ACTIVITIES / Commissions meetings
DEVE : Commission for Sustainable Development
27/02/2006 - Round table on the "Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste" and the proposal for a "Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste" - Brussels, Committee of the Regions
30/11/2005 - "The Landfill Directive - A practical solution?" - Brussels, Conference Centre Borschette
Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, the “Landfill Directive”, establishes a set of technical requirements for the design, operation, closure and after-care of landfills. Its objective is to help prevent or attenuate the negative effects that landfill sites can have on the environment or human health. Local and regional authorities are, to a large degree, responsible for putting this directive into daily practice. In order to learn more about the on-the-ground implementation of the directive the European Commission has asked the Committee of the Regions to make a report on “The implementation of the Landfill Directive at regional and local level”. This report will be presented at the conference “The Landfill Directive - A practical solution?” on 30 November 2005, in Brussels (Conference Centre Borschette), which is being jointly organised by the European Commission and the Committee of the 
Regions. This conference shall give an overview of the state of the implementation of the Directive, discuss problems, give examples of best practice and elaborate perspectives for the future.
- Invitation to the conference: EN - FR - DE - IT - NL - CS
- OUTLOOK REPORT of the Committee of the Regions on The Implementation of the Directive on the Landfill of Waste (1999/31/EC) at Regional and Local Level: DA - DE - EL - EN - ES - FI - FR - IT - NL - PT - SV
- Programme : EN - FR - DE - IT - NL - CS
- Presentations:
- Mr Peter Carl new Director General of DG Environment - ‘The Landfill Directive – an integral part of the EU waste prevention and recycling policy’
- Ms Caroline Jackson - Member of the European Parliament, former rapporteur on the Landfill Directive - The Landfill Directive - A Reflection from the European Parliament
- Mr Wim van Gelder, Committee of the Regions Rapporteur on “The implementation of the Landfill Directive at regional and local level” – Presentation of the Landfill Report of the Committee of the Regions
- Mr Bill Duncan - Assurre (Association for the Sustainable Use and Recovery of Ressources in Europe) - The Landfill Directive - Leverage to integrate sustainable solutions
- Mr John Hontelez, Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau - An NGO snapshot on the implementation of the Landfill Directive - what lessons ?
- Mr Heijo Scharff, European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD) - The regulatory Framework - enabling sustainable landfills ?
- Mr Ben Jennings and Ms Liz Poulter, The "Don't let DEVON go to Waste" Campaign
- Mr Václav Horák, Vice-president of the Southern Moravia Region, Czech Republic – Implementing the Landfill Directive in a new Member State
- Mr Pinto Rodrigues, Chief Executive Officer of VALNOR (Valorização e Tratamentos de Resíduos Sólidos do Norte Alentejano) - Towards sustainable landfilling and waste policies in Northern Alentejo
- Mr Georges-Stavros Kremlis, DG ENV, Head of Unit Cohesion Policy and Environmental Impact Assessment, Landfills and the cohesion policy
- Mr Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner for the Environment
- Speech by Sir Albert Bore concluding the conference on the implementation of the Lanfill Directive - 30 November 2005
27/06/2005 - Round-table of the Commission for Sustainable Development: The regions, the genetically modified organisms and the co-existence
Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 101
- Programme: DA - DE - EL - EN - ES - FI - FR - IT - NL - PT - SV
- Mr Marc Van Montagu , Professor Emeritus, University of Ghent, scientific advisor, Department of biology and plants
- Mr Gianluca Brunori , professor of agriculture economics, University of Pisa (Italy)
- Mr Ricardo Serra , Vice-President of COPA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union)
- Mr Robert Remy , food policy expert, Association des Consommateurs Test-Achats S.C.
- Mme Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissaire européenne à l'agriculture et au développement rural
27/05/2005 - Civil protection and crossborder cooperation - a greater role for regional and local authorities
Friday, 27 May 2005 Udine (Italy)
Mr Isidoro Gottardo, member of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Council has invited the Commission for Sustainable Development (DEVE) to hold a seminar on civil protection and crossborder protection: a greater role for regional and local authorities in Udine. The seminar will focus on how regional and local government can contribute towards preventing and managing natural disasters. The participants will examine examples of good practice and the potential for promoting civil protection through Community action.
- Programme
- Invitation to the seminar
- Information note
- Mr Guy Bley, EU Presidency, Head of the Civil Protection Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs - Civil protection under the Luxemburg Presidency
- Mr Gilles Vincent, European Commission, DG Environment - Presentation of the new legislative proposals for a Rapid Response and Preparedness Instrument for Major Emergencies and the EU Solidarity Fund
- Mrs Claudia FILIPPONE, Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - The main civil protection challenges for regional and local authorities - the approach of the Congress
- Mr Guglielmo Berlasso, Director at the Civil Protection Ministry in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region - The experience of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
- Mr Egon Rauter, Managing Director of Society of National Defense and Security Politics in Carinzia - The Austrian experience
- Mr Branko Dervodel, Deputy Director General of the Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief - The Slovenian experience