9.00-9.30

Breakfast, coffee, registration

9.30-9.45

Welcome and Opening statements: meeting aims and context

- Mr E. Thielmann, ECHO 3 - European Union, Brussels, Belgium

- Ms D. Sapir, CRED-UCL, Brussels, Belgium

9.45-11.30

Plenary discussion based on short presentations

Chair: Mr M. Salih, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

- Overview of policy issues (Mr M. Salih, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands and Ms D. Guha-Sapir, CRED-UCL, Brussels, Belgium)

- What makes emergencies different? Interrelations of development, environment and disasters (Mr T. Cannon, University of Greenwich, UK)

- Environmental issues: UNHCR’s Experience and Response (Mr R. Thiadens and Mr H. Mori, UNHCR, Switzerland)

11.30-11.45

Coffee break

11.45-13.00

Case-studies

- Cooking energy for refugees: The case of Zaire and Kenya (Ms A. Klingshirn, GTZ - Germany)

- Environmental causes and consequences of population displacement: Evidence from the cases of Bangladesh and Sudan (Ms Shin-wha Lee, Harvard University, USA)

13.00-14.30

Lunch

14.30-16.30

Working group discussion on: Priority Issues for Environmental Management in Mass Displacements: Policy Areas for Urgent Attention

- Group 1: Chair: Mr T. Cannon, University of Greenwich, UK

Rapp.: Mr S. Hansch, RPG, Washington, USA

- Group 2: Chair: H. Mori, UNHCR, Switzerland

Rapp.: Mr T. Hoerz, GTZ-Rescue

- Group 3: Chair: Mr H. Ketel, Aurel, France

Rapp.: Mr C. Lambrechts, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya

16.30-17.30

Coffee Break and preparation for plenary reporting

17.30-19.00

Plenary session: reporting and discussion of working group reports

20.00-

Invited dinner at Chateau de Genval

9.00-11.00

Plenary discussion based on short presentations

Chair: Ms D. Guha-Sapir (CRED-UCL, Brussels)

- Impact of Humanitarian Crisis on Ecosystems (Mr U. Bloesch, Swiss Co-operation, Bern, Switzerland)

- Environmental change in refugee affected areas: Research needs and Future directions (Mr R. Black, King’s College, University of London, UK)

11.00-11.15

Coffee break

11.15-13.15

Plenary discussion based on short presentations (continued)

- Environmental Health and Environmental Impact: policy and practice in emergency water supply and sanitation (Mr P. Sherlock, OXFAM, UK)

- The Environmental Impact of Refugees in Africa: Suggestions for Future Actions (Mr Oweyegha-Afunaduula, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)

13.15-14.30

Lunch and preparation of working group chairs and rapporteurs

14.30-17.40

Working Group discussion on Policy options for donor and implementing agencies:

Proposed directions for the future

- Group 1: Chair: Mr T. Cannon, University of Greenwich, UK

Rapp.: Mr S. Hansch, RPG, Washington, USA

- Group 2: Chair: Mr. R. Thiadens, UNHCR, Switzerland

Rapp.: Mr T. Hoerz, GTZ-Rescue

- Group 3: Chair: Mr H. Ketel, Aurel, France

Rapp.: Mr C. Lambrechts, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya

15.40-18.30

Plenary session

Presentation of working group report

Conclusions and recommendations