As always I have to disappoint some COMMON FORUM members and guests who prefered to meet in October. The majority of respondents to my previous mail were in favour of 2 and 3 November. The agenda will ( most likely) cover the following subjects:
a] Contaminated land remediation funding and EU guidelines concerning state aid
This will be the topic of the in-depth group discussion on the afternoon of 2 November. There are some offers for small presentations on national experiences with state aid, but most COMMON FORUM members asked for a keynote presentation by an expert from the EU commission. I will try to invite someone from DG competition to give a presentation on recent EU views concerning state aid and contaminated land remediation funding.
b] The soil framework directive (if it is published before the meeting)
If the soil strategy and the framework directive are published before the meeting we should devote some time to discuss these. I do hope to have some news about this sometime before the meeting in view of the planning of the agenda. If not we should accept a flexible agenda to cope with last minute developments.
c] News about national policy developments
Some members asked to organize a tour de table session with very limited speaking time for each. I will send some ideas for a focussed approach together with the final agenda for the meeting
d] Developments in EU research and projects related to COMMON FORUM, including the exploratory study on expertise centers in the field of urban soil ecosystems discussed in Budapest
e] Next meeting ( most probably in Germany)
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