine (20-21 January 2001) to invite NGOs of the UN ECE region that are sharing the above mentioned goals to register as participants of the Pan-European ECO-Forum. The Board was concerned not to use the term "member" since the Coalition is an open-ended body. To identify your NGO as the participant of the Pan-European ECO-Forum you can send a simple letter to the ECO-Forum Co-ordination Unit during the year or register for the Plenary and by acceptance of the ECO-Forum Agreement. Applicants have to indicate the contact person as well as the delegate of the NGO for decision-taking at the general assembly. Participation can be cancelled by a letter without indicating reasons by the end of a calendar year. If you wish to join the ECO-Forum please fill in the attached questionnaire and return it by mail, fax or e-mail to the Co-ordination Unit. In order to improve the communication within the ECO-Forum and to provide information targeted to those who wish to receive it, we are establishing a number of e-mail list-servers. This will also give us an overview of who is participating in which Issue Group. Please indicate the appropriate e-mail addresses for the list-servers you want to subscribe. The next important date in the calendar of the ECO Forum is the 5th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference 21-23 May, 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine. Looking forward for your reply. On behalf of the Co-ordination Board Victoria Elias, Chairperson P.O.Box 43, 129090 Moscow, Russia phone: +7-095-924-62-40 fax: +7-095-925-92-82 e-mail: velias@mail.ru http://www.eco-forum.org Pan-European ECO Forum NGO Coalition for Sustainable Development The basis for the work of the ECO-Forum is the NGO ARHUS AGREEMENT: Seat The Pan-European ECO Forum is based at the place of its secretariat, for time being, at Ljubljana, Slovenia (Since July 2000 in Moscow Russia). The Coordination Board has the mandate to decide on the future location of the secretariat. Mission, Goal and Tasks The Pan-European ECO Forum is a broad, inclusive coalition of sustainable development NGOs (environmental citizens organisations as well as NGOs with related scopes like human rights NGOs, health organisations etc.) which are interested in participating in the official Pan-European processes (Environment for Europe ministers conferences as well as related processes like Environment & Health, Environment & Transport, Environment & Agriculture etc.) with the final goal of promoting sustainable development in Europe and globally. The goal of the coalition is to serve the NGO community and to facilitate the participation in these processes in order to be together stronger and more influencial, however without preventing individual organisations to perform separately. Membership NGOs of the UN ECE region are sharing the above mentioned goals can become members of the Pan-European ECO Forum. Membership can be applied for by a simple letter to the secretariat during the year or by registering for the Plenary and by acceptance of this Agreement. Applicants have to indicate the contact person as well as the delegate of the NGO for decision-taking at the general assembly. Membership can be cancelled by a letter without indicating reasons by the end of a calendar year. Working Principles The meetings of all bodies as well as all working papers and the process of elaboration of positions shall be open and transparent for the public (not only for members). Each member has the right to make initiatives and proposals for the coalition's work-programme and positions to be decided on in the appropriate body of the coalition as well as to receive feedback. The Plenary takes decisions preferably by consensus (by meeting or electronically followed by written confirmation). If a consensus cannot be reached, 2/3 majority of the participating members decides. The other bodies of the Pan-European ECO Forum decide by consensus. There is the principle of one member-organisation, one vote. All organs shall engage other relevant networks, experts or NGOs in policy co-ordination. Organs Plenary The Plenary is the highest organ of the Pan-European ECO Forum and open for all NGOs/ECOs which can be member of the Pan-European ECO Forum as described above. A selection takes only place for the recipients of travel grants as far as the available funds require it. This selection is made by the Coordination Board according to the following criteria: geographical balance active participation in the process in principle one person per organisation expertise The national NGO communities are encouraged to organise the selection of their delegates in the country. The in-country selection of delegates will be respected in first place. The Plenary is open for observers. The Plenary meets in principle biannually or when needed (if funds are available). Exceptional Plenaries take place upon the request of 2/3 of all members. The Plenary makes common policy statements by adopting resolutions. Regarding the functioning of the Pan-European ECO Forum the Plenary has particularly the following competencies: adoption of the Agreement and decision about changes of it approval of the Coordination Body composed by the representatives of the Issue Groups and the Focal Points and appointment of three additional members dedicated fully to the functioning of the coalition as a whole. approval of the annual technical/narrative as well as financial reports of the Coordination Board, the Issue Groups, the Focal Points and the secretariat approval of the overall financial reports of the treasurer decision about the dissolution of the coalition and the destination of remaining funds The Plenary