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Workshops
The project includes the following Workshops and Conferences:
During the kick-off meeting, the Project steering committee was appointed and held its first meeting on 12 June 2007 in Beijing. It elected Holger Dalkmann, TRL/C4S as chairman and Zhang Hui, ACEE as deputy chairman. Furthermore, the steering committee agreed on a quality review system for the project.
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Study Tour of Chinese partners in Europe (October 2007)
The Study Tour through Europe took place from 18 October until 1 November 2007. The Chinese project partners visited Italy and in the Netherlands.
The Italian section of the tour comprised a wide range of good practices from high-speed railways to clean-bus technologies. Real-world EPI examples were prepared in the CIVITAS-cities Rome and Nantes by ISIS and Nantes M¨¦tropole, respectively. In Bologna, the headquarters of the Region Emilia Romagna were visited.
On the second leg of the tour, further, information on SEA was provided by the experts at the Netherlands¡¯ Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA, previously NCEIA) in Utrecht. A visit to Environment Department of the City of Utrecht was arranged, where examples for EPI in energy and transport were presented.
The two-day Closing Seminar was organised by the Wuppertal Institute in Amsterdam. It served to discuss lessons learnt both from the study tour itself and case studies in China and to jointly develop next steps for the case study regions; best practice examples of EPI and SEA in Europe were reviewed and the financial accounting was also briefly explained.
The study tour contributed to the learning process on SEA and EPI in Europe. Since both SEA and EPI are difficult to demonstrate, the Chinese partners were introduced to many good practice examples that gave them a feeling for the diversity and practical implementation of SEA and EPI. In particular the visit to the NCEA improved the understanding of SEA implementation in Europe.
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The second workshop was held in Chengdu on 17 - 20 November 2008. Over 35 Participants from European and Chinese project partners, universities, further stakeholders, planning departments and energy sectors have been invited.
Meeting documents:
Project final symposium: Policy Instruments for Chinese Sustainable Future New!
(June 16th 2009 Beijing.China)
The final symposium is held in Beijing on 16 June 2009. Key invitees to the final CHINA-EPI-SEA project ¡°Environmental Policy Integration and Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Energy and Transport Sectors¡± are:
- Chinese government: Ministry of Environmental Protection of Chinese P.R.
- Chinese scientific community: ACEE, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, School of Environment and Natural Resources of Renmin University, Beijing;
- International community and donors: European Commission (EC), GTZ, World Bank
- European partners: Wuppertal Institute for Climate (WI), Environment and Energy, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems (ISIS);
- Chinese partners: Appraisal Centre for Environment and Engineering (ACEE), Chinese Academy of Transport Science, Ministry of Communication (CATS), Sichuan Provincial Appraisal Centre for Environment and Engineering (SACEE), and Xichang Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB).
| Project final symposium Itinerary (Beijing.China) |
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Events |
| Morning Project Results and Future of SEA£¨Chair: Holger Dalkmann, TRL£© |
| 08:00 |
Open Arrival: Coffee, Tea and Snacks |
| 08:30 |
Welcome and Introduction: Project Review and Outcomes
£¨Urda Eichhorst, WI£© |
| 09:00 |
Short Welcome Speeches
£¨Kong Linghui, ACEE;
Virginie de Ruyt, EC ChinaDelegation;
Ma Zhong, Renmin University£© |
| 09:30 |
The role of SEA for China’s Sustainable Development£¨Zhang Hui, ACEE£© |
| 09:45 |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| 10:15 |
Recent Developments in SEA in China
£¨Li Tianwei, Ministry of Environmental Protection(MEP)£© |
| 10:45 |
Case Study Input: Energy Planning in Xichang£¨Wang Honglei, SACEE£© |
| 11:00 |
Case Study Input: Transport Planning in Shaanxi£¨Zhang Xiaofeng, CATS£© |
| 11:30 |
St r a t egi c Env i ronment a l As s e s sment :Challenges Towards a Sustainable Future
£¨Holger Dalkmann, TRL£© |
| 12:00 |
Lunch Break |
| Afternoon Environmental Policy and Sectoral Integration / Governance£¨Chair: Andrea Ricci, ISIS£© |
| 13:30 |
Putting the Role of Environmental Assessment into Perspective: The Challenges to China’s Implementation£¨Song Guojun, Renmin University£© |
| 14:00 |
Environmental Policy Integration in China:findings and implications for PEIA
£¨Olivia Bina, SEI/Chinese University of Hong Kong£© |
| 14:30 |
Reforming Environmental Administration£¨Ma Zhong, Renmin University£© |
| 15:00 |
Integration of Energy Conservation Targets into Decision Making – Challenges for Environmental Governance
£¨Pan Jiahua, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
(CASS)£© |
| 15:30 |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| 16:00 |
Panel Discussion: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Policy Integration / Governance
£¨Li Tianwei, MEP; Pan Jiahua, CASS; Ma Zhong,
Renmin University; Fu Huahui, China University of
Politics and Law; Peter Leonard, World Bank; Olivia
Bina, SEI/Chinese University of Hong Kong£© |
| 17:00 |
Potential Joint Research Priorities: China and the EU
£¨Andrea Ricci, ISIS£© |
| 17:15 |
Summary and Conclusion£¨Olivia Bina, SEI/Chinese University of Hong Kong£© |
| 17:30 |
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Meeting documents:
- Symposium flyer
- Welcome and Introduction: Project Review and Outcomes (Chinese£¬ English)
- The role of SEA for China¡¯s Sustainable Development (Chinese£¬ English)
- Recent Developments in SEA in China (English)
- Case Study Input: Energy Planning in Xichang (Chinese£¬ English)
- Case Study Input: Transport Planning in Shaanxi (Chinese£¬ English)
- Strategic Environment a l Assessment :Challenges Towards a Sustainable Future (Chinese£¬ English)
- Putting the Role of Environmental Assessment into Perspective: The Challenges to China¡¯s Implementation (Chinese£¬ English)
- Environmental Policy Integration in China: findings and implications for PEIA (Chinese£¬ English)
- Reforming Environmental Administration (English)
- Potential Joint Research Priorities: China and the EU (Chinese£¬ English)
- How to make use of Environmental Evaluation in Decision Process (Chinese)
- Case study input: EPI in Xichang City (Chinese£¬ English)
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