6th Annual Conference, Tuusula, 17–19 September 1998
of the European Environmental Advisory Councils EEAC

Policy Integration and Implementation

Hosted by The Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources


Conference Programme

Thursday, 17 September 1998

18:00–18:30 Focal Point meeting
18:45 Bus transport from Hotel Gustavelund to Halosenniemi

19:00

[Halosenniemi] Welcoming reception in Halosenniemi,
former home of Finnish painter Pekka Halonen
(also Pekka Halosen; 1865–1933); [alt. link (Finnish)].
Host: Dr. Kalevi Hemilä, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
21:00 Bus transport back to Hotel Gustavelund
21:30 Meeting of working group chairpersons and rapporteurs

Friday, 18 September 1998

09:00–12:15

Plenary session

Chair: Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone, English Nature

09:00–09:15 Opening words
Jari Koskinen, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources
09:15–09:20 Focal Point Information Service: review
Professor Eckard Rehbinder, Umweltrat, Germany (Chairman of the Focal Point Steering Committee)
09:20–09:40 Environmental policy integration at the EU level – next steps
Nicholas Hanley, European Commission, DG XI
09:40–09:55 Discussion
09:55–10:15 Environmental policy integration – some measures of success?
David Gee, European Environment Agency
10:15–10:30 Discussion
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:15 Environmental policy integration at a national level
Jan-Jaap de Graeff, VROM-raad, Netherlands
11:20–11:35 Environmental policy integration at a local level
Hubert David, MiNa-Raad, Belgium
11:40–11:55 Environmental policy integration in Finland
Hannele Nyroos, Finnish Ministry of the Environment
12:00–12:15 Sectoral workshops – aims and objectives
Harriet Lonka, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources / Organizing Committee

12:15–13:45

Lunch, Hotel Gustavelund

13:45–17:00

Sectoral workshops:
Environmental policy integration and implementation

Workshop 1:

Forest policy

Chair / Rapporteur: Anders Portin, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,
Professor Heinrich Wohlmeyer, Austrian Association for Agricultural Research

Workshop 2:

Agricultural policy

Chair / Rapporteur: Sue Collins, English Nature,
Professor Hubert Wiggering, Umweltrat, Germany

Workshop 3:

Tourism

Chair / Rapporteur: Gareth Roberts, Countryside Council for Wales,
Teun Klumpers, Dutch Council for the Rural Area

Workshop 4:

Transport and infrastructure

Chair / Rapporteur: Dr. David Lewis, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution,
Luc Goeteyn, MiNa-Raad, Belgium

15:00–15:30 Coffee break

19:00–22:00

Krapihovi Dinner at Krapihovi Restaurant
on Lake Tuusula, built in 1883.
Host: Dr. Markku Nurmi, Director General, Ministry of the Environment

Saturday, 19 September 1998

09:00–12:15

Plenary session

Chair: Veikko Marttila, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources

09:00–10:30 Conclusions from the workshops and discussion
(Rapporteurs)
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:30 General conclusions and discussion
Veikko Marttila & Harriet Lonka, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources
11:30–12:00 General business to include:
 – Follow-up action to the 6th Annual Conference
 – Theme and place of next annual conference
 – Election of new Steering Committee Chair
Professor Eckard Rehbinder, Umweltrat, Germany (Chairman of the Focal Point Steering Committee)
12:00–12:15 Closing words
Klaus Hellberg, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources

12:15–13:00

Lunch

13:00–22:00

UPM-Kymmene Excursion
Guide: Raimo Koskinen, UPM-Kymmene Metsä/Forest

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Kuumola Farm Forest management Kesijärvi Lodge
13:00 Conference Excursion
 – Visit to Kuumola Farm, Hyvinkää
 – Forest management by UPM-Kymmene, Janakkala
 – Dinner at UPM-Kymmene's Kesijärvi Lodge
22:00 Return to Hotel Gustavelund, Tuusula


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