serves also for an exchange of views on general trends in Europe, areas for co-operation and missing links. The framework of the Plenary is furthermore used for organizing Issue Group Workshops, organizational capacity building as well as skill share seminars. The Plenary is organized by the Coordination Board in collaboration with the secretariat and it is announced at least two months in advance by a newsletter to all contact addresses as well as by publication on Internet. Issue Groups There is an open ended number of Issue Groups working on specific subjects. The Issue Groups are subject related coalitions ("content coalitions"). They report to the Plenary. They are organizing themselves, agree on the method of dialogue and meetings and elaborate their working programmes. Each group appoints a co-ordinator and nominates a representative for the Coordination Board, which can be the same person. Issue Groups can be established at any time and get the status of a Pan-European ECO Forum's Issue Group through approval by the Plenary after presenting their objectives and work programme, avoiding overlap of issue groups of existing networks. Focal Points The Pan-European ECO Forum maintains as far as possible focal points in the major geographical regions of the UN ECE area. The main task of the Focal Points is to animate involvement of groups. The Focal Points work in co-operation with each other. They are accountable to the Coordination Board and the Plenary. New Focal Points are proposed by the Coordination Board or members of a certain region, and approved by the Plenary. The Plenary approves also the representative of the Focal Point in the Coordination Board. Coordination Board Coordination Board is composed of the representatives of the Issue Groups and representatives of each Focal Point and in charge for a period of two years with the possibility of re-election. It is responsible for the following tasks co-ordination of the overall activities, and establishment of the overall work-programme and budget co-ordination of the fund-raising acceptance of new members representation in the official process selection of the secretariat preparation of Plenary meetings reporting to the Plenary The out-going Coordination Board remains responsible with regard to the donors and creditors for the concluding and reporting of the projects of the previous preparatory process till the approval of the final reports and completed payments. Secretariat The secretariat is appointed by the Coordination Board. The Secretariat's tasks are: information collection and documentation information dissemination among the network publication of a regular newsletter in electronic as well as paper form press-work administrative support for the Coordination Board organisation of Plenary meetings and NGO pre-conferences in collaboration with the Coordination Board reporting and book-keeping for the overall work-programme The secretariat reports to the Coordination Board and the Plenary Finances The Pan-European ECO Forum finances its activities through coordinated fund raising and by voluntary contributions of members. The financial liability of the Pan-European ECO Forum is limited to the raised funds. Personal financial liability of members is excluded Adopted in Arhus, 22nd June 1998 Chair persons of the plenary session: Vladimir Lay & Gaudenz Silberschmidt Responsible for this report Vida Ogorelec-Wagner & Theresa Herzog-Zimmermann Further information: ECO-Forum Secretariat: eco-forum@eco-forum.org EUROPEAN ECO-FORUM Registration Form and Questionnaire Send registration to: European ECO-Forum Co-ordination Unit, P.O.Box 43 129090 Moscow, Russia Fax: +7(095) 925-92-82 e-mail: eco-forum@eco-forum.org _________________________________________________________ Organization "Eco-TIRAS" International Environmental Association of the River Keepers Contact Person Piotr Gorbunenko Address P.O.Box 1479, Chisinau 2043, Moldova City Chisinau Country Moldova State E-mail: biotica@mdearn.cri.md Http: www.eco-tiras.org Telephone: (+373 2) 243274 Fax: (+373 2) 243717 Date: June 22, 2001 Person making this registration: Ilya Trombitsky Subscription to listservers and Issue Groups (Questionnaire) (Please indicate also if you already participate in an Issue Group. Tick if you wish to subscribe, add e-mail address if different from e-mail given above.) For each topic you can ask to be actively involved in a smaller discussion group or to be put on the mailing list where you receive briefing information from the co-ordinator of the Issue Group. Some groups run subgroups on specific topics. All organisations-participants will receive from the Co-ordination Unit information of general interest Non-members will be informed up to 3 times a year on forthcoming meetings (unless the ask explicitly to be removed from the e-mailing list) List to subscribe e-mail addresses (if different from main e-mail) General Discussions biotica@mdearn.cri.md Biodiversity discussion Biodiversity information biotica@mdearn.cri.md Consumption and production patterns discussion Consumption and production patterns information Energy / Climate discussion Energy / Climate information Environment and Health discussion (London follow up) Environment and Health information biotica@mdearn.cri.md Local Agenda 21 discussion Local Agenda 21 information Environment Action Programmes (NEAP and NEHAP) discussion Environment Action Programmes (NEAP and NEHAP) information Public participation discussion biotica@mdearn.cri.md PRTR discussion Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) discussion Public participation information biotica@mdearn.cri.md Transport discussion Transport information Values for Sustainable Future discussion Values for Sustainable Future information Freshwater discussion biotica@mdearn.cri.md Freshwater information biotica@mdearn.cri.md Education for Sustainable Development discussion Education for Sustainable Development information biotica@mdearn.cri.md Which further organisation should we contact (forward a copy of this form or give us the address below) Thank you! Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) *** Hello, My name is Dharman Wickremaratne and I am the President of the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ). We are a Media NGO representing 42 nations in the region, with a total membership of more than 8000 journalists, writers, and environmental organizations and media groups. We are an active group that was formed more than a decade ago through an initiative by UN-ESCAP and UNEP.APFEJ is dedicated to promoting fair and accurate reporting of environmental issues in the region as well as providing training and resources for journalists. Many of our members work in some of the poorest parts if the world. I think you may already realize the difficulties they face in their work. The reason I write to you is that our executive committee recently decided to expand our boundaries to encompass Central Asia and the West Asia. We are particularly interested in making contact and trying to establish national chapters in Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Iran and UAE. At this stage we have no very strong contacts in the region and were hoping you could help us establish some. APFEJ will be hold it's 13th annual congress in Manila-Philippines From 22-26 October, this year. We have set aside funding to sponsor one representative from the Central Asia and West Asia area. This sponsorship will cover the delegate's registration fees (US$ 200), internal travel (US$ 100) and living expenses (US$ 350) in Manila during the congress period. Unfortunately it does not cover the full cost of airfare from the delegate's home country. The theme of the congress is "The role of the media in the road to Rio +10 and beyond". We were hoping you may have someone in mind for this position and could possibly fund the airfare for him or her. If you can help we would appreciate if you could inform us before by July 31 so the necessary arrangements can be made. If you don't think you can assist in filling this position we would appreciate if you could inform us of any other groups or organizations within Central Asia and we West Asia could approach to make contact regarding this initiative. If you would like more information about APFEJ, please do not hesitate to contact me or visit our web site at http://www.oneworld.org/slejf - which has comprehensive information. I look forward to your replay. Many thanks and best regards, Dharman Wickremaratne President Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ) PO Box 26 434/3, Sri Jayawardenapura Sri Lanka Phone: (+94-1) 873131 / 827810 /883187 Fax: (+94-1) 883187 E-mail: http://www.oneworld.org/slejf Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) *** Announcement Seminars on Energy and Environment II. Budapest, Hungary, October 26-30. The Energy Club, Budapest, Hungary is pleased to announce the second of the Series of Seminars on Energy and Environment (SEE) to take place in Hungary. The first seminar provided training to NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe on global trends in the energy sector and their consequences on the regional and national levels. Topics included energy sector privatisation and liberalisation, nuclear policy and trends, connections between climate policy and energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources. Based on the first seminar's results and feedback, the second one aims to focus on sustainable energy: energy efficiency and renewable energy. Campaigning and lobbying work will also be part of the program as well as policy. The seminar will use the Open Space approach enabling the participants to moderate themselves the issues discussed during the day. Participants are expected to be members of environmental NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe and have a basic understanding of energy issues in general, as well as their own country's energy policy. Though our funds are limited, we are able to cover travel, accommodation and board for most participants. The seminar will be conducted entirely in English. More detailed information will come later. Interested applicants should turn to www.energiaklub.hu, or to Robert Hodosi (rhodosi@energiaklub.hu). Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) *** Planet in Focus: Toronto International Environmental Film & Video Festival is seeking to invite a speaker knowledgeable about the issues that contributed to the drying of the Aral Sea to our festival. The dates are September 28 to 30, 2001. The speaker must be conversant in English. Following a screening of a documentary on the Aral Sea, the speaker will be asked to do a 2 to 3 minute update of current issues in the area, and then answer questions during a 45 minute discussion period. The speaker will also need to find funding to cover travel expenses. We will provide a formal letter of invitation for fundraising purposes, and can arrange accommodation with friends of the festival. If you are interested, please send a one-page e-mail outlining your qualifications, and what you would like to say about current issues in the Aral Sea area. Send your message to piffest@hotmail.com before July 30, 2001. For more information about the festival please go to our website: www.planetinfocus.org. Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) |