Towards Budapest 2004

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1 Towards Budapest 2004 The WHO Strategy for Environment and Health Dr. ucianne icari Regional Adviser, WHO

2 Time to Act Challenges are diverse: no one can tackle them alone Build on different strengths of different sectors by working in partnership with new stakeholders at local, national and global levels Ensure involvement of local community - especially children Evidence-based interventions, agreed strategies and clear indicators UN World Summit on Sustainable Development September 2002 Healthy Environment for Children s Alliance

3 Political Environment The Declaration of the Environment eaders of the Eight on Children s Environmental Health (1997); United Nations Development Programme of Children s Health as a basic human right and a determinant and indicator of economic and human development (1999); The Declaration adopted at the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in ondon, (1999); The United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by the General Assembly (2000);

4 EU health activities in the area of tobacco control, food safety legislation, recommendations on electromagnetic fields, health impact assessment guidelines, and radiation protection legislation) WHO Regional Committee Resolution EUR/RC52/R6 endorsed the theme: The Future for Our Children

5 Revision of background documents Criteria followed Streamlining of previous proposals Focus on actions and input into an action plan Evidence Based Member State Driven

6 Session I : Progress made in Europe on Environment and health Part A and B : Environment and Health, an assessment and evaluation 61. [...]We stress the importance of monitoring the results and invite EEHC to present an updated overview of the environment and health in Europe at our fourth Conference

7 Session I : Progress made in Europe on Environment and health Part 2 : The ondon decisions What has been achieved What was not achieved and why What needs to be done New questions New issues

8 Session II : Strenghthening the policy making base To provide policy makers with the appropriate tools and evidence based knowledge to facilitate decision making in both the health and environment policies Environment & health information platform for policy-making Dealing with uncertainty the Precautionary Principle

9 Session III : Emerging Priority Issues To address emerging issues and provide adequate preventive responses Health and global climate change Housing and Health Others?

10 Session IV : The way forward Information and effective actions to achieve the protection of children s s health from environmental hazards The Children s s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe Ministerial declaration

11 The Budapest Conference Progress made on environment and health in Europe Frankfurt to Budapest Strengthening the policy-making base Issues of emerging/ increasing concern The way forward A. Health and environment in Europe: An assessment A. Environment and health information platform for policymaking A. Housing & health B. Health & global changes A. Children s environment & health action plan for Europe B. Environment & health process in Europe: An evaluation B. Dealing with uncertainty the precautionary principle C. Others B. Conference Declaration C. Implementing the ondon Declaration commitments: Progress made

12 Aims of the CEHAPE To mobilize Regional action to create healthier environments for children by: reducing and/or eliminating children s exposure to environmental risk factors; highlighting the settings in which action should be taken and indicating the sectors that are responsible for taking action; providing tools for implementation in setting priorities, building partnerships, using advocacy and IEC; providing tools for monitoring and evaluation of actions and hence the level of national implementation.

13 STRUCTURE OF CEHAPE Short Ministerial Document which will highlight the main commitments on children s environment and health to be adopted Background Document in three parts Part I Technical Background (work in progress) Part II Towards National Action Plans (Framework of Actions) Part III Implementing National Action Plans Executive Summary

14 EGEND pass and enforce legislation E promote educational programmes and health promotion P promote active involvement of children, caretakers, professionals involved in child care and education M increase knowledge by promoting monitoring of environmental exposures, including research S improve service delivery and infrastructure R J H I F JO A H Q G H P H < I ; < H G O ; K G B ;K M N S > < : ; ' #( ' $ R B A ; ; D A I ; FB H EBH NH R N PF JO B ; $ ' + # * ' EBF C D /. - %,! $ " #!&! % M IF ; G G U G N D R B A ; ; D A F J C T S I ; R I B H G < F I R B D S J@ BK H@ J ' " 3 ( 2 & " 01 $ 0 4 ' * 0 Q ; G D ; K X R D@ I ;G H U W J ; P G I H H I H R D@ V E ' 6 5 [ R N I F JO A H PF JO> > Z V < Y Q G; C T S I ; R GJ ' #( ' $ > < : ; \ BK H@ D K F J PF JO ; < J H to b B ; $ ' + # * ' EBF C D IF ; G G BK H@ J

15 PART III Implementing National Plans Priority Setting Institutional Development Building Partnerships Advocacy, Information, Education and Communication Tools for Monitoring and Evaluation

16 Ministerial Declarations First Declaration adopted the European Charter on Environment and Health, started CET and set up WHO European Centre for Environment and Health Second Declaration adopted the EHAPE, committed countries to develop NEHAPs and established the first EEHC Third Declaration adopted Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International akes, the Charter on Transport, Environment and Health and renewed the mandate of the EEHC

17 Preamble Draft Declaration Environment and Health Situation in Europe Developments since ondon Tools for Policy-making Children s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe Challenges The Future of the Process

18 The Way Forward WHO will continue to work with: Member States to ensure that the process remains country-driven Other partners such as: EC especially on the newly launched EH Strategy OECD on the development of Economic Tools UN/ECE on THE PEP and Water and Health Protocol EEA on Information Platform NGOs and Industry

19 Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health Budapest, 23 rd 25 th June 2004 The future for our children THANK YOU