Documentation from EGP-Guizhou events

Final Conference of the EGP-Guizhou Project

On Thursday 12th March 2015, the Final Conference of the EGP-Guizhou project was successfully held in the Howard Johnson Plaza, in Guiyang, Guizhou Province. For the Final Conference, local stakeholders from all target groups were invited as well as representatives from MEP and the EC. The aim with the Final Conference was to highlight the project’s outcomes and results as the project is reaching its end but also to discuss the next steps on developing environmental justice in Guizhou and China.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 831.5 kB)

Project Team - Presentation of results and impact generated by the EGP-Guizhou project (pdf, 1.2 MB)

Mr. Luo Guangqian - Impact of the EGP-Guizhou Project on present and future work in Environmental Court (pdf, 547.6 kB)

Mr. Dan Guttmann - Making law work: the experiences of EU environmental NGOs (pdf, 299.1 kB)

Ms. Bai Min - Third party supervision in practice (pdf, 837.7 kB)

European study tour, Sweden, 26-29 January

From Monday 26th to Thursday 29th of January 2015, a Europeanstudy tour took place in the cities of Stockholm, Falun and Borlänge in Sweden, inviting 9 participants from China as part of the EGP-Guizhou Project.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 608.4 kB)

Ms. Jeanette Häggroth - Remediation of contaminated sites in a Swedish perspective (pdf, 1.4 MB)

Ms. Erika Skogsjö/Ms Kristina Sjödin - The Geological Survey of Sweden (pdf, 2.9 MB)

Mr. Anders Lillenau - Land and Environment Court at Nacka District Court (pdf, 1.4 MB)

Mr. Magnus Westerstrand - County Administrative Board of Dalarna (pdf, 3.3 MB)

Mr. Ronny Arnberg - Bolänge Energy (pdf, 2.8 MB)

Sub-forum on Promoting the Environmental Governance of China - Best Practice Sharing from China (Guizhou) and Europe, Beijing, 11 January 2015

On Sunday 11th January 2015, a sub-forum was successfully held by the EGP-Guizhou project in connection to the “2014 All-China Environmental Non-Government Organizations Sustainable Development Annual Forum”. The event took place in the Yifu Conference Centre, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, inviting environmental NGO’s from all over China as well as other stakeholder involved in NGO affairs.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 710.9 kB)

Multi-stakeholder conference, Guiyang, 16 December 2014

On Tuesday 16th of December 2014, a one day multi-stakeholder conference was successfully held by the EGP-Guizhou project. The workshop took place in Shiguang Guizhou Hotel in Qingzhen City, Guizhou Province, inviting local multi-stakeholders including governmental officials from the Qingzhen municipal government, Environmental Protection Bureaus and the local ecological civilization center representatives from Guizhou companies, villagers, and NGOs, as well as representatives from the local TV center. Around 30 participants attended the conference.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 604.9 kB)

Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) Case Study – Part 2, Guiyang, 3 December 2014

With a goal of improving the capacity of relevant professionals and organizations to conduct environmental damage and risk assessment, e.g. the newly established Guizhou Environmental Risk and Pollution Damage Appraisal Centre (GERPDAC), the EGP-Guizhou project successfully organized the second part of the Case Study on Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) on December 3rd 2014 in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 599 kB)

Mr. Johan Strandberg - Environmental Damage Assessment of local coal mine (pdf, 4.5 MB)

Mr. Johan Strandberg - Advanced EDA Tools in an European Case (pdf, 6.4 MB)

Mr. Luo. Guangqian - Evidence collection  for illegal environmental cases (pdf, 641.5 kB)

Dr. Qi Ji - Introduction to the status of EDA related work in China (pdf, 3.3 MB)

Ms. Zhang Lu - The Introduction of Tianjin Environmental Damage Assessment Center (pdf, 3.5 MB)

Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) Case Study – Part 1, Guiyang ,18 September 2014

On Thursday September 18th 2014, Part 1 of the Case Study on Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) was successfully carried out by the EGP-Guizhou project. The training took place in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, especially inviting the staff from the newly established Guizhou Environmental Damage Assessment Centre (EDA Centre).

