Fourth annual regional conference - GREEN ECONOMY - Environmental protection - The challenge for Serbia and the region

Business Info Group Under Institutional Patronage of Ministry of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia

IV ANNUAL CONFERENCE GREEN ECONOMY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION – THE CHALLENGE FOR SERBIA AND THE REGION
Hotel Hyatt, Belgrade, 1st of March 2013 at 11 o clock

Green economy has become integral part of developed societies and more present is awareness that this concept should be applied now and not leaves it for the future.

In addition to strategic importance of further regionally and Serbia’s development recently it has become clear that this industry is big economic chance and inexhaustible industrial resource in different areas directly or indirectly connected with sustainable development of the community.

This year, fourth annual conference "Green economy” for the first time will gather representatives of the Governments from region, and like always representatives of green business, so as the representatives of the European Union, Serbian Government, international institutions, and business associations. This Conference will be an opportunity to exchange experiences, put out new proposals and to effect on decision makers to introduce the solutions that meet interests of the industry, and the whole community and at the same time help Serbia to meet the European standards in this area.

This work must be accompanied by a good public support, companies, civil society and representatives of the European institutions, so your presence at this conference will be very significant. Previous „Green Serbia "conferences attended more than 600 participants from relevant companies and institutions.

The Conference will be, as always before, covered by all print and electronic media in Serbia and because of the importance of the topics and present guests we are sure that they will inform public about main conclusions and presentations of the speakers on the Conference.

INVITED SPEAKERS

PANEL I

• Ms. Zorana Mihajlovic , Minister of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia – CONFIRMED
• Mrs. Srebrenka Golic, Minister of Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology of Republic of Srpska – CONFIRMED
• Mrs. Sonja Lepitkova, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Republic of Macedonia - CONFIRMED
• H.E, Ambassador, Vincent Degert, Head of the Delegation of European Union to the Republic of Serbia - CONFIRMED
• Mrs. Ivana Vojinovic, Assistant Minister of Environment Department in Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism of Montenegro   – CONFIRMED
• Mr. Dragan Stankovic, President, EZO Grupa - CONFIRMED
• Company representatives from environmental, recycling and renewable energy sources sector

PANEL II

• Mr. Ljubomir Aksentijevic, Adviser of minister of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia – CONFIRMED
• Mr. Georg Rebernig, Managing Director of Environment Agency Austria - CONFIRMED
• Mr. Jürg Staudenmann, Deputy Representative, UNDP in Republic of Serbia – CONFIRMED
• Mr. Klaus Schmidt, Project leader of IMPACT project- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - CONFIRMED
• Mr. Viktor Simoncic, Environmental Consultant, Repblic of Croatia – CONFIRMED
• Henri Bonhnet, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Director - CONFIRMED
• Mauro Malizia, Gestindustria S.r.l. , Republic of Italy - CONFIRMED

SOME OF THE CONFERENCE TOPICS

TOPIC I - INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN THE REGION

• Trans boundary movement of waste in the region
• Implementation of the end of waste directive
• Waste centres - joint investments
• Hazardous waste in the region –monitoring and control
  

TOPIC II - INDUSTRY OF RECYCLING IN SERBIA

• Redesign of the recycling industry regulations
• Recycling industry capacities – system management and control
• Industrial waste statistic
• Inspection control and generator obligation
• Remediation of hot spots

TOPIC III -  ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT – EUROPEAN PRACTICE

• How to make a sustainable system of recycling industry
• Does Serbia need "EKOFUND"
• Transparency in the recycling industry funding
• Business predictability and adaptation to EU directives

TOPIC IV - RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

This year, fourth annual conference "Green economy” for the first time will gather representatives of the Governments from region, and like always representatives of green business, so as the representatives of the European Union, Serbian Government, international institutions, and business associations. This Conference will be an opportunity to exchange experiences, put out new proposals and to effect on decision makers to introduce the solutions that meet interests of the industry, and the whole community and at the same time help Serbia to meet the European standards in this area.