Agenda

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)
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 & 15:00 – 18:00
Room: Kerynia

Special Session of the UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD SC)
Time: 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)

Press Conference to present the main findings of the 7^th 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)

Event Agenda

Transforming PLANET: Co-financing actions for applying Environmental Performance Review recommendations

The event aims to promote project-based activities for operationalizing selected Environmental Performance Reviews (EPR) recommendations of the UNECE EPRs of Morocco, North Macedonia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with a view to enhance the environmental performance of these countries for the benefit of all.

ENGLISH – FRENCH – RUSSIAN

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Curbing Pollution for Better Lives

The side event is dedicated to cooperation with the Eastern Partnership and Balkan countries and will focus on chemical pollution and its monitoring using citizens participation. The event will inform decision makers and experts about tools for user friendly access to structured information and demonstrate how to use the repository, distil data and create trends. Some of the tools are available within multilateral environmental agreements or prepared as part of the work programme under the WHO Europe activities or Group on Earth Observation. The use of such tools can contribute to develop sustainable infrastructure.

ENGLISH – RUSSIAN

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Financing Natural and Nature-based Infrastructure to Support the Inclusive Green Economy Transition

This side event will highlight the transformative potential of investments in natural and nature-based infrastructure to deliver essential infrastructure services while providing multiple co-benefits for people and the planet. The event will offer concrete solutions to address challenges related to financing investments in natural and nature-based infrastructure.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

UNESCO biosphere reserves in South East European and the Mediterranean as key actors in implementing the SDGs and promoting ESD

Schools in Biosphere Reserves can be actively engaged in promoting SDGs, in a creative and innovative way. Such innovative initiatives and success stories have the potential to inspire ESD educators and learners. The side event will look at how innovative initiatives led by schools in Biosphere Reserves can help to improve environment and climate literacy, with a specific focus on water, climate, and biodiversity.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Blue Shipping

The side event will bring together key representatives of the value chain of the shipping industry of Cyprus and engage them through a participatory decision-support workshop to evaluate practices that have been implemented by the industry to reduce their impact regarding marine plastic pollution, and set an Action Plan for the year 2023. The Action Plan aims to define concrete and effective actions that can contribute to the development of a more sustainable blue shipping industry.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

ESD Expert Network in the Carpathian Region

The workshop will introduce how and why the ESD Network of the Carpathian Convention was initiated. The Carpathian Convention, which acts as a mechanism for mainstreaming international policies strengthening and framing the role of ESD, instigated research on the operation of the Convention-related networks, which resulted in expert recommendations – these are considered when establishing the ESD Network. This way, the Carpathian Convention is unique in having a research-based approach on ESD networking.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

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

The side event will provide the opportunity to officially launch the very first Publication on ESD and Youth of the UNECE, hosting an interactive discussion session with the panelistscontributors to the publication and other participants of the conference.

ENGLISH – FRENCH – RUSSIAN

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Sustainable monitoring infrastructure and continuous innovation in implementing a Shared Environmental Information System

The event aims to raise awareness about the development and modernization of sustainable environmental monitoring infrastructure and information systems. Advanced technical solutions (e.g. based on satellite and near to real time data) and their use to improve access of decision makers and public/civil society to policy-relevant information in different fields will be presented as well as capacity development programmes and infrastructure requirements in the European region.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

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 HALL

Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(18:15 – 20:15)

Side events (18:15 – 20:15)

Event Agenda

Making the management of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) circular and truly sustainable

The construction and building industries are vital to economies. But they also generate one of the most voluminous waste streams. The aim of the side event is to make clear the real “problems” of the “business as usual” practices in construction and demolition waste management (CDW) vs the opportunities offered by an integrated CDW management and share practices and lessons learned highlighting innovations and pitfalls to avoid.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

18:15 – 20:15

Event Agenda

Education for Sustainable Development: Case studies from the Region

The event will present key achievements, lessons learned and opportunities for the replication and expansion of the partnership project between the Ministry of Education of Cyprus and the Egyptian Sustainable Development Forum ESDF started in 2018. The event will discuss means of mainstreaming such experience in Egypt as well as of replicating it in other countries in the region.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

18:15 – 20:15

Event Agenda

Education for Sustainable Development: Policy and Practice

The side event will bring together experts and practitioners in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to discuss perspectives and practices, related educational policies and provide recommendations for action. Main issues to focus are: the role of education in enabling the SDGs; needed steps and actions to incorporate the SDGs in Education; educators’ and learners’ competences for the 21st century society and to achieve personal and societal transformation; and the role of stakeholders and partnerships in promoting ESD.

