European Academy of the Urban Environment / Europaeische Akademie fuer staedtische Umwelt - Sustainable urban development / Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung

The EU environmental noise directive (END)
State of transposition into national legislation
and practice*

Berlin, 5 - 6 December 2005
European Academy of the Urban Environment, Berlin-Grunewald

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Summary of the results

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*Monday, 5 December 2005*
*Introduction*
13.00 - 13.15	Welcome and introduction Hanns-Uve Schwedler, European Academy of the Urban Environment, Berlin
13.15 - 14.00	END - the current situation (and) Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping John Hinton, Chairman of the EU-Working Group "Assessment of Exposure to Noise", Birmingham City Council; UK
14.30 -15.00	Coffee
*Session 1*	*Transposition of the directive in EU member states and in accession countries*
15.00 - 15.30	Northern Europe - Sweden, Finland, Denmark Hugo Lyse Nielsen, consultant, Valby; Denmark
15.30 - 16.10	Southern Europe - Portugal, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Greece (8,1 MB) Giovanni Brambilla, CNR-Institute of Acoustics, Rome; Italy
16.10 - 16.50	South-eastern central Europe - Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic (1.1 MB) Mihaly Berndt, Enviroplus Ltd., Budapest; Hungary
16.50 - 17.15	South-eastern accession countries - Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria Alan Stimac, Croatian Institute of Advanced Technologies, Zagreb; Croatia
17.15 - 17.30	Discussion
17.30 – 18.00	Public participation - practical examples Margit Bonacker, konsalt Forschung und Beratung GmbH, Hamburg; Germany
18.00 – 18.15	Discussion
*Tuesday, 6 December 2005*
*Session 1*	*(continued)*
09.00 - 10.00	The Baltic states and Central Europe - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, Poland Christian Popp, Laermkontor GmbH, Hamburg; Germany
10.00 - 10.20	North-western Europe - UK, Ireland Duncan Stone, Defra; UK

10.20 - 10.45	Coffee
10.45 - 11.15	Western Europe - Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France (1.9 MB) Martin van den Berg, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Den Haag; Netherlands
11.15 - 11.30	Discussion
*Session 2*	*Challenges and synergies*
11.30 - 12.00	Mapping tools Christian Popp, Laermkontor GmbH, Hamburg; Germany Urban challenges in noise and air policies - are synergies possible? Hanns-Uve Schwedler, EA.UE; Germany
12.00 - 12.30	Discussion and introduction to the working groups
12.30 - 13.45	Lunch
*Session 3*	*Working groups*
13.45 - 15.15	Working group 1: Data availability and data collection introduction: Christian Popp
	Working group 2: Calculation or measurement? introduction: Mihaly Berndt
	Working group 3: Public information and participation introduction: Margit Bonacker
15.15 - 15.45	Coffee
15.45 - 16.30	Report back from the working groups
16.30 - 17.00	Final discussion

* In cooperation with Laermkontor GmbH, Hamburg
This project is funded with support from the European Commission.

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