RECETOX TOCOEN
& Associates
GEF: Regionally
Prof. Dr. Ivan Holoubek
Regional Co-ordinator
Based Assessment
Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
of Persistent Toxic
Tel.: +420 5 47 121 401, Mobile: +420 602 753 138
Fax: +420 5 43 32 12 95
Substances
E-mail: holoubek@chemi.muni.cz
http://recetox.muni.cz/
FINAL REPORT
REGIONAL PRIORITY SETTING MEETING (PSM)
UNEP/GEF Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances Project
Region III Europe
Pruhonice, Czech Republic, 28-31 May, 2002
The main goals of PSM:
- Critical evaluation of the first version of draft of Regional Report
- Collection of additional and missing information from countries of the region
(sources, levels, hot spots)
- Discussion of national specifics, strategies, hot spots, sources
- Discussion of regional priorities, strategy, alternatives, hot spots, management options
- Scoring of priorities on the regional level based on the national evaluation
Background documents of PSM:
- CD with all relevant information concerning to UNEP/GEF RBA PTS Project -
Stockholm Convention, other relevant conventions, UNEP Chemicals reports and
studies, WHO reports, EU Reports and Directives, EMEP and UN ECE materials,
EMEP MSC East Reports, Central and Eastern European PBTs State-of-the-Art
Report, HELCOM and OSPAR Reports, Dornier POPs Inventory, PAHs Position
papers and electronic form of the first version of Draft of Regional Reports
- Hard copy of the first version of Draft of Regional Report:
The Draft and all presentations are on the CD, which is a part of this PSM Report.
FINAL AGENDA
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2002
Afternoon or
Arrival and accommodation - the shuttles from Hotels in Pruhonice
evening
Prague Airport to Pruhonice will be organised
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2002
09.00 - 09.30
Opening of PSM, Greetings
Holoubek
PSM Agenda
Holoubek
Introduction of Participants
Participants
09.30 - 10.30
Stockholm Convention
Holoubek
UNEP/GEF Regionally Based Assessment of
Persistent Toxic Substances Project
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
R-T&A
11.00 - 12.15
Presentation the Draft of Regional Report
Holoubek, members of RT
Discussion
12.15 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 15.15
National presentation and contributions
Holoubek
Draft of RR Discussion of priorities and gaps
definitions, regional characteristics
15.15 15.45
Coffee break
R-T&A
15.45 17.00
Draft of RR Discussion of priorities and gaps Holoubek
sources
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2002
09.00 10.15
Draft of RR Discussion of priorities and gaps Holoubek
environmental levels, hot spots
10.15 10.45
Coffee break
R-T&A
10.45 12.00
Draft of RR Discussion of priorities and gaps Holoubek
human and wildlife effects
12.00 14.00
Lunch
14.00 15.15
Draft of RR Discussion of priorities and gaps Holoubek
transboundary movement
15.15 15.45
Coffee break
R-T&A
15.45 17.00
Regional priorities
Holoubek
Preliminary assessment of the regional
capacity and need to manage PTS
Identification of barriers
Identification of needs
Recommendation for future activities
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2002
09.00 - 11.30
Meeting of Regional Team
Holoubek
Departures of participants
Friday, Saturday
Participants:
Country of region: 29
Present: 19
Apology: 4
No reaction: 6
NGO: 2
Other UN bodies: 2 (UN ECE, UNIDO)
Local organizers: 3
Main topics of discussion and conclusions:
1) National presentation and contributions - Sweden (useful approach for management
of POPs problems), Finland, Romania, Latvia, Armenia
2) Discussion of priorities and gaps definitions, regional characteristics
3) Discussion of priorities and gaps sources - discussion concerning to new potential
sources of POPs (sealants, diffuse sources); measurements of emission factors;
emissions to the water and soil; evaporation from soils)
4) Discussion of priorities and gaps environmental levels, hot spots - main focus on
hot spots, some new information from west part of region will be collected and added
to the Regional Report as a example pf solving and management for Central and
Eastern part. Questionnaires was discussed as very problematic tools of these projects
especially if during last few weeks the system was out of function and it was not
possible to send the questionnaires to the Geneva.
5) Discussion of priorities and gaps human and wildlife effects - the broadest
discussion - the main problem of discussion was focused to the structure of
subchapter and using of information concerning to the effects and their mechanisms
from other region in the part which will describe generally these effects. Actual
structure is more oriented to the works and their results from region. But it was
agreed that some general overview of effects would be added. Also the scoring
system as far as effects was very criticised and discussed long time. The result of this
discussion was that the scoring system will be use only for final scoring not for every
chapter and will be detailed described in the regional context.
6) Discussion of priorities and gaps transboundary movement - this chapter and its
form was found as very useful and illustrative for the Report
7) Regional priorities, Preliminary assessment of the regional capacity and need to
manage PTS Identification of barriers, Identification of needs Recommendation for
future activities - the conclusions and future regional co-operation were discussed
mainly. Finally the potential additional national contributions were discussed and will
be sent to regional co-ordinator.