EGTEI: Mandate & Outputs expected for 2005 Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues

1. EGTEI: Mandate & Outputs expected for 2005 Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 19 January 2005, Laxenburg Brinda Wachs Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

2. ICP Forests Programme Coordinating Task Force Centre ICP Integrated Monitoring Programme Task Force Centre ICP Modelling and Mapping Coordination Task Force Centre for Effects ICP Materials Main Research Task Force Centre ICP Vegetation Task Force Programme Centre ICP Task Force on Hemispheric Waters Air Pollution Programme Task Force NEW! Centre WHO Bonn CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION Implementation Committee EXECUTIVE BODY Implementation Committee Working Group on EMEP Working Group on Effects Strategies and Review Steering Body Task Force Expert Group Emission Inventories on Ammonia Abatement and Projections Task Force Task Force Measurement on POPs and Modelling Chemical Network of Experts Coordinating on Benefits and Centre Economic Instruments Meteorological Expert Group Synthesizing on Techno-economic Issues Centre-West Meteorological Task Force Synthesizing on Heavy Metals Centre-East NEW! Task Force Integrated Assessment Modelling Task Force Centre Expert Group Health Integrated on Particulate Matter Assessment Modelling NEW!

3. EXECUTIVE BODY , 22nd session • HIGHLIGHTS • 25th Anniversary: publications, children’s designs, nat’l events • Future direction of Convention: • New groups on HMs, PM and Hemispheric Air Pollution • Explore expanded geographic scope ; focus on EECCA

4. EXECUTIVE BODY, 22nd session • HIGHLIGHTS, continued • Preparing for review of Protocols: POPS, HMs, Gothenburg • 1st meeting of Parties: HMs Protocol • EMEP Monitoring Strategy • Emission inventory review

5. EXECUTIVE BODY, 22nd session • Preparing for review of Gothenburg • 14 ratifications of 16, expected to enter into force in 2005 • First meeting of Parties would take place at EB23 (Dec 2005) • Urged Parties to ratify Gothenburg

6. EXECUTIVE BODY, 22nd session • Preparing for review of Gothenburg • Welcomed progress in IAM, review of RAINS model, and work by CIAM exploring links with climate change • Noted progress in devt of baseline scenario, noting CAFE to cover some non-EU countries

7. EXECUTIVE BODY, 22nd session • Preparing for review of Gothenburg: Techno-economic issues • Welcomed progress by EGTEI on developing ECODAT • Noted its usefulness for IAM • Back-to-back meeting with TFIAM workshop on RAINS methodology

8. Convention Work-plan 2005 • 1.7 TECHNO-ECONOMIC ISSUES • Description/objectives: To further explore BAT for emission abatement, including efficiency and costs; to continue the development of ECODAT and methodologies for evaluating uncertainties and to draw up draft revisions of techno-economic issues in annexes to protocols.

9. Convention Work-plan 2005, (continued) • Main activities and time schedule: • The Expert Group, with France as lead country, will continue to collect and store techno-economic data on emission control options and abatement techniques in the selected sectors, their costs and ranges of uncertainties; • Data will be collected according to the NFR in the Emission Reporting Guidelines

10. Convention Work-plan 2005, (continued) • Main activities and time schedule: • Validated data on reference installations and control technologies, investment and operational costs will be transmitted to CIAM to be aggregated and included in RAINS; • Data will be made available for future revision of technical annexes to protocols; • EGTEI will hold its 7th meeting back-to-back with RAINS workshop and 8th in June, Rome

11. OTHER ISSUES… • Encouraging other Parties to nominate experts to EGTEI; • Cooperation between EGTEI and other groups: TFIAM, TFEIP, NH3, and TFs on HMs, POPs and XGPM; • U.N. Secty Genl’s Guidelines for reports

12. CONVENTION WEB SITE: http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap EGTEI WEB SITE: http://citepa.org/forums/egtei/egtei_index.htm