BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AUA Newsroom - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:AUA Newsroom X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://newsroom.aua.am X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AUA Newsroom REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Yerevan BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220902T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220902T134500 DTSTAMP:20240329T090023 CREATED:20220901T134251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T134251Z UID:49429-1662120000-1662126300@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:How to Make Maximum of Nordic Experience in Waste Management? DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nBoth Georgia and Armenia have cooperated with Nordic countries\, including in the field of waste governance. This session of the Nordic Talks will focus on how to benefit from the experience of Nordic partners in engaging civil society partners to improve public policy outcomes in the waste sector. The talk will focus on grassroots initiatives in this area and what governments have or could learn from civil society.  \nWhich UN Sustainable Development Goals does the talk address?  \nPrimary SDGs: \n(#11) Sustainable Cities and Communities \n(#12) Sustainable Consumption and Production \nAdditional SDGs\, which may also be touched: \n(#3) Good Health and Well-being \n(#6) Clean Water and Sanitation \n(#8) Decent Work and Economic Growth \n(#9) Industry\, Innovation and Infrastructure  \n(#17) Partnerships for the Goals \nThe event will be held via Zoom. \nAbout the Speakers: \nModerators:  \n\nMr. Alen Amirkhanian (Armenia)\, Director\, American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment \nDr. Alexander Kaffka (Georgia)\, Editor-in-Chief of Caucasian Journal \n\nPanelists:\n \n\nNarine Avetyan (Armenia)\, Armenia’s Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure \nDr. Harutyun Alpetyan (Armenia)\, Waste management expert at the American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment \nNino Chkhobadze (Georgia)\, Chair\, The Greens Movement of Georgia / Friends of the Earth Georgia \nTorild Kløvstad Halvorsen (Norway)\, Head\, Section for Project Management and Construction\, Development Department\, Agency for Waste Management\, Oslo City Government \nNune Harutyunyan (Armenia)\, Director\, The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) \nIrma Gurguliani (Georgia)\, Deputy Head of the Waste Management Department\, Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture \nMariam Kimeridze (Georgia)\, GSNE Orchis / Keep Georgia Tidy \nDr. Thomas Lindhqvist (Sweden)\, Senior lecturer\, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics\, Lund University \nDr. Hripsime Mkrtchyan (Armenia)\, EcoAghb (EcoWaste) \nBernardas Padegimas (Sweden)\, Stockholm Environment Institute \nGega Salukvadze (Georgia)\, Chairman\, Mountain Resorts Businesses Association \nNikoloz Shurgaia (Georgia)\, Chairman of the Executive Council\, NPO Sadagi \nNancy A. Strand (Norway)\, Senior advisor\, Avfall Norge \n\nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/how-to-make-maximum-of-nordic-experience-in-waste-management/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:Environment,Events Calendar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/09/301569434_488014159997089_3838492621328155022_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="AUA Acopian Center for the Environment":MAILTO:ace@aua.am END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR