Welcome address and opening speech

• Mr. Peter Van Laere, Director, UN ESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia
• Mr. Heung-kyeong Park, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea 

Introduction to goals and objectives of the meeting

• Overview of transboundary cooperation mechanisms on air pollution in East and North-East Asia and the role of NEASPEC, Mr. Sangmin Nam, Secretariat of NEASPEC

• Scientific approaches and transboundary cooperation mechanism of EANET, Dr. Jesada Luangjaime, Deputy Director General, Asia Centre for Air Pollution Research, Japan
• Results of transboundary air pollution modeling exercise conducted by China, Japan and the Republic of Korea within the LTP mechanism, Dr. Chang Lim Seok, Air Quality Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea
• Scientific assessment of health effects of air pollution in North-East Asia and the related transboundary cooperation mechanisms, Prof. Yun-Chul Hong, Seoul National University College of Medicine

• Institutional and scientific framework for assessment of environmental impacts of air pollution within the UNECE CLRTAP, Mr. Krzysztof Olendrzynski, Secretariat of UNECE CLRTAP
• Results of environmental impact assessment of air pollution in Mongolia, Mr. Tsendeekhuu Munkhbat, Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism and Mrs. Norovsambuu Gankhuu, Air Quality Agency of the City of Ulaanbaatar

Questions for discussion:

• How can the experience accumulated by the UNECE CLRTAP benefit North-East Asia? What methodologies and best practices can be replicated in this subregion?
• What are the needs for harmonization of scientific methodologies and approaches of assessing environmental impact of air pollution in North-East Asia?

• Proposal for establishment of a Regional System for Adverse Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Pollution, Mr. Alexander Romanov, Head of International Cooperation Section, Scientific Research Institute for atmospheric air protection (SRI Atmosphere, JSC), Russian Federation

​​​​​​​Questions for discussion:

• • Why such a study is needed for the North-East Asian subregion?
  • What can be the scope of the study and its timeframe?

• Recent developments on black carbon and further actions on some pollutants within the UNECE CLRTAP, Mr. Krzysztof Olendrzynski, Secretariat of UNECE CLRTAP

Questions for discussion:

• What are possible opportunities to exploit the co-benefit options in tackling air pollution and mitigating climate change in North-East Asian subregion?
• What is the situation with black carbon, tropospheric ozone and PM pollutants in the subregion and what additional measures are needed to address these issues?

• Each delegation will make a short presentation (1-2 slides) and provide its concrete comments, revisions and/or additions to the proposal submitted by the Russian Federation

Discussion

• The participants will work together on finalization of the main scope and modalities of the proposed study with a view  of proposing a preliminary work plan for the proposal to be submitted to the 16th Senior Officials Meeting
• It is expected that the participants will agree on a set of possible recommendations for further action in this regard for SOM