Special Meeting of
Southern European Environmental Advisory Councils
at EXPO 98

EXPO 98, European Pavilion, Lisbon, 12 July 1998

Programme

10:30 Arrival and coffee EXPO 98
EXPO 98:
backdrop
to the Meeting

10:45

Welcome

Professor Mário Ruivo, Portuguese National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development

11:00–13:00

Morning session

Chair: Sue Collins, English Nature
11:00 Consequences of EU environmental policy on the activities of European Environmental Advisory Councils (and vice versa)
Mauro Albrizio, International Programme Coordinator of Legambiente
11:40 The role of European Environmental Advisory Councils in the different EU member states
Professor Eckard Rehbinder, German Council of Environmental Advisors (Umweltrat)
12:20 The role of the European Consultative Forum and the relationship with European Environmental Advisory Councils
Sylvie Faucheux, European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development, France
13:00 Buffet lunch

14:30–17:30

Afternoon session

Chair: Professor Mário Ruivo, Portuguese National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development
14:30 Tour de Table – Southern European position, field of interest, current and future activities (presentations and discussion)
Professor Vítor Martins, Portuguese National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development;
Margarida Cancela d'Abreu, European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development, Portugal;
Soledad Perlado Hergueta, Spanish Environmental Advisory Council;
Dr Milena Marcelli Romagnoli, Italian National Committee for Environmental Science and Technology and for the Habitat (IDG);
Georgios Kyrou, Organization for the Master Plan and Environmental Protection of Thessaloniki
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Discussion (cont'd)
17:00 Conclusions
Hubert David, Environmental and Nature Council of Flanders (MiNa-Raad), Belgium
17:30 Close
19:00 Reception dinner in the Portuguese Pavilion
Demonstration of the Focal Point Homepage and further discussion of collaborative activities of the European Environmental Advisory Councils were conducted during the day.

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