ENGLISH

5 October 2022

18:15 – 20:15

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)

Event Agenda

Social and economic regeneration of the Mediterranean after the pandemic: shared methods and tools for relaunching a sustainable post-COVID-19 tourism model

The aim of the side event is to demonstrate how the Handbook “Social and economic regeneration of the Mediterranean after the crisis: shared methods and tools for relaunching a sustainable post-COVID-19 tourism model” developed by UfM and IMC/CPRM in late 2021 can help to ensure sustainability in tourism policies and to strengthen the skills of tourism operators in order to respond effectively to the challenges that arise. The event will discuss also the ways how the ongoing crisis can be considered as an opportunity for more resilient and sustainable coastal and maritime tourism in the Mediterranean.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Event Agenda

Education for Climate… Towards COP27

The side event will present initiatives related to Climate Change Education focusing to the RAED experience through the participation in the Task Force on “Education and Climate Change” of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate Change Initiative (EMME) 2020-2021. The event will provide the opportunity to discuss how this experience and know-how can be shared and capitalized on the road for the UNFCCC COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) in November 2022.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Event Agenda

Circular Economy and the Market: Skills, Sustainability and Policy

The side event aims to present, discuss and raise awareness among key stakeholders of the green economy on the skills matching and development among our labor forces to comply and adjust to the progress towards the green economy. Emphasis will be given to the exchange of ideas, practices, policies and tools among the participants, where issues of training, sustainability in marker sectors, and stakeholders engagement will be discussed.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Event Agenda

Inter-ministerial networking for more and better GCE & ESD

The side event aims at making closer links between related education agendas and highlighting how policy learning at European level can result in closer cooperation between different actors and strengthening Global Education, global citizenship and ESD. The cooperation among ministries and agencies of foreign affairs and education within a regional European network such as GENE will be showcased for its work in embedding global issues and sustainability in formal and non-formal education. Also the ongoing process to create a new European Declaration on Global Education to 2050 will be presented.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Event Agenda

SEA as a tool to evaluate infrastructure plans/programmes in the transport sector

The side event will share experience gained by Civil Society Organisations in the EECCA region and exchange of views about using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to evaluate sustainability of plans and programmes related to infrastructure in transport sector.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Event Agenda

Addressing Plastic Pollution in Sustainable Tourism: The Role of NGOs

promoting sustainable tourism, highlighting NGOs practices and strategies addressing the issue of plastic pollution in tourism, and to consider ways to strengthen NGOs’ contributions in reducing plastic pollution.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Side events (09:00 – 15:30)

UfM Conference on enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks

The event will provide a unique opportunity for best practices and innovative ideas sharing on how to make micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) more resilient in face of future shocks in a rapidly changing landscape. It will build upon the lessons learned from the unprecedented pandemic crisis in terms of its impact on MSMEs and the policy measures that have been taken to address it. The conference is intended for representatives of governments, international/regional organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia involved in private sector development and industrial cooperation.

ENGLISH – FRENCH

6 October 2022

09.00 – 15.30

The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 3. Environment in the pan-European region: visions of 2030 and beyond
(interactive discussion, 10:00 – 10:30)

Interactive segment: “Transforming Planet: celebrating over 25 years of advancing environmental performance in the region and beyond and launching the fourth cycle of ECE EPRs for the benefit of all”

Room: ZENON KITIEVS

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)

Event Agenda

Sustainable mobility for sustainable tourism

Working on sustainable tourism mobility is relevant for countries in which tourism is an important part of the economy, and for other countries, now working to further develop their tourism attractivity and eager to avoid mistakes of the past. The side event will aim at providing good practices about how governments, at their national level – in cooperation with local and regional administration as well as transport providers, can integrate sustainable mobility in tourism, and in its strategies and actions. The event is organized under the Patronage of the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic and in cooperation with: the Ministry of Tourism of Cyprus; the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland; and the Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative; and the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP).

