Policy Integration and Implementation

Hosted by The Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources

Conference Programme

Thursday, 17 September 1998
18:00-18:30	Focal Point meeting
18:45	Bus transport from Hotel Gustavelund to Halosenniemi
19:00	Welcoming reception in Halosenniemi, former home of Finnish painter Pekka Halonen (also Pekka Halosen; 1865-1933); [alt. link (Finnish)]. Host: Dr. Kalevi Hemilä, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
21:00	Bus transport back to Hotel Gustavelund
21:30	Meeting of working group chairpersons and rapporteurs

Friday, 18 September 1998
09:00-12:15	Plenary session Chair: Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone, English Nature
09:00-09:15	Opening words Jari Koskinen, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources
09:15-09:20	Focal Point Information Service: review Professor Eckard Rehbinder, Umweltrat, Germany (Chairman of the Focal Point Steering Committee)
09:20-09:40	Environmental policy integration at the EU level - next steps Nicholas Hanley, European Commission, DG XI
09:40-09:55	Discussion
09:55-10:15	Environmental policy integration - some measures of success? David Gee, European Environment Agency
10:15-10:30	Discussion
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:15	Environmental policy integration at a national level Jan-Jaap de Graeff, VROM-raad, Netherlands
11:20-11:35	Environmental policy integration at a local level Hubert David, MiNa-Raad, Belgium
11:40-11:55	Environmental policy integration in Finland Hannele Nyroos, Finnish Ministry of the Environment
12:00-12:15	Sectoral workshops - aims and objectives Harriet Lonka, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources / Organizing Committee
12:15-13:45	Lunch, Hotel Gustavelund
13:45-17:00	Sectoral workshops: Environmental policy integration and implementation
Workshop 1:	Forest policy Chair / Rapporteur: Anders Portin, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Professor Heinrich Wohlmeyer, Austrian Association for Agricultural Research
Workshop 2:	Agricultural policy Chair / Rapporteur: Sue Collins, English Nature, Professor Hubert Wiggering, Umweltrat, Germany
Workshop 3:	Tourism Chair / Rapporteur: Gareth Roberts, Countryside Council for Wales, Teun Klumpers, Dutch Council for the Rural Area
Workshop 4:	Transport and infrastructure Chair / Rapporteur: Dr. David Lewis, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Luc Goeteyn, MiNa-Raad, Belgium
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
19:00-22:00	Dinner at Krapihovi Restaurant on Lake Tuusula, built in 1883. Host: Dr. Markku Nurmi, Director General, Ministry of the Environment

Saturday, 19 September 1998
09:00-12:15	Plenary session Chair: Veikko Marttila, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources
09:00-10:30	Conclusions from the workshops and discussion (Rapporteurs)
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:30	General conclusions and discussion Veikko Marttila & Harriet Lonka, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources
11:30-12:00	General business to include: - Follow-up action to the 6th Annual Conference - Theme and place of next annual conference - Election of new Steering Committee Chair Professor Eckard Rehbinder, Umweltrat, Germany (Chairman of the Focal Point Steering Committee)
12:00-12:15	Closing words Klaus Hellberg, Finnish Council for Environment and Natural Resources
12:15-13:00	Lunch
13:00-22:00	Excursion Guide: Raimo Koskinen, UPM-Kymmene Metsä/Forest
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13:00	Conference Excursion - Visit to Kuumola Farm, Hyvinkää - Forest management by UPM-Kymmene, Janakkala - Dinner at UPM-Kymmene's Kesijärvi Lodge
22:00	Return to Hotel Gustavelund, Tuusula