Proposed workshop with EECCA countries on emission inventories

and NH3 abatement

J Webb

Proposed workshop

• The Group recognised the importance of capacity building with countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

• including the organization of annual workshops

• preparation of implementation manuals/guides

Abatement technology seminar

• The Group should consider holding a seminar in Russian and English, possibly in 2006/7, on NH3 inventories and abatement techniques in the region

• the Secretariat will explore possibilities for a seminar on technologies in 2006 in English and Russian (ECE/EB.AIR/83/Add.2 24 Jan 2005).

Content of seminar

• Local studies of NH3 emissions and abatement

• transfereability of data from maritime to continental Europe

• farming systems in EECCA countries

• activity data

Content of seminar

• To promote the use of the Framework Advisory Code of Good Agricultural Practice for Reducing Ammonia Emissions

• continue work towards improving the quality of NH3 emission inventories and projections from both agricultural and non-agricultural sources