|
Page Updated:
18-Oct-2006
SPS Homepage > Studies & Projects
Rehabilitation of former military sites
Workshop
A series of workshops have being held on a regular basis, as a follow-up to the pilot study “Environmental Aspects of Reusing Former Military Lands” which concluded in 1999 under the co-leadership of the US and Germany. It had appeared, indeed, that following defence reform in many countries, contaminated military sites have been identified which needed to be remediated. The problems faced by Partners and Allies are similar and therefore there is a wide scope for co-operation and exchange of information as well as experience.
Following a proposal made by Canada to envisage a short-term project on “Low-tech, Low-level Remediation Techniques for the Reuse of Former Military Lands” in cooperation with Ukraine, an informal expert meeting was organised in Brussels on 29-30 June 2006 with the participation of experts from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine as well as the NAMSA (NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency). The expert group agreed on two possible Science for Peace (SfP) projects, the development of an Advanced Training Course and a workshop tentatively scheduled to take place in Spring 2007 in Kyiv, Ukraine; the workshop would aim at reviewing the available material and updating specifically the four parts of the Handbook on the Reuse of Former Military Lands [published in 1998 by the participants of the CCMS pilot study Environmental Aspects of Reusing Former Military Lands], namely: (a) types of contamination; (b) available technologies; (c) establishing the standard to which clean up and decision making for reuse.
|
top