ENGLISH – RUSSIAN

6 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Towards a new Waste Management Governance: implementing circularity from the local to the regional level in the Mediterranean

The side event aims at strengthening knowledge sharing and stimulating debate around themes relevant to circular economy and waste management transformation in the Mediterranean, as well as showcasing successful and inspiring actions to promote adaptive waste management plans, policies and other management actions. Building on existing knowledge of local, integrated, effective circular economy practices of the public, private and social sectors, the event will foster the discussions on how a new waste management governance can be facilitated in the region. Ultimately, the event will promote policy-oriented innovations and new governance models for integrated and efficient municipal waste management public policies across the Mediterranean and beyond.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Educating with a Rounder Sense of Purpose: teacher competences for sustainability

The side event will highlight key features of the “Rounder Sense of Purpose” (RSP) competence framework for ESD, its links with the SDGs and how the RSP application impacted the national and institutional settings in six UNECE Member States. The RSP is a framework of 12 competences for educators working in any educational setting from pre-school to higher education and it has been developed having as background the UNECE educator competences for ESD framework.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

European Sustainable Tourism and Circular Economy: Shifting tourism towards circular economy models

The event will present the main elements of the background paper “European Sustainable Tourism and Circular Economy” prepared by IGET as a contribution to the 9th EfE and will discuss about the application of circular economy principles in the tourism sector, identified amongst others in the Bellagio Declaration, a set of principles capturing the essential elements of a monitoring framework for the transition to a Circular Economy.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

Blockchain for UN Charter Values and SDGs, “Game changer” to “Regenerate the Planet and Regenerate Europe”

The side event will present the Blockchain for the UN Charter Values & the SDG Action 100+ Initiative. The purpose of the later, under the High Patronage of H.E. Csaba Körösi, President of the 77th UN General Assembly, is to bring together 100+ networks and platforms to envisage a blockchain ecosystem in support to the UN Charter values and the SDGs, to be presented at the 2023 UN Multi-stakeholder Summit of the Future and a review of the SDGs.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

The Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference: Provisional agenda Item 3. Environment in the pan-European region: visions of 2030 and beyond
(interactive discussion, 15:00 – 15:30)

Talk show: Transforming Planet – the seventh pan-European Environmental Assessment: key messages to guide the environmental action until 2030 and beyond

Room: ZENON KITIEVS

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 – 19:00)

Room: KERYNIA

Bilateral, Trilateral, Multilateral Meetings
(18:15 – 20:15)

Side-events (18:15 – 20:15)

Event Agenda

Sustainable tourism: a taste of the future

This interactive side event will invite the participants to experience with their own senses and be informed about innovative solutions for shifting the tourism towards sustainability, discussing inter alia, about plastic pollution issues, circular tourism business models, the global tourism plastics Initiative and tasting local produced food and wine.

ENGLISH – RUSSIAN

6 October 2022

18:15– 20:15

Pathways for a people-centered energy transition: Large Infrastructure development and Aarhus Convention rights

The side event aims to raise awareness of the threats to public participation and access to information posed by a hasty and disorderly energy transition. The side event will discuss how Aarhus Convention rights have been ignored, showcase examples where they have been championed and present recommendations for a rights-based energy transition throughout the countries in the UNECE region.

ENGLISH

6 October 2022

18:15– 20:15

Event Agenda

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)

Event Agenda

Ocean Literacy in the Mediterranean

The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, or Ocean Decade (2021 – 2030) acknowledges Ocean Literacy as one of its key components. The Mediterranean region has a long tradition in education and awareness raising projects on the sea, marine topics while its coastal and marine Biosphere Reserves and Protected Areas serve as “living laboratories” to apply and promote ocean literacy activities and ESD. The side event will discuss the ocean literacy practices, opportunities and challenges in the region. It will serve as the opening session of the “2022 Hybrid University on Biosphere Reserves as sites to develop ocean literacy” (that will take place immediately after the 9EfE Conference from 8 to 10 October in Cyprus, for a limited number of selected participants).

