We invite you to attend the event " Improving health care waste and pharmaceuticals waste management in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries", organized during the EU Green Week 2021, which will take place on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, from 10 CET (11 o'clock in Moldova), which will last until 12 o'clock CET (13 o'clock in Moldova), on the ZOOM platform.
You can register for the event using this form:
And access to the event is provided through this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduihrzIsEtCA1ZaQHksJ8v9vPvzeQVzs
Please note that if you are unable to connect to the Zoom platform, you will be able to follow the event on the Facebook page of the National Environment Center: https://www.facebook.com/CentrulNationaldeMediu .
The event will focus on medical waste management, the lack of solutions in Eastern Partnership countries and the impact on the environment, as well as positive examples from EU countries and the transfer of experience from the EU to Eastern Partnership countries. Legislation in this area will be discussed, as well as scientific studies of the impact of expired drugs on the quality of the environment.
You can see the agenda of the event here in English.
The goal of the partner event „Improving health care waste and pharmaceuticals waste management in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries”, organised in the framework of the EU Green Week 2021, is to bring into discussion the report „Presence of pharmaceuticals in surface waters in the EaP countries: Results from EU-funded projects”, by Jaroslav Slobodnik from Environment Institute Slovakia. The speakers of the partner event are also representatives of the line Ministries in the field of environment of the EaP countries who will present the information about the situation with medical waste and pharmaceutical waste in the EaP countries. Civil society will present an alternative opinion about the situation with medical waste in the certain EaP countries and the speakers will be asked to make conclusions on the next steps to be taken to improve the situation in this field.
The European Green Week 2021 is dedicated to the ‘zero pollution ambition’. EU Green Week 2021 is an opportunity to engage with all stakeholders and interested citizens on how to work together to make the ambition for a zero pollution and toxic-free environment a reality. It also looks at other relevant European Green Deal initiatives, such the climate initiatives, the upcoming Chemicals Strategy, as well as initiatives in the field of energy, industry, mobility, agriculture, fisheries, health, and biodiversity.