Can legacies of the past offer opportunities for a sustainable future?

Agenda

Welcome
Gaetano Leone, Deputy Director, UNEP Regional Office for Europe

Introduction
Jon Kahn, Director, International Division, Swedish Ministry of the Environment (Moderator)

Panel presentations:

• Overview of current situation and trends in production and consumption patterns in the SEE and EECCA countries – do legacies of the past offer opportunities?
  Pawel Kazmierczyk, SCP Project Manager, EEA, and Rie Tsutsumi, Programme Officer, UNEP Regional Office for Europe
• View from the region: priorities for making production and consumption more sustainable
  Yan Tsygankov, Deputy Director, Russian Cleaner Production Centre
• Improving eco-efficiency in industry – success stories from Cleaner Production Centres
  Petra Schwager, Industrial Development Officer, UNIDO
• What opportunities does ‘sustainability’ create for the business sector and what policies and actions can be taken to make it happen?
  Michael Kuhndt, Head, UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre for SCP

Discussion