Aarhus 7-MOP Geneva 2021
Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention together with fourth session of the Protocol on Pollutants Release and Transfer Registers takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, in October 2021. The governments and the civil society organizations will discuss current situation on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The group of non-governmental organizations from Europe and Asia, coordinated by Arnika, has prepared several presentations. Participate in our side events – come to discuss hot topics of today!
Side event: Defending the Defenders 2021: Protecting environmental activists from persecution
Monday 11 October |
Side event: Environmental democracy & sustainable spatial planning
Tuesday 12 October15:00 - 17:00 CEST Agenda: Conflict between private and public interests ▪ Experience of the public in the Czech Republic, Serbia and Ukraine ▪ Regional cooperation ▪ Participative approach for reusing vacant urban spaces ▪ Creating tools for generating the commons ▪ Discussion |
Side event: Reports by non-governmental organizations and lessons learned
Wednesday 13 October13:00 - 15:00 CEST Agenda: Presentation of the "shadow" Aarhus Convention implementation reports from Republic of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Iceland, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Turkmenistan ▪ Discussion обеспечен симультанный перевод на русский |