Eighteenth Council Regular Session and JPAC Regular Session
Palais des congrès
1001, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montréal, Québec, H2Z 1H2
Canada
21 and 22 June, 2011
Public
The CEC’s annual Council Session will take place on 22 June, with much of the agenda open to the public to attend as observers. Council members—Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent, US EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Juan Elvira Quesada—will participate in a forum where selected members of the public will make presentations of up to five minutes on matters related to the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation or CEC endeavors.
The CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee will hold its regular session on the same day to discuss possible recommendations to Council, including with respect to issues explored in the previous day’s public forum on managing e-waste in North America. The public may also participate in this session as observers.
JPAC – Managing E-waste in North America: A Public Forum
A forum organized by the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) to discuss the rapidly growing amount of electronic waste in North America and ways Canada, Mexico and the United States can promote better management of e-waste through product design, recycling and enforcement cooperation to halt illegal trade of discarded electronic products within and from North America. Forum results will help JPAC in its consideration of possible recommendations to the CEC Council.
- CEC Ministerial Statement – 2011 — Eighteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council
- Advice to Council 11-03 — Managing E-waste in North America
- Summary Record — Eighteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council
- Record of Discussion – Regular Session No. 11-02 — Public forum to examine the issues surrounding the rapidly growing amount of electronic waste in North America
Agenda
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Palais des congrès, Room 511a
Registration of Participants
Question and answer period
Break
E-waste: Inter-agency Enforcement Cooperation under the CEC
Director de Inspección de Residuos Peligrosos, Dirección General de Inspección y Vigilancia en Puertos, Aeropuertos y Fronteras, Profepa
Question and answer period
Report on the results from the CEC workshop in Guadalajara and upcoming work to promote environmentally-sound management practices in small and medium-size enterprises, specifically e-waste recyclers and refurbishers.
Subdirector de Estudios sobre Sustancias Químicas, Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE), on behalf of the e-waste officials group
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Question and answer period
Intercontinental Hotel, Maisonneuve Room
Networking Lunch (provided)
Roundtable discussion on opportunities to promote better management of e-waste in North America
Wrap-up by Irasema Coronado, JPAC Chair
Palais des congrès, Room 511abde
Networking Session for the Public
The public is invited to meet and exchange views on North American environmental issues. JPAC members will attend as observers. Participants should appoint the chair for this session, who will present a summary at the public portion of the Council Session on 22 June.
The Montreal Biosphere
Welcoming Reception and Official Opening of the XVIIIth Regular Session of Council
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Palais des congrès 511a
Registration of Participants
Palais des congrès, Room 511abde
JPAC Regular Session 11-02, open to the public
Report from the National and Governmental Advisory Committee representatives
JPAC discussion on a potential Advice to Council
Observers’ comments
Break
Palais des congrès, Room 511abde
Building Healthy Communities and Ecosystems by Tracking and Managing Pollutants of Common Concern: the CEC’s North American PRTR Project and Mercury Initiatives
Intercontinental Hotel, Maisonneuve Room
Lunch (provided)
Palais des congrès, Room 511abde
Progress report
Highlights of 2011–2012 Operational Plan Activities:
North American Grasslands: Management Initiatives and Partnerships to Enhance Ecosystem and Community Resilience
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Big Bend-Río Bravo Collaboration for Transboundary Landscape Conservation/North American Invasive Species Network
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Improving Indoor Air Quality in Alaskan Native Populations and other Indigenous Communities in North America
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Council discussion on the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA)
Break
Palais des congrès, Room 511abde
Council public meeting
- Introduction on the conduct of the session Irasema Coronado, JPAC Chair
- Reports on the JPAC Public Forum and on the results of the Networking Session
- Statements by pre-selected presenters
- Comments by Council members
Palais des congrès
Council session closing
- Signing of Council resolutions and ministerial statement
- Closing remarks Secretary Elvira, and Passing the Torch: New Council Chair and Announcement of 2012 Council Session Administrator Jackson
- Concluding remarks by the Session Chair, Minister Kent
End of Session