Archive for May, 2006

COMMON FORUM NEWS NR. 11

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Dear All,
Please find the agenda for the meeting in Budapest attached to this mail[CFagendafinal.doc]. There are some changes compared to the draft agenda, the most important one is that we are going on a field trip to visit an Hungarian remediation project immediately after the end of the first meeting day. Immediately after the visit we will go to the restaurant to enjoy dinner. So there is no time ( exept in emergency situations) to go to your hotel between the meeting and the dinner unless you want to skip the field trip.

For those arriving on wednesday 7 there will be a welcome get together in the Belgian Beer place near the Hungarian Environment ministry.

Regards,

Meeting Agenda

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

COMMON FORUM:

Next meeting: 28-29 februari 2008 Rotterdam, the Netherlands

MEETING PROGRAMME

Wednesday 27 Februari:
17.30: Get together ( drinks and snacks) in Bilderberg Parkhotel. Some dinnersuggestions will be provided.

Thurday 28 Februari:
10.00 COMMON FORUM meeting in Bilderberg Parkhotel.
16.30 Field trip
19.00 Drinks and snacks on the EUROMAST tower
20.00 till 22.00 Buffet dinner at the EUROMAST

Friday 29 Februari
9.00 COMMON FORUM meeting in Bilderberg Parkhotel.
15.00 End of meeting

AGENDA

Day one:
10:00 Opening and general matters
-three 20 min  presentations concerning national policies
Coffee/tea break : 11:30- 12:00
-three 20 min. presentations concerning national policies
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Group discussions
Coffee/tea break : 14:00-15:30
15:30- 16: 00 New policy approaches for groundwater contamination
16:30 Introduction to field trip and departure to field trip ( drinks and dinner will be “integrated” in the field trip)

Day 2
9:00: Review of the results of the discussion on day one, plenary discussion
9:30 Soil framework directive, current situation and need for further COMMON FORUM initiatives
Coffee/tea break : 10:30- 11:00
11:00- 12:00 Continuation of SFD discussion or about other issues and concerns like IPPC
Lunch 12:00-13:00
13:00 - 14: 00 discussion about the continuation of the COMMON FORUM secretariat, including financial aspects.
14:00 -15:00 Any other business (next meetings, next topics, research news)

COMMON FORUM NEWS NR 10

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Dear All,
Please find attached a draft meeting agenda [CFagenda.doc]. The meeting location is Budapest, Fő utca 44-50. This is the address of the Ministry of Environment and Water. The meeting room will be on the 7nd floor. The Ministry is on the Buda side of the Danube-bank near the “Batthyany” square where you can find an underground connection, from here two minutes walk to the Ministry.

I have the following questions:
1] Do you have comments/ suggestions concerning the meeting agenda
2] Could you please confirm your presence or absence at the meeting in Budapest THIS WEEK

Best regards,