9th Annual Conference, Gent, Belgium, 15-18 November 2001
of the European Environmental Advisory Councils EEAC

Indicators for sustainability
- environmental indicators and sustainable development trends

Hosted by the Environment and Nature Council of Flanders (MiNa-Raad)

MiNa-Raad

PROGRAMME (23 October 2001)

09:00-11:00 Steering Committee meeting
11:00–11:30 Registration
Pre-session  1: Meeting EEAC working groups
11:30–13:00
  • agriculture
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  • energy
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    13:00–14:30 Lunch break
    14:00–14:30 Further registration
    Pre-session  2: "Homework"
    Chair:
    Rapporteur:    		 Richard Macrory
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    14:30–17:00 12 advisory councils presenting their recent activities and challenges ahead
    17:00–17:15 Coffee break
    17:15–18:45 8 advisory councils presenting their recent activities and challenges ahead
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    20:00–...

    Dinner

    Friday, 16 November 2001 - Conference day

    Abstracts for workshops and sessions
    08:45–09:15 registration& coffeee
    guided tour of the City Hall
    Session 1: Opening
    09:15–09:30
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    -    		 Welcome and opening of the Conference by the Chairs
    Frank Beke, Mayor of Gent
    Rudi Verheyen, Chair of the MiNa-raad
    09:30–10:15
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    -    		 Invited speakers
    Magda Aelvoet, Belgian Minister of Environment and Health
    Simon Upton, Chair Round Table on Sustainable Development OECD

    10:15–10:30

    Coffee break
    Workshops: The functions of indicators within national environmental policy
    10:30–12:30

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    Chair:
    Rapporteur:     		Workshop 1:
    Selection and use of indicators on the state of the environment within national policy
    Keynote speeches by EEAC councils and discussion
    Patricia Pauwels, RMNO, NL
    Harriet Lonka, FCNR; Fin

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    Chair:
    Rapporteur:    		 Workshop 2:
    Selection and use of indicators on the performance of sectors within national policy
    Keynote speeches by EEAC councils and discussion
    Martin Doughty, EN, UK
    Viriato Saromenho-Marques, CNADS, P

    12:30–14:00

    Lunch break
    Afternoon sessions:
    Chair:
    Rapporteurs:    		 Hubert David, MiNa-Raad
    Harriet Lonka/Viriato Saromenho-Marques
    Session 2: How are indicators selected and which are used within national environmental policy?
    14:00–15:15
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  • Conclusions Workshop 1
  • Conclusions Workshop 2
  • Plenary discussion
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    15:15–15:30 Coffee break
    Session 3: Selection of environmental indicators for sustainable development
    15:30–16:10
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    		 Invited speakers
    David Stanners, European Environment Agency
    Joachim Vogel, Working group on Social Indicators of International Sociological Association

    EEAC: Siv Näslund, Swedish Environmental Council (MVB)
    16:10–16:35 Plenary discussion
    16:35–16:45 Conclusions by rapporteur and chair
    Session 4: Future use of indicators in the European decision making
    16:45–17:25
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    		 Invited speaker
    Marc Vanheukelen, Directorate General Environment, European Commission

    EEAC:
    Hans Bruyninck, Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFDD)
    Victor Martins, Portuguese National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS)
    17:25–17:50 Plenary discussion
    17:50–18:00 Conclusions by rapporteur and chair
    18:00–19:00 Reception
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    20:00–22:00

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    		 Dinner

    Speech by Vera Dua, Flemish Minister of Environment and Agriculture

    Saturday, 17 November 2001 - Annual plenary meeting of EEAC

    09:00–10:40
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    10:40–11:00
    11:00–11:15

    		 Presentation of the annual Steering Committee Report
    State of affairs of the EEAC network: key issues for future activities

    Report of the EEAC working groups: agriculture and energy
    Coffeee break
    11:15–13:00 Discussion and decisions
    Afternoon

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    		 Package Lunch

    Excursion - Bruges

    Dinner

    Sunday, 18 November 2001 - Special meeting
    agriculture working group + CEE councils on CAP reform

    Chair: Sue Collins
    Agenda

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