Transcript International Network for Environmental Compliance

Current Activities of INECE
ECENA Meeting, Brussels, 17-18 September 2007
Henk Ruessink, VROM-Inspectorate (The Netherlands)
Presentation Overview
• 8th International Conference:
Location, Topics, & Getting Involved
• Featured INECE Projects
• Recent Publications
• Contact Information
8th International Conference
Cape Town, South Africa
5 – 11 April 2008
• 150+ Compliance and Enforcement Experts from 75 +
countries
• Action-Oriented Workshops
• Opportunities to Network and Share Best Practices
• New Partnerships for Enforcement Cooperation
• Field visits to explore innovative compliance and
enforcement actions
• Program emphasizes climate, pollution, and biodiversity
issues
8th Conference Workshop Tracks
1. Strategic Management of
Environmental Compliance & Enforcement
Programs
2. Climate Change and Compliance
3. Detecting Noncompliance
4. Transboundary Cooperation
5. Biodiversity Protection and Wildlife Crime
6. Compliance Promotion
Conference Side Events
– South Africa National Enforcement Meeting
3 – 4 April 2008
– Southern Africa Regional Networking Meeting
5 April 2008
– Targeted Capacity Building Sessions
5 – 6 April 2008
Contributing to the Conference
• Collaborate with INECE to design a
workshop or project in advance of the
Conference
• Develop a background paper for the
Proceedings
• Nominate participants
• Sponsor a workshop, field visit, networking
event, publications, or other opportunities
• Support travel for participants
Featured INECE Projects
• Emissions Trading
– Expert workshop, March 2007 in Dublin
– Call for new INECE working groups on: Registries,
Verification, Compliance Assistance, and
Monitoring & Reporting
• Hazardous Waste at Ports
– Global ports enforcement cooperation, modeled
after IMPEL-TFS
• Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Indicators
– Country Report Workshop, fall 2007 with OECD
Recent Publications & Media
• Summer 2007 Edition of the INECE
Newsletter
– Online @ http://inece.org/newsletter/15/
• Revised Principles of Environmental
Enforcement
– New annotated version available for review
• BBC World Earth Report Series
– Premiered Documentary on Illegal Blast
Fishing in the Philippines
Contact Information
Durwood Zaelke, Director
INECE Secretariat
Phone:
Email:
Web:
+1-202-338-1300
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.inece.org