... 1998, 4 books in English. The series of books which contains current survey of the legislation and practice of public participation in environmental decision-making. This series of 4 books (Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Newly Independent States, Pan-European Assessment) was prepared and published by Regional Environmental Center, European Environmental Bureau and EPL. It includes... ...
... Kyiv – 1999. 48 p., in Ukrainian. The brochure contains comparative legal analysis of the Aarhus convention and Ukrainian legislation, history of its ratification, position of the representatives of the NGOs, description of the role of mass-media as one of the main instruments of the Aarhus convention implementation. The experts gave their conclusions and proposals... ...
... 1998. – 160 p., in Russian. The book in Russian, which contains research of the trends of public participation in environmental decision-making in 5 countries of NIS region (Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine). It is a result of the “Road to Aarhus” project, coordinated by Charitable Foundation “EPL” headed by Professor Svitlana Kravchenko. She... ...
... Mindful of the need for and importance of the enhancing of international cooperation in assessing the transboundary environmental, including health, impact of the proposed plans and programmes, and, to the extent appropriate, policies and legislation, states of the Central and Eastern Europe have signed the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental ... ...
... As the representatives of the European ECO Forum (a coalition of the environmental NGOs from Europe), EPL’s lawyers participated in the development of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to the Espoo Convention. Our goal was to ensure that the Protocol reflects the interests of the public, particularly with regards to the public participation... ...
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... Representatives of state authorities from Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Lviv oblasts. The following issues were reflected at the seminar: Realization of the project “Utilization of toxic pesticides on the territory of Lviv oblast in the basins of transboundary rivers Syan, Western Buh”. Requirements of current legislation, problems and ways of improvement. Responsibility of owners... ...
... On June 3, 2001, EPL co-organized with the Regional Environmental Center for CEE the 7th Annual International Environmental Public Interest Law Conference (GUTA-7) for public interest environmental lawyers from NIS and CEE countries. The Conference was attended by 39 environmental lawyers from NIS/CEE countries, and the USA. During the Conference, the following issues were discussed:... ...
... On June 4-5, 2001, EPL co-organized with UN ECE and the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe a Sub-Regional Case Study Development Meeting. The meeting was aimed at: Collection and discussion of the cases on access to justice in environmental issues from CEE/NIS countries; Case analysis and preparation of recommendations for the Task... ...
... On September 30 – October 4, 2002, EPL held the training “Access to Justice in Environmental Matters” for participants from Kazakhstan. It was held within the framework of the project “Supporting Kazakhstan in implementation of the Aarhus convention provisions” with financial support of DANCEE (Danish cooperation on environment in Eastern Europe) and Danish Agency of... ...