September 28, 2005
| SECOND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE ON WATER AND MINING IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE BEGINS TODAY IN BUCHAREST |
This morning at the Bucharest University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Mark Taplin, Minister Ioan Codrut Seres of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Secretary of State Lucia Ana Varga from the Ministry of Environment and Water Management, and Deputy Secretary General Constanta Pana from the Ministry of Constructions, Transportation and Tourism, opened the second annual Environmental Conference on Water and Mining in Southeast Europe.
The conference will run from September 28-29 in Bucharest and will continue with a day trip to Braila on September 30. It is organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under its ECOLINKS Program, and the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service in Bucharest, with cooperation from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, the Ministry of Environment and Water Management, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Romanian Water Association.
The purpose of the conference is to identify and remedy environmental problems using commercial solutions, particularly in the mining and water sectors. Special attention will be given to such issues as flood management control, integrated watershed management, mine closure, and hazardous risks in Romanian mining. The approximately 150 conference participants represent national and local governments, as well as U.S. and Romanian companies working in related sectors.
For more information, contact:
Maria Nitoiu - U.S. Embassy Commercial Assistant
Tel: 021 210 4042 ext 347
28 Septembrie 2005
| A DOUA EDITIE A CONFERINTEI SUD-EST EUROPENE PE PROBLEME DE MEDIU – SECTOARELE APA SI MINERIT – INCEPE LA BUCURESTI |
Insarcinatul cu Afaceri al Ambasadei SUA, Mark Taplin, si Ministrul Economiei si Comertului, Ioan Codrut Seres, au deschis in aceasta dimineata la Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti cea de-a doua editie a Conferintei Sud-Est Europene pe Probleme de Mediu – sectoarele apa si minerit. La ceremonia de deschidere au mai participat Lucia Ana Varga, Secretar de Stat in cadrul Ministerului Mediului si Apelor, si Constanta Pana, Secretar Adjunct in cadrul Ministerului Constructiilor, Transportului si Turismului.
Conferinta se va desfasura in Bucuresti, in perioada 28-29 septembrie, si va continua cu o deplasare la Braila, in data de 30 septembrie. Evenimentul este organizat de Agentia Statelor Unite pentru Dezvoltare Internationala (USAID), in cadrul Programului ECOLINKS, si de Serviciul Comercial al Ambasadei Statelor Unite la Bucuresti, in cooperare cu Ministerul Economiei si Comertului si cu Ministerul Mediului si Apelor.
Scopul conferentei e acela de a identifica si remedia probleme ale mediului inconjurator utilizand solutii comerciale, in special in sectoarele apa si minerit. Participantii vor acorda o atentie deosebita unor domenii precum managementul de control al inundatiilor, inchiderea minelor si diferitele pericole din sectorul minier romanesc. Cei aproximativ 150 de participanti la conferinta reprezinta atat autoritati locale si centrale, cat si companii americane si romanesti care activeaza in domeniile de discutie.
Persoana de contact:
Maria Nitoiu – Asistent Comercial, Ambasada SUA
Tel: 021 210 4042, int. 347