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COMMON FORUM NEWS NR. 34 Meeting in Rotterdam 28 & 29 februari 2008

By Joop | January 23, 2008

Dear All,

Our next meeting will be held in Rotterdam on Thursday 28 and  Friday 29 February 2008. Please read the general info about the meeting and the preliminary agenda below. Attached to this message is a copy of EUGRIS news -eugris-2007-12-21.doc, for your information

COMMON FORUM MEETING LOCATION:
The meeting will take place at the  Bilderberg Parkhotel Rotterdam, 15 minutes walk from Rotterdam Central station. See hotel website <http://www.hotels.nl/rotterdam/parkhotel/> for more information and maps.
The VROM Ministry made a pre-reservation for rooms at this hotel for 27 and 28 februari. Roomrates are € 162,50 including breakfast.
PLEASE NOTIFY Margot Meier BEFORE 31 JANUARY  by email : <Margot.Meijer@minvrom.nl> if you want to book a room at this hotel. There are lower costs hotels in the neighbourhood.  Other options close to the meeting place  are:

Hilton Rotterdam, Address: Weena 10,  € 84,-  incl. breakfast.
Hotel One, Address: Westersingel 1, € 89,- incl. breakfast,
Hotel Van Walsum, Address:  Mathenersserlaan 199-201, € 90 without breakfast.

If you have further questions please send a mail to Margot Meijer  <Margot.Meijer@minvrom.nl>

TRAVEL to ROTTERDAM
I you arrive at Schiphol airport there is a direct train every 30 minutes which calls at Rotterdam CS (central station).
Rotterdam CS can be reached from Paris by Thalys TGV and from Brussels by normal trains ( every hour) as well.
For some of you it would be possible to fly directly to Rotterdam airport. Take bus 33  and reach Rotterdam Central Station in 26 minutes

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

THE AGENDA OF THE COMMON FORUM MEETING
The agenda will cover 4 main topics:
A] The renewing and strengthening of cooperation between EU memberstates concerning contaminated land ( including groundwater)
We will invite speakers from some EU countries to present their national approaches for contaminated land and to present the main issues where their national policy  could benefit from international exchange of experiences. We will focus on those countries that do not regularly attend our meetings, mostly for financial reasons. The Dutch ministry has reserved some budget for this meeting  to pay travel and hotel costs for these invited countries. The conclusions from these presentations will be used in group discussions on how to continue COMMON FORUM more effectively concerning mutual support of national policies in EU memberstates.

B] Ideas on regional approaches for contaminated groundwater resulting from clusters of contaminated sites.
This theme wlil consist of presentations and a field trip in Rotterdam

C] EU policy:  The soil framework directive and developments concerning IPPC directive

D] The continuation of the COMMON FORUM secretariat
A report about the COMMON FORUM secretariat and the activities of COMMON FORUM from 2005 till 2008) will be sent to you before the meeting

The agenda will be approximately scheduled approximately as follows:

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)

Best regards,
Joop

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