Public participation Task Force meets in Geneva

Eight meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making under the Aarhus Convention  was be held in Geneva, October 8 - 9, 2018. The Task Force discussed items of a systemic nature on ensuring effective public participation, namely: (i) meaningful and early public participation; (ii) the availability of all relevant documents to the public; (iii) effective notification and time frames for public participation; and (vi) ensuring that greater account is taken of the comments from the public in the final decisions, and ensuring the appropriate provision of feedback on how the public’s comments have been taken into account in the decisions. Meeting documents are available from the meeting webpage: https://www.unece.org/env/pp/aarhus/ppdm8.html