EU Delegation to the ROK, 2024

The National Assembly Forum on Climate Change (NAFCC) and the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, in the framework of the EU-RoK Green Partnership, will jointly hold a seminar on 'Strategies for Ending Plastic Pollution and International Cooperation' on Friday, November 1^st 2024, ahead of the 5^th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to finalise the UN international agreement on plastic pollution, which will be held in Busan at the end of November.

The seminar aims to discuss strategies to end global plastic pollution and to promote international cooperation, converging with global efforts to establish a legally binding international treaty.

You are kindly invited to participate by registering via the link below or attending online via Youtube live streaming. In the case that you attend in person, please bring your ID and come 30 minutes in advance to clear out entry formalities to the premises.

Please refrain from bringing single use products (plastic bottled water, takeaway cups, etc.) at the event. Reusable cups will be provided at the venue, and water can be refilled from the water dispenser in the seminar room.

• Date: Friday, 1 November 2024, 15:00–18:00 (KST)
• Registration: Click here to register
• Location: Seminar room 1, National Assembly Member’s Office Building, Seoul

Live streaming: 국회기후변화포럼 - YouTube

• Attendees: 100 participants (Policy makers, Embassies, Industry, Academia, NGOs & CSOs)
• Hosts: Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea & National Assembly Forum on Climate Change
• Language: Korean & English (simultaneous interpretation provided)

□ Opening Session (15:00 - 15:30)

• Pledge of Allegiance and Introduction of VIPs
• Opening Remarks

• HAN Jeong-ae, Member of the National Assembly and CO-Chair of NAFCC.
• Maria CASTILLO-FERNANDEZ, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea.

• Welcoming Remarks

• JUNG Heeyong, Member of the National Assembly and CO-Chair of NAFCC.

• Greetings

• SONG Ok-ju, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.
• KIM Yong-tae, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.

• Group Photo Session

□ Presentations (15:30 - 16:10)

• Progress of UN Plastic Treaty Negotiations: Prospects and Challenges of INC-5, by HAN Min-young, Director-General for Climate Change, Energy, Environmental and Scientific Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• The EU Strategy and International Cooperation on Plastics, by Jorg WEBERNDORFER, Minister Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea

□ Panel Discussion (16:10 - 17:40)

• Moderator:

KIM Il-chung, Co-Chair of NAFCC and Adviser of Citizens’ Movement for Environmental Justice.

• Panelists:
• LEE Dong Cheol, Team leader of Chemicals Industry Team, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
• KIM Ho-eun, Director of Resource Circulation Policy Division, Ministry of Environment.
• Oskari LAMPI, Second Secretary, Embassy of Finland to the Republic of Korea.
• EOM Chanwang, Executive Vice Chairman of Korea Petrochemical Industry Association.
• Hervé PENEAU, CEO of Veolia Korea
• YI Sora, Chief Research Fellow, Sustainability Strategy Research Group, Korea Environment Institute.
• Fabrice ESPINOSA, Senior Advisor of Carbios.
• JANG Yong-chul, Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University.
• HONG Suyeol, President of Resource Circulation Society and Economy Institute.
• KIM Haneul, NAFCC Committee Chairperson on Young Generation.

□ Floor discussion and Q&A (17:40 - 18:00)