Under the EU, OECD, UNECE, UNEP, and UNIDO’s partnership project “Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood” (EaP GREEN), UNEP will in collaboration with Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development hold the First Regional Workshop on Green Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP).

The workshop is intended to raise awareness about greening the economy and SCP approaches, review the overall SCP status progress in the Eastern Neighbourhood subregion, and exchange experiences and success stories.

During the workshop, experts will speak on: the status of the SCP patterns in the Eastern Neighbourhood countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of 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.

The workshop is primarily targeted to policymakers, civil society and business sector representatives from the six EU's EaP countries, with some 50 participants are expected to attend.

More information: rie.tsutsumi@unep.org

The secretariats of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) invite everyone to join in celebrating  the ninth annual World Migratory Bird Day by organizing local events such as bird watching, festivals, exhibitions, presentations, bird counts and other education and public events.

On the second weekend of May every year, people and organizations around the world hold events to mark World Migratory Bird Day, celebrating migratory birds and raising awareness about the need to protect and conserve them. Since 2006, the Day has been celebrated in over 130 countries.

A dedicated website introduces this year’s theme:  “Destination Flyways: Migratory Birds and Tourism”. The theme highlights the links between migratory bird conservation, local community development and wildlife-watching tourism around the world.

A benefit concert will be held in Bonn to mark the Day.  Following last year’s success, the Corale Lirica San Rocco, Bologna’s opera choir, has generously offered to perform again this year in support of the campaign. The new element this year is the participation of the choir of Deutsche Welle, the German international broadcasting service.

The World Migratory Bird Day campaign, which is jointly organized by the CMS and AEWA secretariats, is also supported by a growing number of partners, including UNEP.  

To order posters, postcards and stickers or to register your own event, please visit us at:
www.worldmigratorybirdday.org
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or contact us at: contact@worldmigratorybirdday.org