In the framework of the project “Capacity Building in Balkans in order to deal with the Climate Change Problem”

 

 

WORKSHOP

Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol: Commitments and Opportunities. Assessment of National Capacities and Needs

 

Date:                April 24, 2002

Venue:              Bucharest, Conference room of ICIM, building A, floor 2, Splaiul Independentei, no. 294, sector 6, Bucharest

Duration:           10.00-15.30

Co-ordination:    Ministry of Waters and Environmental Protection (MWEP), National Research and Development Institute for Environmental Protection (ICIM), TERRA Mileniul III – Regional Centre “Climate Action Network for Central and Eastern Europe” (CANCEE), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Research, Greece

 

AGENDA

 

Opening

10.00

Registration of participants

10.30

 Welcome Address

Mr. Mihai Lesnic, ICIM
Opening Words

Mr. Ioan Jelev, Secretary of State for the Environmental Protection, MWEP

Presentation of the Project “Capacity Building in Balkans in Order to Deal with the Climate Change Problem”

Mr. Kostis Perrakis, Co-ordinator of the project, NOA

First Section:

11.00

The Greek Climate Change Action Plan. Way to Implement, Monitor and Outputs of Application of Mitigation Measures Set In

Mr. Stathis Kourniotis, EPEM S.A.

11.20

Legislative Framework for the Implementation in Romania of the UN Framework on Climate Change and of the Kyoto Protocol

Mrs. Dumitra Mereuta, MWEP

11.40

Greenhouse Gases Emissions Inventories in Romania

Mr. Dan Eseanu, ICIM

12.00
NGOs’ Role and Contribution in Mitigating Climate Change Effects

Mrs. Lavinia Andrei, TERRA Mileniul III

12.20

Discussion

12.40

Coffee Break

Second Section:

13.10

Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol: Latest Development, Experience and Lessons Learned

Mrs. Elena Georgopoulou, NOA

13.30
Present Status and Perspectives of the Climate Change Capacity Building in Romania 

Mr. Costel Hanta, MWEP

13.50

Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms; Romanian AIJ and JI Experience - Study Cases

-          Pascani – Mr. Constantin Cojocaru, Local Council of  Pascani Municipality   15'

-          Tirgoviste – Mr. Viorel Tabacu, Tirgoviste District Heating Company     15'

-          Buzau – Mr. Dumitru Cristea, Buzau Municipality    15'

14.40

Financing Climate-Friendly Projects in the Balkan Region

Mr. Stelios Psomas, NOA

15.00

Discussion

15.30

Lunch – Closure

 

During lunch and for approx. an hour – discussions with NGOs