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PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER December 2007 / Volume 5, Issue 2 |
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The Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles is the leading global initiative promoting better urban air quality through the use of clean fuels and vehicles.
Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
6 GPM to take place 7-11 April 2008
The next Global Partnership Meeting will be held during the week of April 7 – 11th 2008 (exact venue and dates to be announced). It is expected that the sixth Global Partnership Meeting will look back at the past five years that the Partnership has been in existence during which it has become the leading global programme to promote cleaner fuels and vehicles in developing and transition countries. » More
Ministers Re-Commit to Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles at Environment for Europe Ministerial, Belgrade
FYR Macedonia Lead Phase-out Within Reach
During the Sixth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” in Belgrade 10 - 12 October 2007 ministers and high-level officials from 51 UN Economic Commission fro Europe (UNECE) member states and the European Commission,
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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries to meet in Manama, Bahrain
A major meeting of 15 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and North African countries of the League of Arab States (LAS) are scheduled to meet in Bahrain 12-13 March 2008 to discuss clean fuels and vehicles in the region. » More
PCFV Technical Mission to Serbia
The world is going unleaded - with only 18 countries left still selling leaded gasoline, the end 2008 global deadline to eliminate leaded petrol is within reach. In southeast Europe, only three countries have yet to commit to meet the target for next year (FYR Macedonia is already committed to January 2008). In the region, Serbia is the key to eliminating leaded petrol in Europe, given its status as exporter to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The government expects to ban leaded petrol between 2009 and 2010. » More
Following the South America Sulphur in Vehicle Fuels Conference of February 2007 in Quito, where participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Suriname agreed that a subregional target of 50 parts per million sulphur diesel is attainable by all countries within the next few years, the UNEP-based Clearing-House of the PCFV has been working together with partners in the region and the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure that low sulphur fuels and cleaner vehicles standards for improved air quality are on the forum agenda and will be discussed by ministers during the ministerial segment. » More
National Sensitisation Workshop on Clean fuels and Vehicles in Liberia
A national sensitisation workshop on clean fuels and vehicles was held on 20-21 November, 2007 in Monrovia, Liberia. The more than 70 participants drawn from the various government agencies including Ministries of Health, Energy and Transport,
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PCFV Fundraising
The Clearing House would like to acknowledge several partners that have over the past half year provided additional funding for the implementation of PCFV activities:
- ACFA is providing USD 70,000 for the organisation of a sub-regional workshop in Gulf Cooperation States.
- Afton Chemicals has provided USD 7,500 for general PCFV activities.
- The USEPA has provided USD 150,000 to be used for Asia, Latin America and outreach.
- The Netherlands Government is providing USD 135,000 for Africa. Central and Eastern Europe (incl. Turkey)
- and the FIA Foundation renewed their support project, providing USD 50,000 per year, for another three years (until 2010)
More News !
ICCT Visits PCFV Clearing-House at UNEP Nairobi
APINA planning meeting in Zimbabwe
50 ppm diesel in Bogota from 2010
Up coming Events of note
Conference on Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)
24 - 25 January, 2008, Tbilisi, Georgia
contact elisa.dumitrescu@unep.org
Low Sulphur Fuels @ the Sixteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean
27th January - 1st February 2008, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
contact elisa.dumitrescu@unep.org
Sub-regional workshop for North Africa on leaded gasoline phase out
February 2008
contact jane.akumu@unep.org
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Policy Development meeting on Clean Fuels and Vehicles
12-13 March 2008
contact mary.mmukindia@unep.org
Better Air Quality for Sub-Saharan African Cities (BAQ-SSA) follow up workshop for SADC region
March 2008
contact jane.akumu@unep.org
6th Global Partnership Meeting
7-11 April 2008
contact rob.jong@unep.org
