Third Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

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• Third Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting
• Evora, November 27-28, 2003
• NGO and Civil Society Participation
• in the Fourth Ministerial Conference
• on Environment and Health

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Progress since Stockholm

• Launch of Healthy Planet Forum webpage (REC)
• Civil society preparation in preparatory meetings
• Project proposals split up and on-line
• NGO Strategy Conference, Brussels, December

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NGO Strategy Conference, December 15-16
Objectives

• Increase NGO participation (additional major
  groups - youth, women)
• Last chance for NGO input into Ministerial
  outputs
• Debate draft NGO statement
• Share case studies to prepare for Budapest
  Ministerial Roundtable
• Prepare Healthy Planet Forum (workshops, NGO
  caucus, exhibition, youth events, media work)

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NGO Strategy Conference, December 15-16

• Supported by UK and Belgium governments
• Launch health and environment week in Belgium
• Travel grants provided for 38 participants (23
  countries) from from CEE, NIS and Southern Europe
  and Healthy Planet Forum Steering Committee (from
  62 applicants)
• Over 70 registered participants and growing

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NGO Strategy Conference, December 15-16

• Registrations from the following countries

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France,
Georgia, Greece,Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Crna Gora,
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan . 29 so far
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How can ministries facilitate NGO
involvement/participation?

• Disseminate NGO Strategy Conference announcement
  and report to national, local groups
• National consultations before Budapest
• Provide funding for NGOs to organise workshops,
  present projects, etc at Healthy Planet Forum
• Bring NGOs as delegates to Budapest

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Civil Society Plans for Budapest Ministerial
Conference

• Roundtable Civil society/children
• Major groups as speakers in sessions
• Rotation of civil society delegates in conference
  (50)
• Lunch side event ie, endocrine disrupting
  chemicals, presentation by leading scientist
• Exhibition space for Healthy Planet events

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Civil Society Plans for Budapest Ministerial
Conference Roundtable proposal

• Aim - highlight case studies already happening
  that relate to action points (for example, air
  quality, water, mobility, chemicals)- bring
  CEHAPE to life, easier to understand for public,
  media
• Format Short presentations from Ministers, NGOs,
  children, other stakeholders

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Civil Society Plans for Budapest Healthy Planet
Forum

• Plenary session/NGO caucus
• Present NGO statement to media/delegates/participa
  nts
• Workshops (eg,Phthlates and newborns, chemicals,
  epidemiology for community groups, disadvantaged
  groups)
• Organise press events