Meeting on Environmental Monitoring

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Meeting on Environmental Monitoring Geneva,
Switzerland, 16-17 April 2013 Institutional
mehanisms for the production of Croatian
SOER Mira Zovko, Head of Environmental
Documents Department
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• CONTENTS
• Legal framework and the procedure for submission
  of the SOER
• Structure/content and purpose of the SOER
• Institutional framework

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Legal framework and the procedure for submission
of the SOER

• Croatian Environment Agency (CEA) prepares the
  SOER (according Environmental Protection Act, OG
  No. 110/07)
• all ministries and institutions that were
  involved in drafting give opinions/amendments to
  the draft
• Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
  delivers SOER to the Croatian Government
• SOER is submitted regulary by the Government to
  the Croatian Parliament every four years

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Structure/content and purpose of the SOER

• indicator based Report 7 environmental topics,10
  sectoral pressures, 1 chapter with general
  information (participants, policy, investments,
  inspection)
• used to assess the achievement of the objectives
  of environmental Strategy and Plan, and
  Strategies and Planning documents of the other
  sectors (energy, industry, tourism, agriculture,
  marine, waste management)

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Institutional framework (1)

• CEA
• responsible for drafting of the SOER
• coordinator of the drafting process
• source of data - focal point for Croatian
  Environmental Information System (44 databases
  containing the required data and information)
• creates environmental assessment for a particular
  topic / sector and provide an integrated
  environmental assessment

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Institutional framework (2)

• COOPERATION - more than 20 institutions
  (government bodies, public institutions and other
  participant organizations) engaged in
  monitoring/data collection/drafting of the SOER
• Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
  air quality data, bathing water quality data,
  general information (eg. inspection) etc.
• Ministry of Agriculture - data related to
  agriculture and organic farming, data for water
  management

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Institutional framework (3)

• Ministry of Health environment and health data,
  chemicals
• Croatian National Institute of Public Health -
  drinking water safety data, wastewater quality,
  surface water and water for recreation
• Croatian Waters water management data
• Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries /NRC/ -
  state of marine environment, aquaculture and
  fisheries, data of env. pressures on marine
  ecosys.

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Institutional framework (4)

• Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar - data of energy
  statistics energy consumption, renewable energy
  resources, energy in transport
• State Institute for Nature Protection data
  required for biodiversity
• Meteorogical and Hydrological Service
  -meteorogical and hydrological data,
  acidification and eutrofication elements...

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Institutional framework (5)

• Croatian Forest Research Institute - data of
  forest ecosystems
• State Geodetic Administration spatial data
• The competent cantonal authorities - data about
  pollutants in the environment, projects, etc.
• Croatian Bureau of Statistics statistical data
  of Transport, Tourism, Agriculture, Industry
• Scientific institutions (eg. Faculty of
  Agriculture)
• NGOs

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• Thank you for your attention!
• mira.zovko_at_azo.hr
• www.azo.hr