1st Meeting, 20th Session of Joint Task force…

Agenda item 1: Opening and adoption of the agenda

• Opening statements:

- Tiina Luige, Officer in Charge Statistics Division

- Marco Keiner, Director Environment Division, UNECE

• Adoption of the Agenda (ECE/CEP-CES/GE.1/2023/1)

09:45 – 10:15

Agenda item 2. Election of the Chair and Vice-Chairs

• Election of the Chair and Vice-Chairs

10:15 – 10:30

Agenda item 3. Adoption of the report of the nineteenth session

• Presentation of the outcomes of the nineteenth session and status of implementation of the decisions and recommendations, Christine Kitzler, UNECE

• Adoption of the report of the nineteenth session (ECE/CEP-CES/GE.1/2022/2)

10:30 – 11:00

Agenda item 4. Implementing the mandate and terms of reference

• Presentation of the proposed outline of activities for the period 2024-2028 of the Joint Working Group on Environmental Statistics and Indicators (ECE/CEP-CES/GE.1/2023/5), Christine Kitzler and Michael Nagy, UNECE Discussion on the outline of activities, conclusions and way forward

11:00 – 11:15 Comfort break

11:15 – 12:30

Agenda item 5. Ongoing developments with relevance for the work of the Joint Task Force

• Presentation of developments on the production and sharing of environmental statistics and indicators by international and regional organisations:

- Overview on activities to support the implementation of the main outcomes of the Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference with relevance for the Joint Task Force, Nicholas Bonvoisin, UNECE

- Progress in the WHO European Region towards the SDGs in the context of the Ostrava Declaration on Environment and Health: mid-way to 2030, Sinaia Netanyahu, WHO Regional Office for Europe

- Overview of main outcomes of the 25th session of the Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Christine Kitzler, UNECE

- Overview on the outcomes of recent work of the UNECE Statistics Division, Michael Nagy, UNECE 

- UNEP's work on plastic statistics, Ekaterina Poleshchuk, UNEP

• Discussion