First Regional Workshop on Green Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production in Tbilisi, 6 May

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) along with the Ministry of Environment Protection and Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia jointly organize the First Regional Workshop on Green Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). 

This workshop is designed to raise awareness on Green Economy and SCP approaches, review the overall SCP status progress in the Eastern Neighbourhood sub-region, exchange experiences and to learn more about case studies and success stories. During the workshop, several experts will deliver presentations on: the status of the SCP patterns in the Eastern Neighbourhood countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), organic agriculture opportunities, sustainable lifestyle and education, eco-innovations, waste management and green jobs, sustainable public procurement, and other measures for the green economy and sustainable consumption and production. Participants will also have the opportunity to join a working group session on how to evaluate the status of the SCP policy in their country.

The regional workshop is primarily targeted at policy-makers, representatives from civil society, and business sector representatives from the EU’s six EaP countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Approximately 45 participants will attend the workshop.

This workshop is organized within the implementation of the ‘Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood’ programme (hereinafter EaP GREEN), which is financed by the European Commission and overseen[AM1]  by the four partner organizations OECD, UNECE, UNEP and UNIDO. UNEP is leading the implementation of the activity component ‘1.1. Supporting strategic policy setting’. Under this component, UNEP will provide support for the Eastern Neighbourhood countries to develop their national Green Economy (GE) and Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) policy framework, which integrates resource efficiency and SCP elements into national economic and development planning and implementation processes.

The venue of the workshop is Hotel Holiday Inn Tbilisi (1 Twentysix May Square, 0171 Tbilisi). The working languages of the meeting are English and Russian.

For more information and the Agenda of the meeting:

http://www.unep.org/roe/Portals/139/documents/EaPGreen/Agenda_draft_GE-SCP_reg_wkshp_may2014.pdf

or: http://www.oecd.org/env/outreach/eapgreen.htm

Media contacts:

Isabelle Valentiny, Information Officer, UNEP Geneva, +41 22 917 8404 or isabelle.valentiny@unep.org