| 25 November 2003 |
09.00-12.00 | Arrival and registration of the participants |
12.00-12.40 | Official opening of the session
Chairman of the Session: Aleksander Nikolayevich APATSKY, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, Chairman of the Belarusian Steering Committee of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin. Welcoming remarks: Leonty Ivanovich KHORUZHIK, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. Anatoly Vladimirovich GRITSENKO, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Chairman of the Ukrainian Steering Committee of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin. Nikolay Nikolayevich MIKHEEV, Advisor to the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Steering Committee of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin. Nikolay Mikhailovich TARASOV, First Deputy Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Head of the State Water Service of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation.
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12:40 – 12:45 | Approval of the agenda for the session |
12.45-13.00 | Initial results of the implementation of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin. Lyubomir MARKEVICH, Team Leader of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin |
13.00-14.30 | Break for lunch |
14.30-14-50 | Development of the Strategic Action Program and the National Action Plans on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin: Vladimir Nikolayevich BILIKON, Deputy Team Leader of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin |
14.50-15.10 | Outcomes of UNIDO activities within the framework of the UNDP-GEF Program and preparation of the donor conference Andrey Andreyevich GALYAPA, Assistant of the Regional Coordinator of UNIDO Projects |
15.10-15.30 | Outcomes of IDRC activities within the framework of the UNDP-GEF Program and implementation of the IDRC international technical assistance programs in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation Elena Leonidovna DRONOVA, Project Coordinator of the IDRC Regional Office |
15.30-15-50 | Development of legislative regulations on international cooperation in the Dniepr river basin Victor Alekseyevich MELIKHOV, Senior Engineer of the Center of the Russian Register of Hydrotechnical Facilities and the Government Water Register of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Head of the Regional Center for Legislative, Regulatory and Economic Aspects |
15-50-16.20 | Coffee break |
16.20-16.40 | The report «Ecological condition of the Dniepr river basin» Aleksander Aleksandrovich MAZURKEVICH, General Director of the Ukrainian Center of Land and Resource Management |
16.40-17.00 | The Regional Strategy for conservation of biological and landscape diversity Michael Dmitriyevich GRODZINSKY, Head of Department of the Kiev National University named after Taras Shevchenko |
17.00-17.20 | The Program of cross-border monitoring of the Dniepr river basin Aleksander Georgievich VASENKO, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Environmental Problems of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Head of the Regional Center for Pollution Monitoring |
17.20-17.40 | The data base on the ecological condition of the Dniepr river basin Yury Bogdanovich NABIVANETS, Senior Research Assistant of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research Hydrometeorologic Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Technical Coordinator of the Regional Center for Information Management |
17.40-18.00 | Involvement of non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the UNDP-GEF Program and activities aimed at addressing the ecological problems of the Dniepr river basin: outcomes and prospects Svetlana Leonidovna PCHELINA, Public Relations Coordinator of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin Representatives of the International Forum of the Dniepr River Basin Non-Governmental Associations |
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| 26 November 2003 |
09.00-9.45 | Ensuring sustainability in developing and implementing the Strategic Action Program and the National Action Plans. Proposals from the heads of delegations/chairmen of the National Steering Committees of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin Anatoly Vladimirovich GRITSENKO, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Chairman of the Ukrainian Steering Committee of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin Nikolay Nikolayevich MIKHEEV, Advisor to the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Steering Committee of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin; Aleksander Nikolayevich APATSKY, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, Chairman of the Belarusian Steering Committee of the UNDP-GEF Program on ecological rehabilitation of the Dniepr river basin |
09.45–10.25 | Ensuring sustainability in developing and implementing the Strategic Action Program and the National Action Plans Proposals of the Heads of the Regional Centers (RC) regarding the RC prospects and collaboration within the framework of the established international expert working groups Michael Yuryevich KALININ, Director of the Regional Center on Prevention and Control of Pollution; Nikolay Nikolayevich TSYGANKOV, Head of the Division of Economy and Nature Management of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Regional Center of Clean Production; Vladimir Nikolayevich KOSTYUCHENKOV, Deputy Chairman of the Central Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for the Smolensk Region of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Head of the Regional Center for Bio-diversity; Victor Alekseyevich MELIKHOV, Senior Engineer of the Center of the Russian Register of Hydrotechnical Facilities and the Government Water Register of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Head of the Regional Center for Legislative, Regulatory and Economic Aspects Aleksander Georgievich VASENKO, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Environmental Problems of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Head of the Regional Center for Pollution Monitoring; Yury Bogdanovich NABIVANETS, Senior Research Assistant of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research Hydrometeorological Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Technical Coordinator of the Regional Center for Information Management |
10.25-11.00 | Discussion |
11.00-11.30 | Break |
11.30-12.00 | Organizational arrangements for the Council: discussion and endorsement of the Indicative Action Plan of the Council for 2004 Aleksander Georgievich VASENKO, IDRC Chairman, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Environmental Problems of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine |
12.00-13.30 | Adoption of the recommendations and the resolution of the Session Closing of the Session |
13.00-14.30 | Lunch |