Regionally Based
Assessment of Persistent
Toxic Substances
GEF
Central and North East Asia (Region VII)
1st Technical Workshop
Sources and Concentration of PTS in the Environment
Venue: Komaba Eminence Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
Date: 18 - 20 March 2002
DRAFT AGENDA
17 March 2002 (Sunday)
Afternoon/Evening
Arrival and Accommodation of Regional Team
Accommodation at Komaba Eminence
Members and Participants
Hotel (refer to page 4 for details)
4:30 pm 6:30 pm
Pre-Workshop Meeting
Regional Co-ordinator, Regional Team
Discuss progress, new developments, any
Members, Project Manager only
outstanding issues
7:15 pm
Informal Welcome Dinner
All participants welcome
Venue to be announced
18 March 2002 (Monday)
8:45 am 9:05 am
Mr Kazuhiko ADACHI
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
OPENING CEREMONY
Mr Paul WHYLIE
Welcoming Remarks
UNEP/GEF RBA PTS Project Manager
NIES (Speaker to be confirmed)
9:05 am 9:20 am
Overview
Prof MH WONG
Stockholm Convention
Regional Co-ordinator
RBA PTS Project- Regional list of PTS, Scoring
system
Introduction of Discussion Papers on Sources and
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Environmental Concentrations of PTS
9:20 am 9:45 am
Opening Lecture
Prof Shinsuki TANABE
Environmental Contamination and Biological Toxic
Center for Marine Environmental
Effects of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Studies, Ehime University, Japan
9:45 am 10:10 am
Presentation on 1st Discussion Paper
Prof MH WONG (Pesticides)
-PTS Sources
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI (Industrial
chemicals and Unintentional by-
products)
10:10 am 10:35 am
Presentation on 2nd Discussion Paper
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
-PTS Environmental Concentrations
10:35 am 10:55 am
TEA BREAK
COUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATIONS (Sources/Environmental Concentrations)
An overview for each country of the region will be presented by a country expert
15 - 20 mins. each including Q&A
10:55am 11:15 am
Japan
Dr Yasuyuki SHIBATA
11:15 am 11:35 am
China
Prof Xiaobai XU
11:35 pm 11:55 am
Republic of Korea
Dr Jae Ryoung OH
11:55 am 12:15 pm
Mongolia
Dr A NAMKHAI
12:15 pm 12:35 pm
Russian Federation
Dr Sergei YUFIT
12:35 pm 2:00 pm
LUNCH
2:00 pm 2:20 pm
Kazakhstan
Prof Marat ISHANKULOV
2:20 pm 2:40 pm
Kyrgyzstan
Dr Kalylbek SHAKIROV
2:40 pm 3:00 pm
Tajikistan
Dr Abdusalim DJURAEV
3:00 pm 3:20 pm
Uzbekistan
Dr Nariman UMAROV
3:20 pm 3:40 pm
Turkmenistan
?
3:40 pm 4:00 pm
TEA BREAK
TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
4:00 pm 4:20 pm
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Environment of the
Dr Jiamo FU
Pearl River Delta, China: An Overview
4:20 pm 4:40 pm
A Study of Toxic Substances Pollution in Hong
Dr Stephanie WY MA
Kong
4:40 pm 5:00 pm
China-Taipei
Prof MH WONG
5:00 pm 5:20 pm
The Main Sources of Pollution Asian Part of Russia
Dr Alexander SHEKHOVTSOV
by PTS
5:20 pm 5:40 pm
PTS in Environment of Russian Cities and
Prof Boris A REVICH
Environmental Health Problems
5:40 pm 6:00 pm
Environmental Occurrence
Dr FUKUSHIMA
7:15 pm
WELCOME PARTY
19 March 2002 (Tuesday)
8:45 am 9:00 am
Working Groups Strategy
Mr Paul WHYLIE
WG1- by chemicals, WG2 by compartments
9:00 am 12:30 pm
Group Assessment
Prof MH WONG
-The participants will be broken into 2 groups to
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI
analyse the presentations and make
recommendations to plenary regarding sources and
environmental concentrations priority PTS and key
data gaps
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Working Group No. 1 Sources of PTS in the region
Working Group No. 2 Concentration of PTS in the
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
region (air, deposition, water, sediments)
?
10:15 am 10:35 am
TEA BREAK
12:30 pm 2:00 pm
LUNCH
2:00 pm 3:40 pm
Group Assessment (Cont'd)
Working Group No. 1 Sources of PTS in the region
Prof MH WONG
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI
Working Group No. 2 Concentration of PTS in the
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
region (soils, biota, foodstuff)
?
3:40 pm 4:00 pm
TEA BREAK
4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Group Assessment (Cont'd)
Working Group No. 1 Sources of PTS in the region
Prof MH WONG
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI
Working Group No. 2 Concentration of PTS in the
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
region (soils, biota, foodstuff)
?
5:00 pm 6:00 pm
Plenary
Mr Paul WHYLIE
-Overview of working group results
Prof MH WONG
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
?
7:00 pm
Dinner
Venue to be announced
20 March 2002 (Wednesday)
8:45 am 12:30 pm
Group Assessment (Cont'd)
Working Group No. 1 Sources of PTS in the region
Prof MH WONG
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI
Working Group No. 2 Concentration of PTS in the
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
region
?
Hotspots and data gaps
10:15 am 10:35 am
TEA BREAK
12:30 pm 2:00 pm
LUNCH
2:00 pm 4:00 pm
Plenary
Mr Paul WHYLIE
Presentation of working groups reports
Prof MH WONG
Common discussion of hot spots and data gaps
Dr Shin-ichi SAKAI
Dr Kyunghee CHOI
?
3:40 pm 4:00 pm
TEA BREAK
4:00 pm 5:30 pm
Final Discussions
Mr Paul WHYLIE
Final report from 1st Technical Workshop
Prof MH WONG
2nd Technical Workshop preparation
Future meetings
5:30 pm
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ADJOURNED
21 March 2002 (Thursday)
Morning
Departure of participants
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Post-Workshop Meeting
Regional Co-ordinator, Regional Team
Finalisation of working group reports
Members, Project Manager only
Organisation of future meetings with emphasis on 2nd
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Technical Workshop
Afternoon
Departure of Regional Team Members
Accommodations
Komaba Eminence
2-19-5 Ohashi, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0044, Japan
Tel.: 81-3-3485-1414
Fax: 81-3-3467-5791
Check-in time: 3:00 pm
Check-out time: 11:00 am
http://www.komaba-eminence.com
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