SHORT OVERVIEW AND PRESENTATION OF WORK SCHEDULE OF THE TWINNING LIGHT PROJECT

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• SHORT OVERVIEW AND PRESENTATION OF WORK SCHEDULE
  OF THE TWINNING LIGHT PROJECT
• By
• Henning Lyngsø Foged
• MS Project Leader

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AGENDA

• Introduction
• Background, results, activities, and timing
• Our style
• The project seen in wider perspectives
• Expectation from the project to Ministry of
  Agriculture

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Introduction

• We have composed a team of a MS Project Leader
  and STE experts, based in institutions with
  responsibility for the project matters in
  Denmark, and with considerable knowledge and
  experience from Latvia Danish Agricultural
  Advisory Service, National Centre (DAAS) in
  association with Danish Plant Directorate (DPD)
  and Danish Forest and Nature Agency (DFNA)
• It is important to implement this project in
  connection with the implementation of the EU's
  CAP policy
• Delivery of fertilisation methodology material
  and advice to 24,000 farmers require a rigorous
  quality assurance

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Background, results, activities, and timing

• Background
• Code of GAP of 1999
• Regulation No. 531 of 18 December 2001
  Regulations on the protection of waters and soil
  against pollution caused by nitrates from
  agricultural sources, amended by Regulation No.
  134 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 16.03.2004
• Results of project on fertiliser norms and manure
  standards have not been implemented???!!!
• Letter of the EU Commission, DG ENV, of 2
  February 2006, calls for actions

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Background, results, activities, and timing

• Results
• Component 1.
• Elaborated methodological materials of
  fertilisation planning and issued for consultants
  and farmers necessary documentation of
  fertilisation management.
• Made assessment of current situation in farms and
  elaborated statement of reasons for preparation
  of fertilisation plan.
• Prepared consultants for giving qualitative
  advice for elaboration fertilisation plan.
• Component 2.
• Elaborated the guidelines on the implementation
  of environmental regulations in agriculture and
  presented to the Ministry of Agriculture and the
  Ministry of Environment.
• Made assessment of effectiveness and
  understanding of implementation of environment
  regulations in agriculture
• Prepared the control sheets for farm inspection
  
• Acquired EU MS experience concerning
  implementation of new technologies in practice.
• Component 3.
• Acquired the experience of Best Environmental
  Practice and monitoring of Nitrate Directive
  implementation in EU MS.
• Component 4.
• Elaborated monitoring programme of Nitrate
  Directive implementation and presented Nitrate
  Directive monitoring programme to Ministry of
  Agriculture.
• Identified the main problems concerning
  implementation of Nitrate directive measures and
  requirements
• Elaborated proposals of future activities based
  on estimation of real situation.

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Timing

• Project notified on 14 February 2006 Project
  activities started on 27 January 2006
• Inception Report latest 27 March 2007
• Counterparts and beneficiary institutions
• Steering Committee
• Stakeholder meeting
• Timing of missions
• Re-formulation of outputs in line with EUs
  letter?
• Revision of experts inputs?
• Final Report latest 15 October 2006

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Our style

• Involvement of stakeholders
• Farmers organisations, research etc. Or in
  general those institutions involved in the
  elaboration of the CGAP
• Structured and result oriented
• Pragmatic and simple (KISS Keep It Simple,
  Stupid)

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The project seen in wider perspectives

• Relation to implementation of
• EUs CAP reform (1782/2003/EEC)
• Water Framework Directive (60/2000/EEC)
• IPPC legislation (61/96/EEC)
• Rendering Directive (/1774/2002/EEC)

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The project seen in wider perspectives
Satellite picture of EU seas chlorophyll-a
concentrationsi. Average summer 2000. The red
and yellow areas show strong phytoplancton
development, one of the most visible symptoms of
eutrophication, with potential adverse effects
(toxic dinoflagellates, oxygen depletion, changes
in bottom flora and fauna, etc). N.B.
Interferences of humid and suspended matters near
estuaries have to be taken into account. i
The Implementation of Council Directive
91/676/EEC concerning the Protection of Waters
against Pollution caused by Nitrates from
Agricultural Sources. Synthesis from year 2000
member States reports Report COM(2002)407.
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Stages of implementation of the Nitrate Directive
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The project seen in wider perspectives
Calendar for implementation of the Nitrate
Directive
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The project seen in wider perspectives
Infringement procedures related with the Nitrate
Directive
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Expectations form the project to Ministry of
Agriculture

• Which institution shall control farmers in
  relation to the action programme? (The Regulation
  mentions both Rural Support Service and Latvian
  Environment Agency)
• Who are the counterpart staff (and which
  institutions do they come from)?
• Will the support to reporting to EU deal with the
  action programme alone or also include the
  monitoring programme and other?
• Will it be considered to revise the legislation
  in connection with this project?
• Who shall be members of a Steering Committee?
• Is it accepted to organise a stakeholder meeting?
• Where shall there be a project office?
• Mission certificates!

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Counterparts