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Challenges and Needs in
New EU Member States and
SEE Countries Regarding
Development and
Implementation of PRTRs
Magda Tóth Nagy
Public Participation Program
Belgrade, August 31, 2006
Contents
• PRTR Protocol
becoming a reality
• Challenges and needs
in New EU MS and
SEE countries
regarding developing
and implementing
PRTRs
• Building capacities for
New EU Ms and SEE
countries
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PRTR Protocol: Becoming a reality
• PRTR Protocol signed
by most new EU MS
and SEE countries
• EU decision to develop
regulation to implement
PRTR Protocol and
upgrade EPER to EPRTR
• New EU Member States
and accession countries
build PRTR through
EPER and E-PRTR
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Challenges and needs in
New EU MS and SEE countries
• Development and
implementation of new
legislation
• Accommodate national
priorities and needs
• Institutional framework for
integration of data
collection and information
flow:
• Overcome lack of coordination
of data collection and gaps in
information flow
• Share responsibilities among
national agencies
• Streamline reporting
obligations and methodologies,
• Designate a single responsible
agency
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Challenges and needs in CEE
countries
Operational issues
• Consistent reporting
requirements and
• Methodologies for setting up
thresholds, common identifiers
and adapting to national
priorities
• Clear criteria and guidance on
confidentiality claims
• Verification: unified
methodologies and techniques
of estimations, calculations and
measurements such as sector-based
unified estimation methods and factors
• Enforcement measures and
powers of authorities
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Challenges and needs in New MS and
SEE countries
Operational issues
• Public accessibility: PRTR
databases in electronic form
• Searchable PRTR system
according to parameters
and accessible via internet
free of charge
• Data bases located in
different places linked,
public access points
ensured
• Stakeholder involvement in
development and operation
of systems: open and
transparent process,
information for and dialogue
with public and users
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Building capacities for New EU MS
and SEE countries: The REC role
• Provide forum for
discussion for
stakeholders during
drafting of PRTR
Protocol
• Capacity building
workshops for network
of governmental and
NGO experts to learn
from international
experience
• Projects funded by the
Netherlands, US and
Norway (2002-2005)
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Pilot Projects in Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Hungary Slovakia, Poland
• Assessing legal, institutional,
practical aspects
• Dialogue with stakeholders
on strategy to set up PRTRs
• Resource materials
• Bulgaria: confidentiality issues
• Slovakia: multi-stakeholder
workshop with ministry and
publication
• Hungary: assessing experiences of
1st EPER reporting and information
on web site to improve
future process
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Capacity building to enable operation
of PRTR register: Czech Republic
• Support authorities
in setting up operational
register
• Assist developing guidance
material
• Develop educational/training
concept for officials
• Web site design seminar and
setting up web sites
• Information materials to users
(NGOs and businesses)
• Hands on practical training:
Study tour to the Netherlands for
officials
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Lessons learned and further needs for
capacity building:
• Practical technical issues e.g.
methodology of data collection,
measurements, validation,
confidentiality, etc.
• Information and guidance on
record keeping and determining
emission data
• Communication within and
among state administration,
institutions and operators
• Dialogue with different
stakeholders on key issues and
information to be provided
• Incentives for industry self –
reporting: involvement of
operators
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Current activities
• New project on practical implementation of Aarhus
Convention in Albania, BiH, Macedonia, Serbia and
Montenegro, and Kosovo (under interim UN
administration ) may include capacity building
workshops, training, guidance materials and pilot
projects on development of PRTRs
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Further Information
Magda Tóth Nagy
Public Participation Programme
REC
[email protected]
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www.rec.cz
www.unece.org/env/pp/prtr
aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org
www.eper.cec.eu.int
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