Aarhus Convention and Nuclear roundtable on information and public participation

🗓️ 21 – 22 January 2025 : NTW 🇪🇺 🔎 co-organised a roundtable on “Aarhus Convention and Nuclear”(ACN) ☢️ with the European Commission (DG ENER) 🇪🇺 in Luxembourg 🇱🇺 in coordination with ANCCLI, the EEB (European Environmental Bureau) and the ENSREG (European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group).

🔽 #Topic “Implementation of the Nuclear Safety Directive (NSD): transparency, public participation and role of the civil society in the independence of nuclear regulation” 👥

🔽 #Objective Identify the challenges and the best practices to implement the 3 pillars of the Aarhus Convention, enhancing a pluralistic dialogue with a large panel of countries and stakeholders represented 🎯

🔽 #Reflexions Access to a transparent information is an absolute necessity to ensure an effective public participation to the decision-making processes as well as long-term engagement. Initiatives like this roundtable are essential to build trust and enable safety culture where fruitful dialogue in the frame of the Aarhus Convention are possible 🤝