The Aarhus Business and Environment Initiative (ABEI)

The ABEI was established jointly by the private sector and Environment Ministers at the 1998 "Environment for Europe" conference. Its main objective is to facilitate public-private dialogue and to promote better environmental management practices...

Principles for Effective Environmental Enforcement Authorities in the NIS

Principles for Effective Environmental Enforcement Authorities in the NIS

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Principles for Effective Environmental Enforcement Authorities in the NIS

Principles for Effective Environmental Enforcement Authorities in the NIS

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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).

A Review of Environmental Permitting Systems in the EECCA

This document will analyse the environmental permitting systems in the NIS and identify the potential to reform them. Its preparation is based on thematic Country Profiles. The Draft Outline and findings of the assessment phase were 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...

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...

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.

Economic and Finance Data in the EECCA

Updated time series of data on key macroeconomic variables, public finance and financial sector in the former Soviet Union countries are available to download as Excel file.

Local Environmental Policy in the NIS: Current Trends and Best Practices

This paper has been prepared by the EAP Task Force Secretariat at the OECD. It analyses the decentralization trends and current practices of local environmental managers in the NIS. It further provides best practices for reforming local environme...