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Saatja: "EUROLWE" <[email protected]> Saaja: "Aser Sikk" <[email protected]> Teema: 27th meeting of the Joint Convention/WHO Task Force on the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Bonn, Germany, 22-23 May 2024 Kuupäev: 2024-03-14 10:31 Dear Mr Sikk, Please find attached the invitation letter to attend above-mentioned meeting, which will take place on 22-23 May 2024 in Bonn, Germany. Yours sincerely, Living and Working Environments Programme WHO Regional Office for Europe | European Centre for Environment and Health WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L'EUROPE WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH 27th meeting of the Joint Convention/WHO Task Force on EUCDE2422605/2.1/2 the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Bonn, Germany 06 March 2024 22–23 May 2024 Scope and purpose The health effects of air pollution drive policies to improve air quality, as reflected in global policy documents, such as the World Health Assembly resolution on air pollution and health, consideration of air quality and health in the Sustainable Development Goals, recognition of air pollution as one of the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases by the United Nations, and the WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment and Climate Change. The WHO Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery from COVID-19 calls for a reduction in air pollution through sustainable urban development, a healthy energy transition and divesting from investments in air-polluting activities. In the WHO European Region, the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2023 reaffirmed air quality and health as a regional priority. In the Budapest Declaration, Member States committed themselvesd to taking wide-ranging actions to improve air quality and reduce its health impacts, including through existing platforms, such as the Task Force on Health. The Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution supports the work of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. It provides evidence-informed assessment of the risks to health posed by air pollution and attribution of such risks to long-range transport of air pollution. The 27th meeting of the Task Force on Health will be attended by representatives of the Parties to the Convention as well as experts and stakeholders. The meeting will provide an opportunity to take stock of international policies and processes for air quality and health, to share relevant experiences in Member States and to report on updating of WHO tools to assess the health risks of air pollution (AirQ+ and CLIMAQ-H) and examples of their application. Progress in research on air quality and health and the links to climate change will be presented. Communication and health messaging will be discussed, as well as relevant inter-regional and global initiatives on air quality and health. Current activities within the 2024–2025 workplan of the Task Force will also be discussed. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L'EUROPE WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH 27th meeting of the Joint Convention/WHO Task Force on EUCDE2422605-2.1/3 the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Bonn, Germany 06 March 2024 22–23 May 2024 Provisional agenda 1. Opening, introduction of participants, appointment of rapporteur 2. Approval of agenda and programme 3. International policies and processes on air quality and health 4. Country experiences of air quality and health 5. Progress in research on air quality and health and links to climate change 6. Tools for measuring air quality and health and their application 7. The air quality and health agenda in the wider context of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe`s Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution 8. Current activities within the 2024–2025 workplan of the Task Force on Health 9. Communication and health messaging on air pollution 10. Any other business WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION Date: 12 March 2024 ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Mr Aser Sikk ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО Senior Specialist Head office: Department of Air Quality UN City, Marmorvej 51, Estonian Environmental Research Centre DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Marja 4d Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected] 10617 Tallinn Website: http://www.euro.who.int Estonia Our reference: EU/CDE Your reference: Notre référence: BON/LWE Votre référence: Unser Zeichen: Ihr Zeichen: См. наш номер: DJ/hs На Ваш номер: Dear Mr Sikk, 27th meeting of the Joint Convention/WHO Task Force on Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Bonn, Germany, 22–23 May 2024 The WHO Regional Office for Europe plans to hold the 27th meeting of the Joint Convention/WHO Task Force on the Health Aspects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution this May. Based on the nomination by your Government, we are pleased to invite you to participate. The Secretariat in Bonn is organizing the meeting. The meeting will be attended by representatives of the Parties to the Convention and experts invited to present new research on air quality and health and the links to climate change. Participants will discuss updating of international policies and processes for air quality and health, experiences from Member States, including those related in implementation of the WHO global air quality guidelines and further developments in the WHO tools for assessing the health impacts of air pollution. The meeting will also discuss communication and health messaging on air pollution and provide updates on global initiatives on air quality and health. Furthermore, participants will discuss current activities related to the 2024–2025 work plan of the Task Force on Health. The scope and purpose of the meeting and the provisional agenda are enclosed. The working language will be English only, with no interpretation provided. Participation expenses will not be the responsibility of this office. WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 Telephone: +49 228 815 0400 E-mail: [email protected] D-53113 Bonn Fax: +49 228 815 0440 Web: http://www.euro.who.int/ecehbonn Germany An online registration form will be circulated shortly; I would be grateful if you would kindly complete this form as soon as possible but no later 11 April 2024. You will receive details of the administrative and practical arrangements for the meeting in due course. I look forward to welcoming you at the meeting. Yours sincerely, Dr Dorota Jarosinska Programme Manager Living and Working Environments Encls.: Scope and purpose Provisional agenda Copy for information to: Ms Helen Sõber, Adviser, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 110122, Tallinn, Estonia –2–