The Tenth Annual Meeting of the REPIN Network

10-Jun-2008

Environmental regulators and inspectors from twelve countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia and their counterparts from OECD countries, NGOs and industry will gather in Tashkent to share experience and decide on their joint actions in 2008-2011.

Review of Funding of Environmental Compliance Assurance released

27-Sep-2005

A comprehensive review of funding of environmental assurance systems is now available. It has been carried out to respond to enforcement officials' request for support to develop financial strategies and management regimes for enforcement agencies that follow the principles of effectiveness and efficiency. The review covers the application of cost-recovery, polluter pays, and other sound principles of public policies together with better mechanisms for cost assessment, improving financial management and budget allocations, as well as increasing efficiency of enforcement activities.

Just published: Inspectors Toolkit

24-Feb-2005

The Inspectors Toolkit has just been published. It covers a wide range of management, procedural and substantive aspects of enforcement and compliance. This comprehensive training and methodological material has been developed by the OECD/EAP Task Force on the basis of best international practice to support improvements and help build the capacity of environmental inspectorates in transition economies.

Guiding Principles for Reform of Environmental Enforcement Authorities in Transition Economies of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia adopted at the Ministerial Meeting in Kiev

Environmental Ministers from the whole Europe, the US and Canada in their Declaration adopted at the Conference in May 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine adopted "Guiding Principles for Reform of Environmental Enforcement Authorities in Transition Economies of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)" as a basis for true institutional restructuring and rebuilding enforcement and compliance assurance systems following the crisis that touched the region in the 1990s.

EAP Task Force met in Paris on 7-8 February 2008

from 07-Feb-2008 to 08-Feb-2008

The annual meeting of the EAP Task Force - first after the 6th "Enviroment for Europe" Ministerial Conference, held in October 2007 in Belgrade (Serbia), took place in Paris at the OECD Conference Centre on 7 and 8 February. High-level officials from environment ministries of OECD and non-member economies discussed the new programme of work and budget of the EAP Task Force for 2008, and elected the new co-Chairs and Bureau of the Task Force.

7th Annual REPIN Meeting, October 2005, Moscow, Russian Federation

from 17-Oct-2005 to 18-Oct-2005

The seventh annual meeting of the EECCA Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) took place on 17-18 October 2005 in Moscow, Russian Federation. The meeting discussed a draft report Review of Environmental Compliance Assurance system in Armenia; reviewed options for financing environmental compliance assurance systems in EECCA, considered draft Guiding Principles of Effective Environmental Permitting Systems, and assessed progress made since the previous REPIN meeting in September 2004 on implementing other projects of the REPIN work programme.

International Conference “Strategies for Improving Environmental Compliance Assurance in Russia: Policy and Practical Issues”, October 2005, Moscow, Russian Federation

from 19-Oct-2005 to 20-Oct-2005

The objective of this event was to discuss latest developments of environmental management in Russia and take stock of opportunities and obstacles to improving this system within the framework of the administrative reform and in light of good international practice. The seminar was a further step in identifying priority actions to improve environmental policy implementation, and promote its integration in economic and sectoral policies.

6th meeting of REPIN Network, Yerevan, Armenia

from 26-Sep-2004 to 28-Sep-2004

The sixth annual meeting of the EECCA Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) took place on 26-28 September 2004, Yerevan, Armenia. Special attention was devoted to projects on strengthening environmental compliance assurance system in Kyrgyzstan, reforming environmental permitting in Ukraine and other EECCA, and on analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of economic instruments in Russia and Armenia.

OECD Global Forum for Sustainable Development at the INECE Conference in Marrakech

from 11-Apr-2005 to 15-Apr-2005

2005 OECD Global Forum for Sustainable Development will be organised on the occassion of the 7th global meeting of the International Network on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) on 11-15th April, 2005 in Marrakech, Morocco.

5th Annual Meeting of EECCA Network on Policies and Enforcement

from 16-Oct-2003 to 18-Oct-2003

The meeting in Kiev was the fifth annual gathering of enforcement officers and environmental policy makers from environmental authorities in the region of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA). The main result of the meeting were the endorsement of the draft Work Programme of the Network for the period 2003-2006 and the new Term of Reference for the Network.