Special Session of the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP)
(15:00 – 18:00)
Room: Kerynia
Special Session of the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP)
(10:00 – 13:00 & 15:00 – 18:00)
Room: Kerynia
Special Session of the UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD SC)
(15:00 – 18:00)
Room: Elia
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(08:15 – 09:45)
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 1. Opening of the Conference and adoption of the agenda
(plenary, 09:30 – 10:30)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 2. From Dobris to Nicosia: 30 years of environmental cooperation in the pan-European region
(plenary, 10:30 – 11:30)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 3. Environment in the pan-European region: visions of 2030 and beyond
(interactive discussion, 11:30 – 12:30)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference. Family photograph of heads of delegation
(12:30 – 13:00)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
Press Conference to present the main findings of the 7th pan-European environmental assessment report.
(13:00 – 14:00)
Room: Zenon Kitievs
Speakers: Mr. Kostas KADIS, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus, Mr. Prodromos PRODROMOU, Minister of Education, Sport and Youth of Cyprus, Ms. Olga ALGAYEROVA, Executive Secretary, UNECE, Ms. Sonja LEIGHTON-KONE, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP.
Lunch break
(13:00 – 15:00)
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(13:10 – 14:40)
Side events (13:10 – 14:50)
1. Green Economy – Greening the Economic Development in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia: Progress and Ways Forward
2.Transforming PLANET: Co-financing actions for applying Environmental Performance Review recommendations
3. Curbing Pollution for Better Lives
4. Financing Natural and Nature-based Infrastructure to Support the Inclusive Green Economy Transition
5. UNESCO biosphere reserves in South East European and the Mediterranean as key actors in implementing the SDGs and promoting ESD
6. Blue Shipping
7. ESD Expert Network in the Carpathian Region
8. Launch of Publication: Engaging young people to implement ESD in the UNECE Region, Good practices on the engagement of youth in education for sustainable development
9. Sustainable monitoring infrastructure and continuous innovation in implementing a Shared Environmental Information System
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 4. Third High-level Meeting of Education and Environment Ministries
(plenary and interactive discussions, 15:00 – 18:00)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(18:15 – 20:15)
Side events (18:15 – 20:15)
10. Higher Education towards Sustainable Development: Making Universities Lighthouses of Sustainability
11. Tourism and Circularity for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean
12. ESD and its role in facilitating regional platforms for greening economies of Central Asia and South Caucasus
13. Making the management of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) circular and truly sustainable
14. Education for Sustainable Development: Case studies from the Region
15. Education for Sustainable Development: Policy and Practice
Official Dinner (20:30 – 23:00)
High levels official dinner: Presidential House
National delegates and rest of the participants official dinner (Athalassa Environmental Education Center)
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(08:15 – 09:45)
Side events (08:15 – 09:45)
16. Social and economic regeneration of the Mediterranean after the pandemic: shared methods and tools for relaunching a sustainable post-COVID-19 tourism model
17. Education for Climate… Towards COP27
18. Circular Economy and the Market: Skills, Sustainability and Policy
19. Inter-ministerial networking for more and better GCE & ESD
20. SEA as a tool to evaluate infrastructure plans/ programmes in the transport sector
21. Addressing Plastic Pollution in Sustainable Tourism: The Role of NGOs
Side events (09:00 – 15:30)
38-A. UfM Conference on enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 5: Greening the economy in the pan-European region: working towards sustainable infrastructure
(plenary and interactive discussion 10:30 – 12:00)
Parallel session 1 (12: 00 – 13:00)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
Parallel session 2 (12:00 – 13:00)
Room: ELIA
High-level Meeting of the Ministers for Education on Education for Sustainable Development
(9:30 – 14:00)
Room: KERYNIA
Lunch break
(13:00 – 15:00)
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(13:10 – 14:40)
Side events (13:10 – 14:50)
22. Sustainable mobility for sustainable tourism
23. Towards a new Waste Management Governance: implementing circularity from the local to the regional level in the Mediterranean
24. Educating with a Rounder Sense of Purpose: teacher competences for sustainability
26. European Sustainable Tourism and Circular Economy:
Shifting tourism towards circular economy models
27. Blockchain for UN Charter Values and SDGs, “Game changer” to “Regenerate the Planet and Regenerate Europe”
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 6. Applying principles of circular economy to sustainable tourism
(plenary and interactive discussion, 15:30 – 16:30)
Parallel session 1
(16:30-18:00)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
Parallel session 2
(16:30-18:00)
Room: ELIA
High Level Meeting of Mediterranean Ministers of Education of the ESD Mediterranean Action Plan
(15:30 – 18:30)
Room: KERYNIA
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(18:15 – 20:15)
Side-events (18:15 – 20:15)
28. Sustainable tourism: a taste of the future
29. Pathways for a people-centered energy transition:
Large Infrastructure development and Aarhus Convention rights
30. Youth Participation in Policy Making for the Environment
Cocktail Reception offered by the Republic of Cyprus (For all the participants). The reception will take place at Filoxenia Conference Center
(18:30-21:30)
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(08:15 – 09:45)
Side events (08:15 – 09:45)
31. Ocean Literacy in the Mediterranean
32. Mediterranean Green Growth Opportunities
Side events (09:00 – 12.45)
38-B. UfM Conference on enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 7. Reporting on the outcomes of the thematic sessions
(plenary, 10:00 – 11:30)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 8. Adoption of Conference Outcomes
(plenary, 11:30 – 12:30)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 9. Closure of the Conference
(plenary, 12:30 – 13:00)
Room: ZENON KITIEVS
Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(13:10 – 14:40)
Side events (13:10 – 14:40)
33. Environmental governance for transforming our planet
– Promoting the Aarhus Convention in the whole of
the Mediterranean region
35. From the Whole School Approach (WSA) to Whole Institute Approach (WIA) as a tool to empower learners in facing todays’ challenges
Side Events (13:45 – 15:15)
34. Marine Litter/Plastic Pollution, a major environmental and tourism problem: Monitoring and participatory science
Side Events (13:45 – 15:30)
36. Creating resilience through the power of education
for sustainable development
Side Events (15:30 – 16:45)
37. Transforming Education and its ecosystems through
Citizen Participation, Cleantech innovation and
entrepreneurship
Walking Tour in the old city of Nicosia
(15:00-18:00) (15.50 – 18.50)
Full Day Sightseeing Tours
(09:00 – 17:00)