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 597.4 kB)

Mr. Johan Strandberg - Environmental Damage Assessment (pdf, 1.1 MB)

Workshop on Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) and Compensation in practice and policy, Guiyang, 2-3 April 2014
On Wednesday and Thursday2-3 April 2014, a two day workshop on Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) and Compensation in Practice and Policy was successfully held by the EGP-Guizhou project. The workshop took place in Guizhou Nationality Hotel in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, inviting local stakeholders and experts including both Chinese and European experts.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 740.6 kB)

EDA Overview in legislation in practice and policy (pdf, 529.9 kB)

Workshop Notice + Agenda + CV of speakers (pdf, 560.1 kB)

Mr. Richard Hardinman - Policy Implications of Partnership Projects (pdf, 552.7 kB)

Ms. Yu Fang - Overview on EDA & Compensation in China (pdf, 1.6 MB)

Mr. Scott Cole - Overview on EDA & Compensation in Europe: The EC's REMEDE Toolkit (pdf, 2.1 MB)

Mr. Yang Qiao - EDA & Compensation experience and case introduction in China (pdf, 1.9 MB)

Mr. Fabien Quétier - EDA & Compensation experience and case introduction in Europe (pdf, 2.3 MB)

Mr. Luo. Guangqian - EDA &Compensation experience and case introduction in Guizhou (pdf, 2 MB)

Ms. Yu Fang - Chinese EDA & Compensation methodology introduction (pdf, 4.6 MB)

Mr. Scott Cole - EU EDA & Compensation methodology introduction (pdf, 2.6 MB)

Mr. Scott Cole - Take home messages: How to ensure an equitable and efficient environmental compensation regime in China (pdf, 626 kB)

Joint Environmental Basic Knowledge Course& Environmental Monitoring/Supervision Seminar, Qinzhen City, 21-22 November 2013
On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of November 2013, the EGP-Guizhou project successfully carried out two joint capacity building activities, Environmental Basic Knowledge Course and Environmental Monitoring Seminar, in Hongfeng Lake Sub-plateau Water Sports Training Base Hotel (Da Chong Village), Qinzhen City, Guiyang.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 647.4 kB)

Basic Environmental Knowledge Training Material (pdf, 2 MB)

Mr. Mikael Olshammar - Water Management in Sweden (pdf, 1.6 MB)

Mr. Jakob Malm-Assessing water pollution (pdf, 841.4 kB)

Mr.Li Xin - Air pollution (pdf, 1003.3 kB)

Ms. Jin Fangmei - Water and water pollution (pdf, 1.9 MB)

Mr. Li Xin - Soil pollution (pdf, 1.7 MB)

Mr. Luo Guangqian - evidence in environmental cases (pdf, 4.8 MB)

EGP-Guizhou awareness-raising seminars, in Hongfenghu Town and Baihuahu Town, Guiyang, 21 November 2013

On Thursday 21stof November, two awareness-raising seminars on Environmental Protection and Environmental Justice were successfully carried out by the EGP-Guizhou project. The events took place in Hongfenghu Town (morning) and Baihuahu Town (afternoon) of Qingzhen city, Guiyang.The two awareness-raising seminars aimed at increasing the awareness of local governmental officials but also welcoming local villagers to participate in order to further raise awareness and create a dialogue on environmental justice issues. Each awareness-raising seminar lasted a half day and both seminars took place during the same day but on two different locations inviting different participants. Both events were organized in the same way using the same agenda.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 584.2 kB)

Ms. Gao Xiaoyi - EGP-Guizhou project and awareness-raising (pdf, 979.6 kB)

European high-level policy twinning tour, Sweden 23-26 September 2013
From Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th of September, a European high-level policy twinning tour was successfully carried out by the EGP-Guizhou project. The tour took place in Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden, inviting 8 participants from China as part of the EGP-Guizhou Project but also welcoming 5 participants from the Chinese project “Study on Compensation Legal System for Heavy Metal Pollution Damages”. The aim of the European twinning tour was to discuss the issue of access to environmental justice together with European stakeholders, get insight to the European experiences on environmental justice and compare and discuss the different legal systems.

