The OECD and environmental policy

Capacity Building Workshop – How can civil society engage

with the Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee and the Environmental Policy Committee

Tuesday 6 December 2022 | 13:00 – 15:00 CET

Online | Register here

The EEB in cooperation with the OECD’s Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee (CBC) and the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) is organising a capacity building session for environmental Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to better understand the work the OECD does on chemicals and how environmental CSOs can engage and collaborate for shaping better environmental policies.

Through the interventions from OECD representatives , EEB staff and other CSOs this session will allow you to better understand how the CBC is organised and how it collaborates with EPOC. CSOs will have the opportunity to better know how different Working Parties, Working Groups and Experts meetings function and which opportunities they have to contribute to the work led by the OECD.

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) coordinates the voice of environmental organisations within the OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC).

PROGRAMME

• Welcome by the EEB
• Presentation of the Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee (CBC), by Bob Diderich, Head of Division Environment, Health and Safety Division.
• How CBC and EPOC collaborate together for building better environmental policies, by Amy Plantin, Senior Advisor and Executive Secretary of the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC).
• Good engagement practices and challenges presented by environmental CSOs active at the OECD . By the EEB and other environmental NGOs (TBC).
• Q&A
• Closing words – by the OECD and EEB

If you have questions about the content of this session please contact: sonia.goicoechea@eeb.og