CEP IS HOLDING ITS REGULAR STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING IN MOSCOW

The Caspian Environment Programme is holding its regular Steering Committee Meeting in Moscow, Russian Federation, which started on October 30 and will last until November 01, 2001.

All the Caspian countries participate in the Meeting on the level of Environmental Ministries and ministries of Foreign Affairs, CEP's Managing Officers and leaders of the Caspian Regional Thematic Centers (CRTCs) and consultants, as well as observers in the face of NGOs from Russian and Turkmenistan appointed in collaboration with ISAR headquarters.

The Meeting will discuss on the following issues:

• Report on the CEP activities up to date, including reports of CRTCs and CEP's projects and initiatives such as Ecotox, Mnemiopsis, At Sea Training Programme and others
• Presentations and discussion on Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis, National Caspian Action Plans, Caspian Ecological Fund and role of private sector in the CEP's work
• Presentations and initial ideas on the CEP's second phase in 2002 - 2006
• Appointment of Chairman(Present Chairman of the CEP Steering Committee is Mr. À.Ì.Amirkhanov, chairman of the Department for Environment and Ecological Safety of the Ministry of Natural Resources of RF) of the Steering Committee and venue of the next Meeting

Contact persons:

Elina Farmanova,
the Caspian Environment Programme, Programme Coordination Unit,
Room 108, Government Building, 40
Uzeir Gadjibekov Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan,
E-mail: efarmanova@caspian.in-baku.com
Phone: + (99412) 97 17 85, 93 80 03
Fax: + (99412) 97 17 86