CED Florozon representative participate at the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), the second Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (MOPP 2) on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs), and their joint high-level segment convened in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 30 June - 4 July 2014. The meetings brought together approximately 400 government experts, civil society, Aarhus Centres, business and industry, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academia to address issues related to access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters, as well as PRTRs.
Aarhus Convention MOP 5 convened from 30 June - 1 July and addressed substantive agenda items on the three pillars of the Convention, including the right of access to information (first pillar), public participation in decision-making (PPDM) (second pillar) and access to justice (third pillar), as well as genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and agenda items on procedures and mechanisms facilitating the implementation of the Convention, promotion of the Convention and relevant developments and interlinkages, and the programme of work and operation of the Convention. MOP 5 adopted 23 decisions as well as other outcomes during the session.The joint high-level segment convened on 2 July and included two thematic panels on the right to information and environmental democracy and the right to information and social media, and adopted the Maastricht Declaration, which, inter alia, addresses the information in the age of knowledge, environmental democracy for all and achieving the future we want.PRTR Protocol MOPP 2 convened from 3-4 July and addressed substantive agenda items, including on promotion of the Protocol and capacity building, and agenda items on procedures and mechanisms facilitating the implementation of the Protocol and the programme of work and operation of the Protocol. MOPP 2 adopted four decisions as well as other outcomes throughout the session.
Aarhus Convention MOP 5 convened from 30 June - 1 July and addressed substantive agenda items on the three pillars of the Convention, including the right of access to information (first pillar), public participation in decision-making (PPDM) (second pillar) and access to justice (third pillar), as well as genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and agenda items on procedures and mechanisms facilitating the implementation of the Convention, promotion of the Convention and relevant developments and interlinkages, and the programme of work and operation of the Convention. MOP 5 adopted 23 decisions as well as other outcomes during the session.The joint high-level segment convened on 2 July and included two thematic panels on the right to information and environmental democracy and the right to information and social media, and adopted the Maastricht Declaration, which, inter alia, addresses the information in the age of knowledge, environmental democracy for all and achieving the future we want.PRTR Protocol MOPP 2 convened from 3-4 July and addressed substantive agenda items, including on promotion of the Protocol and capacity building, and agenda items on procedures and mechanisms facilitating the implementation of the Protocol and the programme of work and operation of the Protocol. MOPP 2 adopted four decisions as well as other outcomes throughout the session.