28-31 Jul 1998, Φ Vienna, European Forum on Transport, Environment and Health

28.-31.7.1998, Vienna, European Forum on Transport, Environment and Health

  • Venue: Hofburg, Großer Redoutensaal, Josefsplatz, 1010 Wien
  • Organized by: The World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (WHO/EURO) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Environment, Youth and Family Affairs
  • Held under the auspices of the Austrian Presidency of the EU and as part of the preparation for the WHO 3rd Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health and its Transport, Environment and Health session, for which Austria has volunteered as a Lead Country
  • Part 1: International Conference on the Environment Related Health Impacts of Transport – „The conference will bring together eminent international authorities on the environment related health impact of transport: scientists and doctors, policy makers and other stake-holders on transport environment and health, as well as delegations from WHO/EURO Member States, intergovernmental organizations and international agencies, NGOs, industry and others. Recent scientific evidence and their policy implications will be presented …“
  • Part 2: Preparatory Meeting for the “Transport, Environment and Health” Session at the 3rd Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health to be held in London in June 1999. „This is the first preparatory meeting of Member States from the WHO European Region for the special session on transport-related issues, strategies and actions that will be debated at the Conference. In particular a “Charter on Transport, Environment and Health” is being proposed for adoption at that Conference.“

Own contribution: Integrated Environmental Health Impact Assessment [98-17]:

  • Presentation text and transparencies
  • Background paper; key conlusions




My summary report