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Some reflections from UNEA6@UNEP 2024 participation

SDG Summit 2023, UN HQ, New York

Recap: 6 Key Tasks at COP27

50 Years of Environmental Policy: The People’s Environment Narrative 

Happening at UNEP: OEWG1- Science-Policy Panel and pre-event webinar on Lessons learned for the Science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and prevention of pollution

4th Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering SAICM and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020, Bucharest 2022

Integrated chemicals and waste management approach and SAICM beyond 2020

UNEP@50 and World Environment Day

BE CONNECTED WITH THE REGIONAL UNECE FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

New EASD online course in English and Serbian – FOSTERING FEMALE LEADERSHIP: TRAINING WOMEN TO ADDRESS CHEMICALS AND WASTE IN THE PUBLIC SETTING

Invitation to civil society organizations to take part in the Regional consultation meeting for the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5)

Further on the road to UNEA 5.2, UNEP@50, and Stockholm+50

Satellite-like activity in Serbia (and region): Serious of “Seminars for Climate and Environment Ambassadors”

EASD participated at UNEP Mercury releases from Coal Combustion Area Meeting – 28 September 2021

EASD representative participated at UNDP organized Meeting: “SERBIA’S CLIMATE TALKS – on the way to Glasgow”, September 22, 2021

EASD representative participated at  UN organized Meeting: STRENGTHENING DATA AND INDICATOR FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION OF AGENDA 2030, September 21, 2021

EASD and European Climate Pact Ambassador participate at ACUNS Annual Meeting

Virtually we are in Nairobi: participating at The Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum , the fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, Science-Policy Forum and the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.1)

2020: EASD quadrennial report at the 2020 regular session of the ECOSOC of the United Nations Committee on NGOs

EASD contributed to the preparation of the UNEP “Researchathon”

2020 Annual Meeting – UN @ 75: The Future of Partnership and Multilateralism, we participate

EASD join the process of preparation for High Level Political Forum 2020

Feminist response to Covid19

June 5,2020 – EnE20 Conference “Citizen science: Focus on Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals”

EASD is engaged with its preparatory process and exchange views with Major Groups towards UNEA5

March 2020:  EnE20 Conference “Citizen science: Focus on Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals”, planned for June 5th, 2020

July 2019: Serbia and Agenda 2030 – Shadow Report to Voluntary National Report presented by EASD President in UN New York

June 2019: Establishment of the South East European Platform to Beat Pollution – SEEPP

WEBINAR – Regional Forum of Sustainable Development (RFSD) for the UNECE Region : we participate