In an "Introduction to the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)", experts from international organizations and national governments will explore how public participation practices within chemicals policy have been inspired by the Aarhus Convention.
The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is a global policy framework to support the achievement of the goal of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) that by 2020 chemicals are produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health.
The SAICM side event is scheduled to be held on the opening day of the third Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, 11 June 2008, from 13.15 to 14.45 in the Sigma Room, Reval Hotel Latvija, in Riga. The event is being co-organized by the SAICM Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Mr. Ivan Narkevitch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (Belarus), will chair the event.
The third Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention will be held from 11 to 13 June 2008. More 400 participants from more than 40 countries are expected to attend the meeting.
