Inspection toolkit

This document, with a mixed technical and managerial character, will provide guidance in improving the inspection activities in the NIS. The first draft was discussed at an Environmental Inspection Expert Meeting in June 2002 (Riga, Latvia).

Review of Current Practices in Environmental Enforcement and Compliance Promotion in the NIS

The Review will scrutinise the actual situation in the NIS and will assess recent changes in environmental enforcement systems. National Reports are being finalised by each of 12 countries of the region. The Outline of the Review was discussed at...

Glossary of Environmental Enforcement and Compliance Terms

This English-Russian Glossary is meant to provide a common understanding of the terminology, used by environmental enforcement authorities, and enable users across NIS to communicate easier among themselves and with partners in OECD and CEE count...

Handbook for Appraisal of Environmental Projects Financed by Public Funds

Its main objective is to provide domestic institutions managing public environmental expenditure in the CEE/NIS regions with practical guidance and tools for identification, appraisal, and financing of priority environmental investment projects.

Policy Brief: Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs

Developing countries, emerging economies and countries in transition increasingly see foreign direct investment (FDI) as a source of economic development and modernisation, income growth and employment. Countries have liberalised their FDI regime...

Poverty-Environment-Gender Linkages

This document attempts to clarify the key linkages between poverty and environmental degradation, with special attention paid to their gender dimension.

Environmental Indicators for Agriculture: Methods and Results Volume 3 (Overview in Spanish)

Resumen ELEMENTOS ESENCIALES Los efectos de la agricultura sobre el medio ambiente representan una de las preocupaciones mayores del público, en el contexto de la reforma de la política agrícola, la liberalización de los intercambios, los acu...

Integrating the Rio Conventions into Development Co-operation

This publication aims to clarify the linkages between the Rio Conventions and sustainable development, and provide insights as to how development co-operation agencies can help developing countries respond to global environmental threats.

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¿Hacia un consumo sostenible en los hogares? Tendencias y políticas en los países de OCDE

Changing unsustainable household consumption patterns is crucial for achieving the goal of sustainable development in OECD countries. Households affect the environment through their energy and water consumption, waste generation, transport patter...

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Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform, 27 June 2002

OECD, in co-operation with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, hosted an open international conference on environmental fiscal reform, on 27 June 2002 in Berlin, Germany.