Progress Report: Activities of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Jo Gerardu The Netherlands’ Inspectorate for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) BERCEN 3rd Plenary Meeting Brussels, Belgium 16-17 December 2004

Overview

• Introduction to INECE • INECE 7 th International Conference • Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Indicators • New Initiatives • Publications and Web Site

What is INECE?

• Global network dedicated to improving compliance with environmental laws at national, regional and int’l levels.

• Government officials, IGO (e.g EC,UNEP, OECD, World Bank) and NGO partners.

• Hazardous Waste, Enforcement Indicators, Inspectors, Public Access to Information, Ozone, Pesticides, Wildlife, and Water.

Goals of INECE

Raising awareness to the importance of environmental compliance and enforcement Strengthening capacity for compliance and enforcement through training and issue analysis Developing regional and topic-specific networks for enforcement cooperation

INECE Structure

• Executive Planning Committee – 3 Co-chairs: permanent US and Dutch representation plus one rotating member • INECE Secretariat --Director, staff, and principal contractor • Regional Networks – Africa, Asia, Central America, South America – BERCEN, REPIN, IMPEL, CEC • Topic-specific Networks – Logging, Wildlife, Water, Prosecutors • Over 3000 participants from over 130 countries

Successful Networks

• Respond to identified needs • Develop and adhere to a Strategic Plan • Empower and engage participants • Stay focused but respond to change and opportunity • Leverage potential of networking • Communicate

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International Conference

• Conference in Marrakech, Morocco

10 - 15 April 2005

• North African Regional Conference

9 April 2005

• Conference Web Site

www.inece.org/conference/7/

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Conference: Key Panels

• Compliance and Enforcement Message • Relationship between Good Governance and Compliance and Enforcement • Stories of Innovation and Success • Implementation and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Roles and Responsibilities • INECE Indicators: Measuring Performance, Managing Resources • Compliance and Enforcement in the Context of Development Banks

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Conference: Selected Workshop Topics

• Economic Aspects of Compliance and Enforcement • Compliance Incentives and Other Assistance • Communications Policy and Practice • Enforcement Mechanisms to Support Emissions Trading • Penalty Policies and Judicial Remedies • Criminal law and environment: prosecutors, inspectors, and NGOs

INECE Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Indicators

• Drafting “Performance Measurement Guidance for Practitioners” • Conducting Pilot Project on Costa Rican Forest Law Enforcement – Other pilots underway • Implementation of green and brown multilateral environmental agreements with UNEP

New Initiatives

• Hazardous Waste and Ozone Depleting Substances Cooperation Projects – Developing synergies with IMPEL-TFS Project and the Green Customs Initiative on movement through ports • Transboundary Trade in Illegal Timber – Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, October 2004, resulted in new strategies and cooperation among South East Asian countries • Judicial Remedies and Penalty Policies • Training Course: Compliance and Enforcement Principles for Water Law and Governance

Publications and INECE Web Site

• Publications Coming Spring 2005 – INECE “Best of Book” – New Principles of Enforcement Text – Conference Proceedings Vol. 1 • Newsletter #10 out this month – See www.inece.org/newsletter/10/ • www.inece.org

– INECE e-dialogues –

www.

inece.org/region_europe.html

Contact Information

INECE Secretariat Durwood Zaelke, Director

2141 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Suite D2 Washington, DC 20007 Phone: +1-202-338-1300 Email: [email protected]

www.inece.org