7th Annual Conference, Budapest, 9–11 September 1999
of the European Environmental Advisory Councils EEAC

EU Eastern Enlargement and
European Environmental Policy

Hosted by The Hungarian National Council on the Environment (OKT)

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Conference Programme

Thursday, 9 September 1999
14:00–17:00	Pre-conference meeting with Eastern European Councils Chair: Dr. Miklós Bulla, OKT, Hungary and Professor Hubert Wiggering, Umweltrat, Germany
17:00–18:30	"Life as a Council" – informal exchange of experience Chair: Hubert David, MiNa-Raad, Belgium (Chairman Focal Point Steering Committee)
19:00	Reception and conference dinner Host: Dr. Pál Pepó, Environment Minister
Friday, 10 September 1999
09:00–09:05	Opening words Dr. Péter Biacs, Chairman Hungarian National Council on the Environment (OKT)
09:05–10:05	1st Session: Invited speakers Chair: Professor Eckard Rehbinder, Umweltrat, Germany Pentti Tiusanen, Chairman Environment Committee of the Finnish Parliament Timo Mäkelä, European Commision DG XI.6 Jernej Stritih, European Consultative Forum Tony Long, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
10:05–11:00	Discussion
11:00–11:30	Coffee break
11:30–12:00	2nd Session: Presentations by Eastern European Councils and Experts Chair: Graham Bennett, RMNO, The Netherlands Accession of the Czech Republic to the EU by Eva Kruzikova, Institute for Environmental Policy, Czech Republic Eastern enlargement and implications for Slovakia by Frantisek Kolocany, Coordinator Council of the Government for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia Environmental priorities in Poland by Tomasz Winnicki, Deputy Chairman National Environmental Council, Poland
12:00–12:40	Discussion
12:40–13:00	2nd Session (cont'd) Enlargement of the EU: tasks and prospects for the environmental sector in Lithuania by Dr. Daiva Seméniené, Director Environmental Policy Center, Advisory Council of the Ministry of Environment, Lithuania EU enlargement: priorities and tasks for adjustment by Roland Bebris, Head of the Department of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia
13:00–13:30	Discussion
13:30–14:30	Lunch break
14:30–14:50	3rd Session: Presentations by EU Member State Councils Chair: Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone, English Nature Enlargement of the EU – opportunities and problems by Professor Victor Martins, Portuguese National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS) Middle and Eastern Europe: green and competitive by Lenie van Rijn-Vellekoop, The Netherlands Advisory Council for Research on Nature and Environment (RMNO)
14:50–15:30	Discussion
15:30–16:00	Coffee break
16:00–16:30	3rd Session (cont'd): National views EU Eastern enlargement, agriculture and environmental policy in the view of Austria by Otto Schütz, Austrian Association for Agricultural Research (ÖVAF) The EU enlargement and its environmental consequences from the perspective of Flanders by Jan Verheeke, Environmental and Nature Council of Flanders (MiNa-Raad) Environmental aspects of EU enlargement: the German point of view by Dr. Armin Sandhövel, The German Council of Environmental Advisors (SRU)
16:30–17:00	Discussion
17:00–17:20	3rd Session (cont'd): Specific issues Moving east: environmental policy and the Structural Funds programme – implications for the enlarged community by Gareth C.S. Roberts, Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) Re-thinking sovereignty – the nature conservation, the biodiversity and the forest in a trans-European strategy for sustainable development Professor Mário Baptista Coelho, Portuguese National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS)
17:20–17:45	Discussion
17:45–18:30	Reflections on the conference – draft conference statements Professor István Láng, Hungarian National Council on the Environment (OKT)
19:30	Reception and dinner
Saturday, 11 September 1999
08:30–09:30	Meeting of the European Environmental Advisory Councils working groups on Agricultural policy Transport Energy
09:30–10:00	Discussion on final conference statements
10:00–12:00	Reports Focal Point Steering Committee report: Last year's activities of the Focal Point by Hubert David, Chairman Focal Point Steering Committee Next year's working plan of the Focal Point by Ingeborg Niestroy and Hubert Wiggering, Focal Point Information Service Report and workplan of the European Environmental Advisory Councils working groups Chair: Hubert David, Chairman Focal Point Steering Committee
12:30–23:00	Conference excursion and closing dinner

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