Advocating for a better policy of
waste management
P2Pstudtours 44033
Venue :
Brussels,
01 February - 04 February 2011
For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download presentations of
this event, please go to : http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex.
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Aim of the meeting :
The People 2 People Programme is one of the three strands of the Civil Society
Facility of the Directorate General Enlargement of the European Commission.
It intends to offer to individuals and organisations from the beneficiary countries and
territories the possibility to visit EU institutions, as well as relevant EU platform
organisations, or whenever relevant for the topic of the study visits, also other
European, international or national organisations in order to familiarise themselves
with EU structures, policy making process, programmes, policies and good practices.
The aim of this study tour is to give participants the opportunity to familiarise
themselves with the EU waste policy and with the EU environment policy in
general. This study tour further intends to offer participants exchange and networking
opportunities in a respectful atmosphere among themselves and with European-level as
well as Member State-based civil society organisations active in this field.
The study visit is open for the participation of several representatives of civil society
organisations active in this field from each of the candidate and potential candidate
countries and territories to EU enlargement.
Around 30 participants from civil society organisations in the Western Balkans and
Turkey will attend the study visit.
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Day 1 : Monday 01 February 2011
Chair
09:00
Registration
09:30
Introduction by the Chair and presentation of the agenda
Brief round table
10:00
The Civil Society Facility and the People 2 People Programme
Sophie Aujean, European Commission, DG Enlargement
Questions and answers
10:30
Coffee break
11:15
Quiz on the European institutions and on the enlargement process
Work in groups
12:00
The European Union institutions, the enlargement policy and
environment chapter
European Commission, DG Enlargement (tbc)
Questions and answers
13:00
Lunch break
14:30
The environment policy of the European Union and the Environment
Forum
European Commission, DG Environment (tbc)
Questions and answers
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
The EU waste policy
European Commission, DG Environment (tbc)
Questions and answers
16:45
The LIFE + programme - the European week of waste reduction
European Commission, DG Environment (tbc)
Questions and answers
17:15
End of the first day
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Day 2 : Tuesday 02 February 2011
Chair
Visit of the European Parliament (tbc)
10:00
Registration
10:15
Presentation of the European Parliament activities by the visits and
seminars unit
11:00
Meeting with a Member of the Environment Committee of the European
Parliament
11:30
End of the visit of the European Parliament
12:00
Lunch break and meetings with the geographical units of DG Enlargement,
and with DG Environment, European Commission
14:30
Transfer by bus to Willebroek
15:30
Visit to a reuse shop / reuse centre in Willebroek (tbc)
(remanufacturing and selling of second hand goods from recovered bulky
waste)
17:30
Transfer by bus to the hotel
18:30
End of the second day
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Day 3 : Wednesday 03 February 2011
Chair
FIRST SESSION : MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
ON WASTE
09:30
The waste management hierarchy:
Panel discussion with the European Environmental Bureau and the
European Federation of Waste management (tbc)
Questions and answers
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Thinking in terms of product life cycle
Speaker to be confirmed
Questions and answers
11:45
Incentives for the industry – Corporate social responsibility.
Example of successful project
Speaker to be confirmed
Questions and answers
12:30
Lunch break
Second SESSION : DOMESTIC WASTE PREVENTION
14:00
Environment-friendly education at school
Speaker to be confirmed
Questions and answers
14:45
The actions of universities - The Talloires declaration
Speaker to be confirmed
Questions and answers
15:15
Coffee break
15:45
Awareness-raising activities : presentation of various successful
projects across Europe
Speaker to be confirmed
Questions and answers
17:45
End of the third day
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Day 4 : Thursday 04 February 2011
Chair
09:30
Best practices of waste managements in Member States and regions
Representatives of France, Slovakia, and Flanders (tbc)
Questions and answers
11:30
Coffee break
11:45
Feedback session
12:30
End of the event
This meeting is being organised by the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument
of the European Commission
CHAR 03/149 , B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07 , Fax: +32-2-296 76 94
Web site http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex
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