Environmental Policies, Enforcement and Compliance

This programme area aims at facilitating implementation of environmental policies in EECCA countries by improving their effectiveness and efficiency based on international benchmarks.
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The Tenth Annual Meeting of the REPIN Network

from 17-Jun-2008 to 19-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.

Translating Environmental Law into Practice: Progress in Modernising Environmental Regulation and Compliance Assurance in EECCA Countries

05-Sep-2007

Poor environmental compliance is symptomatic of policy failure and implies high costs for society, undermines the rule of law, and distorts the level playing field for businesses.
The current report, developed within the framework of the EAP Task Force’s Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN), reviews progress in transposing the Guiding Principles into practice and provides recommendations on future action.
The report argues that EECCA countries need to pursue a better regulation process aimed at ambitious, but also fair, feasible, and clear environmental requirements.

Proposed System of Surface Water Quality Standards for Moldova

16-Feb-2007

The purpose of this report is to analyse the current Moldovan system of surface water quality standards and develop a proposal for an improved system, using relevant EU Directives as a benchmark and considering Moldova’s obligations under various international agreements. This new system of Surface Water Quality Standards (SWQS) will be discussed it in a series of stakeholder workshops in Moldova

Workshop on Emerging Issues of Environmental Management in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

from 13-Mar-2007 to 14-Mar-2007

An international multi-stakeholder workshop “Environmental Policies, Instruments, and Institutions in EECCA: The Emerging Agenda” will be held on the 13-14 March 2007. Representatives of all major stakeholder groups (government officials, experts, non-governmental organisations, think-tanks, and the business sector) are invited to participate in the workshop.

The Ninth Annual Meeting of the REPIN Network

on 13-Mar-2007

The annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) will be organised in Brussels on 13th March 2007.

8th Annual Meeting of the EECCA Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network

from 12-Jun-2006 to 13-Jun-2006

The eighth annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) was held in Tbilisi on 12-13th June 2006. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia, and organised by the OECD/EAP Task Force Secretariat. The meeting gathered about 60 participants.

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