Inter-Parliamentary Working Group (IPWG)

Part of: Funding cold war clean-up

Nils Bøhmer/Bellona

The Inter parliamentary Working Group (IPWG) was established in Brussels in 1998 on the premise that the nuclear legacy was no longer the domestic issue of any one country. The main purpose of the group―of which Bellona is the secretary―is to bring together delegations from the parliaments, administrations and private industry from Russia, the United States, the European Union and Norway. Discussions cover the implementation of international projects, policy priorities, funding and legal roadblocks to progress. Bellona organises but does not set the agenda for topics, which are introduced by delegates. Meetings are held regularly on a rotating basis in participating countries.

ARTICLES
[ 03.12.2003 ]
Transparency and control over the nuclear safety projects in the Russian Federation
Since the signing of the Multi-Lateral Environmental Protect in the Russian Federation agreement, known as MNEPR, in Stockholm last May, a number of European countries, as well as Japan, and Canada, have pledged significant amounts of funding for nuclear safety projects in Russia, specifically focused on Northwest Russia.
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KSF.RU/Bellona

[ 01.12.2003 ]
IPWG group backs need for nuclear remediation 'master plan'
BRUSSELS—The money is there; the political and financial will of over a dozen countries that have pledged more than $150m combined is there; the radioactive waste and retired submarines in Northwest Russia that will be removed by this money is there—but coordination among interested nations, Russia, and the transparency needed to begin disposing of the nuclear waste are not.
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Soizick Martin/Bellona

[ 28.11.2002 ]
EU-Russia Committee discusses Russian nuclear safety
At the fifth meeting of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Co-operation Committee on November 25th-26th, European and Russian parliamentarians discussed nuclear safety in north-west Russia. In Brussels, the parliamentarians highlighted the importance of signing the MNEPR agreement before nuclear safety projects can be realised. The Delegation also recognised the need for greater European involvement — and funding — in the G8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
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NEWS
[ 28.02.2000 ]
Bellona Holds International Nuclear Meeting with Duma, U.S. Congress

A total of 19 Russian delegates from the State Duma, Federal Administration and nuclear experts will spend six days in Washington to discuss nuclear safety projects with U.S. Members of Congress, government agencies and private industry. At the heart of the visit is a two-day seminar of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG), whose goal it is to discuss problems with existing cooperative nuclear material management projects.

[ 22.01.1999 ]
International Nuclear Waste Management Roundtable

The Bellona-organized Interparliamentarian Working Group (IPWG) meeting in Washington, January 25-26 shows that nuclear waste cleanup cooperation is a constant in the transatlantic relationship.

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