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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING ON THE CASPIAN SEA ENVIRONMENT Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 July 2001 - The Caspian Environment Programme (CEP) jointly with UNEP/GRID-Arendal1 are holding a workshop on information management and reporting on the environment and sustainable development in the Caspian Sea Basin on July 5-7, 2001. The aim of the workshop is to overview the present environmental information management and reporting system in the Caspian region with the purpose to set up the structure for producing the Environmental Report on the Caspian Sea Basin. The workshop is designed to share experiences concerning the importance of environmental information for decision-makers and the wider public, as well as the role of the mass media and education systems in this process. The workshop brings together potential users of environmental information such as scientists, environmentalists, students, NGOs, and journalists as well as representatives of the CEP Management Advisory Group, UNEP/GRID-Arendal national focal points from five Caspian countries, REC Central Asia and others. The CEP and GRID Arendal are expecting the following tangible outputs of the workshop:
Contact persons: Vladimir Vladymyrov, the Caspian
Environment Programme, Programme Coordination Unit, Room 108, Government Building, 40
Uzeir Gadjibekov Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan, Elina Farmanova, the Caspian Environment
Programme, Programme Coordination Unit, Room 108, Government Building, 40 Uzeir Gadjibekov
Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan, 1 GRID Arendal, Norway - providing access to high quality environmental information, http://www.grida.no |
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