Greening Economies in the European Union s Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP GREEN)

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1 Greening Ecnmies in the Eurpean Unin s Eastern Neighburhd (EaP GREEN) 4 th Meeting f the EaP GREEN Steering Cmmittee Thursday, 18 June 2015 Chisinau, Mldva DRAFT ANNOTATED AGENDA The meeting will be held in the Htel Cdru, Chisinau, Mldva, starting at 9:00 n Thursday, 18 June, The wrking languages at the meeting will be English and Russian. The meeting f the EaP GREEN Steering Cmmittee will be preceded by the UNECE meeting n Strategic Envirnmental Assessment as a tl fr greening ecnmy and n the rle f the sectral authrities in SEA, rganised n 17 June 2015 in Htel Cdru. The EaP GREEN Steering Cmmittee members are invited t take part in this meeting. Cntacts: Mr. Krzysztf Michalak ( krzysztf.michalak@ecd.rg) and Ms. Irina Massvets at OECD ( irina.massvets@ecd.rg) fr further infrmatin abut the EaP GREEN Steering Cmmittee meeting. Ms. Elena Santer (elena.santer@unece.rg) fr further infrmatin abut the SEA/EIA high-level meeting.

2 EaP GREEN prject The Greening Ecnmies in the Eurpean Unin s Eastern Neighburhd (EaP GREEN) prject aims t supprt the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) cuntries t mve twards green ecnmy by decupling ecnmic grwth frm envirnmental degradatin and resurce depletin. The EaP cuntries are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Gergia, Republic f Mldva and Ukraine. The EaP GREEN aims t: mainstream sustainable cnsumptin and prductin (SCP) int natinal develpment plans, legislatin and regulatry framewrk with a view t prvide a sund legal basis fr future plicy develpment, in line with the reginal and internatinal agreements and prcesses and cnsistently with existing EU acquis in the relevant plicy areas; prmte the use f the Strategic Envirnmental Assessment (SEA) and Envirnmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as essential planning tls fr an envirnmentally sustainable ecnmic develpment; and achieve a shift t green ecnmy thrugh the adaptatin and adptin f sustainable cnsumptin and prductin practices and techniques in selected ecnmic sectrs (manufacturing, agriculture, fd prductin and prcessing, cnstructin). Accrdingly, the EaP GREEN is structured arund three cmpnents: i. gvernance and financing tls; ii. iii. SEA and EIA accmpanying SCP plicy implementatin; and demnstratin prjects. The prject is funded by the Eurpean Unin and ther dnrs, and invlves jint implementatin by fur internatinal rganisatins OECD, UNECE, UNEP and UNIDO. EaP GREEN Steering Cmmittee meeting Steering Cmmittee meetings bring tgether the designated Natinal Fcal Pints frm the EaP cuntry Ministries f the Envirnment and Ministries f the Ecnmy, the representatives f the Eurpean Cmmissin and f the fur EaP GREEN implementing partners. The key bjective f the 4 th Steering Cmmittee meeting is t review prgress with the implementatin f the cmpnents f the prject since the last meeting n 8 Octber 2014 (Minsk, Belarus), discuss achievements and challenges in prject implementatin and agree n a wrk plan until the end f 2015 and the utlk fr activities t be carried ut in 2016 twards prject cmpletin by 31 st December The Steering Cmmittee members agreed that each meeting wuld feature a substantive discussin n a selected theme implemented as part f the EaP GREEN. The 2015 meeting will fcus n rganic agriculture, a cmpnent led by UNEP, which was identified as prviding a significant pprtunity t stimulate green ecnmic grwth, given the relatively lw levels f pesticide and fertilizer use in the regin since 1994, the significant share f small farms, the availability f agricultural labur and grwing EU market fr rganic prduce and hence exprt ptential. The sessin will discuss plicies and instruments fr the prmtin f rganic agriculture, including strengthening the rganic agri-fd supply chains by develping traceability systems, certificatin schemes, investment mechanisms and research, as well as building the capacity f the private sectr (farms and cmpanies) t access grwing internatinal and Eurpean markets fr rganic prducts. 2

