Activities |
POPs programme news |
Eco-Accord presents a new publication "An
NGO Guide to hazardous Pesticides and SAICM".
Russian version can
be accessed here....
English version can
be accessed here... |
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Based on the data received by NGOs in 2005, The International POPs
Elimination Network prepared a report on
DDT contamination of chicken eggs, collected in 18
countries of the world. The report in English
can be downloaded
here... or from www.ipen.org |
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Olga Speranskaya, Director of
the Chemical Safety Program at the Eco-Accord Center, became one of
six prize-winner of Goldman Prize,
which often referred as Nobel Prize in environmental protection area.
The Goldman Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and
significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment,
often at great personal risk. The award ceremony was at 20 April
in San Francisco.
Over the past few years, Speranskaya has helped NGOs implement
more than 70 projects on toxic chemicals in Azerbaijan, Armenia,
Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine
and Uzbekistan.
Read more >>>
More detailed about Prize and O.Speranskaya work
read here |
n ASBESTOS:
REALITIES, PROBLEMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The survey was developed by Eco-Accord, MAMA-86 and Greenwomen in
partnership with Women in Europe for a Common Future NGO (the
Netherlands) with finance support of the Netherlands Ministry of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VRÎÌ)
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n EECCA
NGO Regional Action Plan on Chemical Safety
A draft of the EECCA NGO Action plan on chemical safety is prepared
based on the results of the consultations with 50 EECCA NGOs.
To download
the material click here |
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An NGO Guide to åhe Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management
This is a new material prepared by the International POPs
Elimination Network in the frame of SAICM Global Outreach Campaign.
English version can be downloaded here....
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n EECCA NGO
REGIONAL ASSESSMENT ON CHEMICAL SAFETY
The Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Regional Assessment
surveyed 50 NGOs from the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Complete text in
English can be downloaded here |
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n For the meeting "The Role of
Russian NGOs in the Development of NIP to the Stockholm Convention
on POPs" held in St. Petersburg, May 22-23, Eco-Accord prepared a
power point presentation on NGO involvement to NIP implementation.
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n IPEN has started preparing
IPEN NGO Regional Assessment: NGO Survey "Promoting a Regional
NGO dialogue for future collaboration". The aim of the survey is to
prepare a description of the present state of the regional chemical
safety situation from IPEN Regional Hubs, including data from a wide
range of local NGOs on NGO strategies, needs, and opportunities.
Download Survey>> |
Globalization, WTO and
NIS: new publication |
In the framework of the project “Globalization, the WTO and New
Independent States: broadening the dialogue for sustainable development”. Eco-Accord
prepared the Russian edition of “Environment and Trade” Handbook.
Russian version is available at
http://trade.ecoaccord.org
In order to obtain a printed copy, please contact
info@ecoaccord.org |
The goal of this project of the
Earth Council in cooperation with Eco-Accord Center with support of the Ford Foundation is
to increase the awareness of stakeholders on the issues of globalisation, WTO and their
impact on environment and sustainable development, as well as to assess the consequences
of WTO accession for sustainable development in the countries of the region. In the
moment, Eco-Accord develops a publication on the outcomes of this project
“Globalisation, the WTO and New Independent States: broadening the dialogue for
sustainable development”. The publication in English and Russian includes regional and
national assessments of WTO accession.
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WTO
Accession and Sustainable Development: Post-Soviet Countries Assess
Perspectives. 
Agriculture,
Trade liberalization and Sustainable Development: Implications for
Economies in Transition
ENVIRONMENT
AND TRADE
"MAKING
CLOBAL TRADE