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 610.9 kB)

Ms. Marie-Louise Heikensten - Swedish EPA (pdf, 620.6 kB)

Ms. Ping Höjding - Sino-Swedish Environmental Cooperation (pdf, 406.6 kB)

Ms. Camilla Lindholm - Swedish Environmental Code (pdf, 745.7 kB)

Prof. Jan Darpö - Aarhus Convention (pdf, 509.2 kB)

Prof. Gabriel Michanek - Environmental Codes and courts (pdf, 190.3 kB)

Mr. Yaiyi Jin - Compensation law for heavy metal pollution (pdf, 562.3 kB)

Ms. Monica Nordberg - Environmental Medicine (pdf, 774.9 kB)

Ms. Åsa Marklund Andersson - The Land and Enviromental Court of Appeal (pdf, 604 kB)

Mr. Bengt Jonsson - The Land and Enviromental Court of Appeal (pdf, 522.4 kB)

Mr. Andreas Prevodnik - Swedish Society For Nature Conservation (pdf, 472.4 kB)

Environmental Negotiation Technique Training Seminar, Guiyang 30 August 2013

The Environmental Negotiation Technique Seminar was held on August 30th. The seminar focused on how governmental officials, judicial officials, lawyers and related social organizations working with environmental protection, when encountering environmental disputes, can take effective methods and measures to mitigate conflicts and promote the communication between stakeholders in order to protect public environmental rights and interests.

Environmental Negotiation Technique Seminar Material (pdf, 1.8 MB)

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 565.2 kB)

Mr. Zheng Shihong - Case introduction by Guizhou NGOs (pdf, 785 kB)

Mr. Luo Guangqian - Case introduction on court negotiation (pdf, 42 MB)

Mr. Wang Hua -Community EnvDialogueTraining (pdf, 1.2 MB)

Environmental Basic Knowledge Course. Guiyang 29 august 2013

A course in Basic Environmental Knowledge was held on August 29th, focusing on persons without prior environmental education. Key topics of the course included: air, water, soil pollution as well as other pollution like noise and radiation pollution, national and local environmental related standards and regulations, together with the potential ecological risk (PER) and its evaluation method.

Environmental Basic Knowledge Training Material (pdf, 2 MB)

Activity Visibility Report (pdf, 566.3 kB)

Mr. Huang Jiayan - Air pollution (pdf, 883.8 kB)

Mr. Li Xin - Common physical pollution (pdf, 891.8 kB)

Mr. Wang Jianxu - Soil pollution (pdf, 3.9 MB)

Ms. Zhang Wei - Solid waste pollution (pdf, 951.6 kB)

Ms.Jin Fangmei - Water and Water pollution (pdf, 1.7 MB)

Press Conference and Awareness Raising Seminar. Guiyang 23-24 may 2013

On Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th of May, a joint press conference and an awareness-raising seminar on environmental justice were successfully carried out by the EGP-Guizhou project. The events took place at the Forest City Wanyi Hotel in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, China.

Activity Visibility Report 20130523-24 (pdf, 327.6 kB)  

Mr Peter Stigson. Welcome and introduction (pdf, 529.6 kB)

Mr Wang Shekun. Presentation of Baseline study report results (pdf, 2.4 MB)

Mr. Huang Chengde. Good experiences of GPEEC (pdf, 8.6 MB)

Mr. Kevin Schabiner. Good experiences of GIZ (pdf, 241.7 kB)

Mr. Luo Guangqian. Good experiences of Guiyang County Ecological Court (pdf, 5.7 MB)

Ms. Xie Yuhong. Good experiences of ACEF (pdf, 1.5 MB)

Ms. Anja Karlsson. Activities ahead in the EGP_Guizhou project (pdf, 468.1 kB)