3 DRAFT AGENDA 4TH MEETING OF THE EAP GREEN STEERING COMMITTEE (pen t the Steering Cmmittee members nly) 9:00 9:20 Item 1. Opening remarks Mr. Sergiu Palihvici, Minister f the Envirnment, Mldva Mr. Vassilis Marags, Head f Unit, Reginal Prgrammes Neighburhd East, DG Directrate-General fr Neighburhd and Enlargement Negtiatins (DG NEAR), Eurpean Cmmissin 9:20 9:30 Item 2. Apprval f the Agenda and Draft Summary Recrd f the Third Steering Cmmittee Meeting Chair: Vassilis Marags, Head f Unit, Reginal Prgrammes Neighburhd East The OECD will be invited t present the draft agenda and meeting materials. Backgrund dcuments: Draft Anntated Agenda Draft Summary Recrd f the Third Steering Cmmittee (Minsk, 8 Octber 2014) [ENV/EPOC/EAP/M(2014)4] 9:30 10:45 Item 3. Prgress in the prject implementatin since the last Steering Cmmittee (Octber May 2015): utputs and results achieved Chair: Kumi Kitamri, Head f Divisin OECD The EaP GREEN partners will be invited t present prgress n activities carried ut at the reginal and natinal level since the last meeting f the Steering Cmmittee in Octber 2014: Cmpnent 1: Gvernance and financing tls fr prmting Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin (UNEP, OECD) Cmpnent 2: SEA and EIA: Accmpanying Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin plicy implementatin (UNECE); Cmpnent 3: Demnstratin prjects (UNIDO, UNEP). Synergies and cmmunicatin (OECD) The EaP cuntries will be invited t cmment n prgress in implementing the EaP GREEN activities and prvide infrmatin n relevant natinal level actins by their Gvernments t prmte transitin t green ecnmy. Backgrund dcuments: 10:45 11:00 Cffee break Draft Reprt n Prgress in the Implementatin f the EaP GREEN Prject Octber 2014 May 2015 [ENV/EPOC/EAP(2015)10]. 3

4 11:00 12:15 Item 4. Wrk plan fr 2015 and utlk fr 2016 Chair: Mr. Andrzej Januszewski, DG Envirnment, Eurpean Cmmissin The EAP GREEN partners will be invited t present adjusted plan f wrk fr the perid June December 2015 and indicate majr activities planned fr Cmpnent 1: Gvernance and financing tls fr prmting Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin (UNEP, OECD) Cmpnent 2: SEA and EIA: Accmpanying Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin plicy implementatin (UNECE); Cmpnent 3: Demnstratin prjects (UNIDO, UNEP). Synergies and cmmunicatin (OECD) The EaP Cuntries will be invited t cmment n the prpsed wrk plan and identify pprtunities fr EaP GREEN t facilitate, supprt and/r leverage planned natinal-level initiatives and actins t prmte transitin t green ecnmy. Backgrund dcuments: Draft Plan f Wrk f the EaP GREEN Prject fr [ENV/EPOC/EAP(2015)9]. 12:15 12:30 Item 5. Cnclusins and next steps, including dates f the next meeting 12:30 14:00 Lunch Chair: Mr. Vassilis Marags, DG NEAR, Eurpean Cmmissin The participants will be invited t raise any ther pints and agree n the dates and the venue f the next Steering Cmmittee meeting. It is suggested t hld the meeting in the week f the 25 January 2016, pssibly in Kiev. The Chair will make the cncluding remarks, clse the Steering Cmmittee meeting and invite the participants t the special afternn sessin n rganic agriculture. SPECIAL SESSION ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE (publicly pen meeting) 14:00 14:30 Welcme and keynte address: Green Ecnmy and Organic Agriculture Chair f the Special Sessin: Ms. Rie Tsutsumi, UNEP Welcming remarks: Mr. Lazar Chirica, Deputy Minister f Envirnment, Mldva Ms. Lilia Palii, State Secretary, Ministry f Ecnmy, Mldva Ministry f Agriculture and Fd Industry, Mldva (TBC) Key nte address n Green Ecnmy and Organic Agriculture - Mr. Fulai Sheng and Ms. Claudia Assmann, UNEP 14:30 15:20 Organic agriculture in Mldva: plicies and instruments Stimulating rganic agriculture thrugh public prcurement Mr. Virel Msneaga, Directr f the Public Prcurement Agency, Mldva 4

5 Setting the framewrk fr the prmtin f rganic agriculture: plicies and instruments Mr. Virel Gherciu, PrRuralInvest, Mldva Questins and discussin Cffee break: Taste f Organic Mldva! 15:20 16:00 Launch f the Reprts: "Green Ecnmy Scping Study fr the Republic f Mldva" "Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin Plicies and Initiatives in Eastern Eurpe and the Caucasus" Intrductin t "Taste f Organic Mldva!" 16:00 17:45 Rund table presentatins by the EaP cuntries n the prmtin f rganic farming Mderatr: Mr. Fulai Sheng, UNEP Participants t the rund table: 17:45 18:00 Clsing remarks Ms. Mariam Jrjadze, Directr, Elkana (Gergia) Mr. Filip Ashikyan, Deputy Directr, Ecglbe LLC (Armenia) Mr. Virel Gherciu, President, PrRuralInvest (Mldva) Ms. Natalie Prkpchuk, Prject Manager, Research Institute f Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Organic Market Develpment Prject in Ukraine Mr. Habib A. Abbasv, Department Manager, Ganja Agribusiness Assciatin (Azerbaijan) Mr. Dzmitry Matusevich, Head f Main Department f Agriculture and Frestry Systems, Envirnment, Ministry f Ecnmy f Belarus Success stries n rganic agriculture frm rund table participants Main challenges encuntered related t rganic agriculture Needs fr the develpment f the rganic sectr and way frward Ministry f Agriculture and Fd Industry, Mldva UNEP Eurpean Cmmissin 18:00 19:30 Ccktail: Taste f Organic Mldva! 5