International Capacity Building Workshop of Environmental Information
Disclosure
In this workshop, officials from the Department of Policies, Laws and
Regulations of the PRC Ministry of Environmental Protection, experts
from the US and scholars from Faculty of Law, HKU will convene to
discuss the development of environmental information disclosure (EID)
in China and to examine other countries' experiences with EID.
Chinese delegates from different provinces will also share their
experiences on EID implementation.
This workshop will take place between 6 September 2008 (Saturday)
from 9:00am to 5:00pm and 7 September 2008 (Sunday)from 9:00am
to 1:10pm.
Outline and schedule of the workshop:
6 SEPTEMBER 2008, SATURDAY
09:00-12:30 OPENING CEREMONY
KEYNOTE SPEECH I: 'Status Quo and Prospects of EID in China'
Speech given by representative official of the Department of Policies,
Laws and Regulations, Ministry of Environmental Protection
KEYNOTE SPEECH II: 'Review on Implementing EID in the Law
Enforcement Supervision System'
Speech given by representative official of the Ministry of
Environmental Protection
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 PANEL DISCUSSION I - 'Experience and Cases of EID in
Hong Kong'
15:30-17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION II - 'Experience and Cases of EID in
USA'
7 SEPTEMBER 2008, SUNDAY
09:00-10:20 PANEL DISCUSSION III - 'Practice of EID: Case Study
on Local Regulations in Shenyang City'
10:20-11:50 PANEL DISCUSSION IV - 'Practice of EID: Case Study
of Zhenjiang City'
11:50-13:10 PANEL DISCUSSION V - 'Practice of EID: Case Study
of Greenpeace International'
Date/Time: 06/09/2008 (09:00-17:00) & 07/09/2008 (09:00-13:10)
Venue: MG 07, Main Building, HKU
Language: English
Registration Instruction: If you would like to attend the workshop or
any of the discussion sessions, please send your name, contact
details and indicate which of the discussion sessions you would like to
attend, by email to Yulin Cheng at [email protected]. Alternatively, you
may contact Yulin by phone at 2219 4777 to reserve a place.
Admission is free. Please note that reservation is subject to
availability.
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Yulin
Cheng by email at [email protected] or by phone at 22194777.