ENGLISH – FRENCH

7 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Event Agenda

Mediterranean Green Growth Opportunities

The side event session will discuss ideas and policy directions for green growth in the Mediterranean countries, in the light of changes in the global economy are already underway but have become more significant due to recent events and crisis. The panelists from different backgrounds, types of organizations and with a regional south north approach, will discuss the opportunities for stakeholders and investors in the migration to sustainable economy, and thus the influence for future business practices.

ENGLISH – FRENCH

7 October 2022

08:15 – 09:45

Side events (09:00 – 12.45)

UfM Conference on enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks enhancing MSMEs resilience in face of future shocks

ENGLISH – FRENCH

7 October 2022

09.00 – 12.45

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)

Event Agenda

Environmental governance for transforming our planet – Promoting the Aarhus Convention in the whole of the Mediterranean region

The aim of the side event is to share with the participants the joint efforts in the development of a Mediterranean Accession Agenda to the UNECE Aarhus Convention (Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters) aiming to encourage the accession to and implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Mediterranean countries that are not yet members, and promote the engagement of relevant NGOs and civil society organizations. The event will also collect inputs that help in the identification of priorities and implications for the Mediterranean countries in applying the Mediterranean Accession Agenda.

ENGLISH – FRENCH

7 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Event Agenda

From the Whole School Approach (WSA) to Whole Institute Approach (WIA) as a tool to empower learners in facing todays’ challenges

The side event aims to discuss the experience and prospects related to the Whole School Approach (WSA) and its upscaling to the wider Whole Institute Approach (WIA) which is recognised as a key component within major ESD policy frameworks (UNECE Strategy for ESD 2021–2030; Action Plan of the MSESD towards 2030; UNESCO #ESDfor2030). The event will discuss and demonstrate how WSA and WIA can empower learners of all ages in facing local and global challenges and in taking responsible action for the environment and the society.

ENGLISH – FRENCH – GREEK

7 October 2022

13:10 – 14:40

Side Events (13:45 – 15:15)

Event Agenda

Marine Litter/Plastic Pollution, a major environmental and tourism problem: Monitoring and participatory science

The main objective of the event is to inform participants about the state-of-play, research and policy efforts to tackle plastic pollution in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, major related initiatives will be showcased and it will be highlighted how these initiatives are contributing and/or supporting the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Ecosystem Approach of the Barcelona Convention, the UfM GreenerMedAgenda, etc. The event will present cutting- edge outputs, best practices and lessons learned and will catalyze exchanges and discussions towards replication and upscaling actions.

ENGLISH – FRENCH

7 October 2022

13:45 – 15:15

Side Events (13:45 – 15:30)

Creating resilience through the power of education for sustainable development

This side event will showcase the central role of ESD in building resilience in society. It will highlight the enormous potential of ESD as a lever for the entire sustainable development agenda. The event will bring together government officials, experts from UN, academia, civil society, youth, and teachers to discuss these challenges, and share policy recommendations on how ESD can be fully utilized for the transformation needed to respond to current and future challenges. The event will bring together government officials, experts from UN, academia, civil society, youth, and teachers to discuss these challenges, and share policy recommendations on how ESD can be fully utilized for the transformation needed to respond to current and future challenges.

ENGLISH – FRENCH – RUSSIAN – GREEK

7 October 2022

13:45 – 15:30

Side Events (15:30 – 16:45)

Transforming Education and its ecosystems through Citizen Participation, Cleantech innovation and entrepreneurship

The side event aims to highlight the opportunities for ESD to be combined with innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition local and European initiatives that embed innovation and entrepreneurship through citizen and ecosystem engagement will be showcased and discussed.

ENGLISH

7 October 2022

15.30 – 16.45

Walking Tour in the old city of Nicosia
(15:00-18:00) (15:50-18:50)

Full Day Sightseeing Tours
(09:00 – 17:00)

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