4th meeting of expert panel (Paris)

The Fourth Meeting of the Expert Panel (EPNB-4) took place in Paris, France, on Friday, October 29. We wish to thank our hosts (INERIS) who made their city office available to us.

Detailed agenda:

Morning session (9:00 - 12:00 a.m.)

• Welcome / introduction
• EPNB and its status after the meeting in Prague
• Feedback from and status of TFRN, including a report from the costings workshop (Wilfried Winiwarter)
• OECD indicators (Kevin Parris - no file available)
• Overview on the Eurostat project DireDate (Anne Miek Kremer)
• Requirements for guidance document (Albert Bleeker)
• Budgets and balances: potential for extension of existing approaches beyond agriculture (Albert Bleeker; general discussion)
• Which information should EPNB request from countries, supporting (and adding to) OECD's and Eurostat's data collection activities? (Wilfried Winiwarter; general discussion)

Afternoon session (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

• Status and further of data template (Adrian Leip - see also the background material)
• Guidance document for Excel Tool - who can contribute? (general discussion)
• new country results:
  • Switzerland (Jürg Heldstab)
  • Germany (Markus Geupel)
  • Canada (Tom Clair)
• AOB

Please contact the expert panel's co-chairs in case you wish to attend the meeting, or in case of any question.