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Contribution to the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and
Health – Italy 2009
Benedetta Dell'AnnoMinistry for the Environment, Land and Sea
Department for Environmental Research and Developme ntDivision V - Environmental Research and EU Policy
Coordination
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From Frankfurt to Rome: 20 years of Environment and Health Ministerial
Conferences (1989-2009)
To build bridges between the health and environment policies in dealing with risks
and impacts on human health
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� 1989 Frankfurt MC : adoption of the European Charter on E&H and establishment of the WHO European Center on E&H
� 1994 Helsinki MC : adoption of E&H Action Plan for Europe and establishment of European E&H Committee (EEHC)
� 1999 London MC : legally binding Protocol on Water and Health (to the Convention on the Protection and Use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes) and European Charter on Transport, Environment and Health
� 2004 Budapest MC : endorsement of the Children’s E&H Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) and Ministerial Declaration
� 2009 Italy…… .
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Vienna - June 2007: Intergovernmental Midterm Review
IMR Recommendations� to keep the Budapest commitments and to further implement
the CEHAPE� to address the needs of other vulnerable groups besides
youth and children� to address social inequity in environment and health as well
as the gender issue� to focus on the special needs of the NIS and SEE countries� To promote working with new stakeholders (local authorities,
private sector etc)� To improve and strengthen the communication with the
public
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……and to focus and prioritize the topics in the next phase such as:
�Climate change�Economic implications of the burden of
disease arising from environmental factors (e.g. cost of inaction)
�Health in all policies [..Rome Declaration Dec 07..]
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The role of the EEHC in the pan-European E&H processThe EEHC is an international committee made up of MS, WHO,
UNECE, EC (DG Sanco+DG ENV), EEA, OCDE, NGOs etc. responsible, inter alia, for steering the preparations of the
Fifth Ministerial Conference on E&H
Bonn meeting – EECH decisions (October 07):high level preparatory meetings+ smaller drafting and technical
meetings to assess the progress in CEHAPE implementation and to gather and discuss the priorities identified by MS
Elected Chairpersons: Mr Iversson for Health sector (Norway)and Mr Clini for Environment sector (Italy)
First High level Preparatory meeting in Italy (Milan, 10-12 March 08) Second High level Preparatory meeting to be held in Spain
(Madrid 22-24 October 08) Third High level Preparatory meeting to be held in Germany (Spring 09)
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Milan - March 2008: EEHC Conclusions (still unofficial..)
�Climate change as a framing issue, global facing regional
�National contributions to the process �Strengthen integration between H&E policies
in adaptation strategies � Strengthen tools for policy making and
implementation of the E&H process (through existing legally binding instruments)
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Which contribution of this Working Group towards the Fifth Ministerial Conference on 2009?
Political pushing…?
� Side event on protocol water and health at the 2009 Conference? � Tenth Anniversary of the Protocol’s Adoption…� Facilitate the ratification process..
� Explicit mention in the Draft Ministerial declaration?� Negotiation in progress, next meeting October in Madrid..
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Which contribution of this Working Group towards the Fifth Ministerial Conference on 2009?
Technical synergies…
• Activities carried out under the Regional Priority Goal 1 of CEHAPE
• « We aim to prevent and reduce the morbidity and mortalility arising from gastrointestinal disorders and other health effects… »
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Thanks for your kind attention
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