First ECENA Plenary Meeting Zagreb, 19-20 January 2006 Item 19 B

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First ECENA Plenary MeetingZagreb, 19-20
January 2006Item 19BHs obligations in the
field of environmental priorities within the
European partnership prepared by Azra
GackicFederal Ministry of Physical Planning end
Environment
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• BHs obligations
• 1. Institutional strengthening and capacity
  building in the domain of environmental
  protection
• 2.Implementation of already adopted legislative
  instruments
  
• 3. To ensure the efficient functioning of the
  environmental monitoring system

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Institutional strengthening and capacity building
in the domain of environmental protection (1)

• Establishment of an environmental protection
  agency at state level
• Desision for environmental performances
• Advisory services
• Developing methodologies
• Process is currently ongoing

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Institutional strengthening and capacity building
in the domain of environmental protection (2)

• Enactment of an environmental framework law at
  state level
• Points for possible inclusions into the
  environmental framework law are listed
• Clarification of the competency distribution
  structure
• Establishment of the principles and mechanisms
  for integrating environmental concerns into other
  sectors
• Complying with the requirements of EU and
  international conventions to which BiH is a
  Party.
• Establishment of national reference centers
  regarding air quality, climate changes, water,
  biodiversity and waste management
• Process is ongoing

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Institutional strengthening and capacity building
in the domain of environmental protection (3)

• Inspection reform (WB project)
• Establishing a joint inspectorate at entity and
  cantonal level
• Reorganizing the inspectorates including,
• Rationally organised, regionally grouped and
  independent inspection network
• Process is ongoing

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Institutional strengthening and capacity building
in the domain of environmental protection (4)

• PRSP -Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
  Medium-term development strategy, (adopted on
  February,2004)
• Enactment of a regulation on substances which
  have negative effect on the ozone layer in
  BiH(obligations derived from Montreal agreementa)
• Strengthening of the National Ozone unit
• Strengthening the role of the Steering
  Committee
• Enactment of a Law on movement of hazardous
  substances
• Process is ongoing

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Institutional strengthening and capacity building
in the domain of environmental protection(5)

• Study that has been carried out Functional
  review of Environmental Sector in BH (CARDS)
• Proposed measures are
• . to create a conceptual capacity at the centre,
• to streamline the work,
• to rationalise the use of human resources,
• to raise cost-efficiency and
• to mobilise citizens

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Implementation of adopted legislative (1)

• Law on environmental protection 6 by-laws
  enacted
• Law on air protection 8
  by-laws enacted
• Law on water protection 4 by-laws enacted
• Law on waste management 6 by-laws enacted
• Law on nature protection 2 by-laws enacted
• Law on Environmental Protection Fund Enactment
  of 10 b-laws has been currently undergoing the
  preparation phase
• Generally the enactment of sub-acts is late. The
  total of enacted sub-acts is about 60 . In 2006
  an enactment of rest sub-acts is to be expected
  (including both entities).

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• Functioning of enviromnetal monitoring sistem (1)
• NEAP (National Environmental Action Plan)
• Priorities Short- term
• INTRODUCTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• Projects for development and upgrading of
  databases( registries)
• Supplying institutions with adequate equipment
• INTRODUCTION OF MONITORING
• Establishment of a central database, training of
  personnel and improvement of the existing
  communication with EEA
• Establishment of a pollutant emission cadastre
  according to CORINAIR methodology
• Emission and imission monitoring of large
  emitters
• INTRODUCTION OF A WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Elimination of wild dumpsites and rehabilitation
  of degraded areas
• Identification of land destruction due to
  contamination by wastes and recovery of such areas

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Functioning of environmental monitoring sistem(2)

• NEAP (National Environmental Action Plan)
• Priorities medium-term
• INTRODUCTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• Establishment of a national environmental
  information system ( NEIS)
• ESTABLISHMENT OF A RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• INTRODUCTION OF A WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Adoption of the waste management strategy
• Establishment of databases on wastes
• Establishment of a waste market
• Introduction of adequate pricing for disposal of
  all kinds of wastes in an environmentally sound
  manner
• EDUCATION
• Education and training programs related to
  collecting, proceeding and storing of date in
  accordance with modern methodology

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Functioning of environmental monitoring sistem
(3)

• NEAP (National Environmental Action Plan)
• Priorities medium-term
• BALANCED MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY AND LANDSCAPE
  DIVERSITY
• Preparation of a strategy for biodiversity
  protection
• Preparation and adoption of a Red List and red
  Book
• PROTECTION REGIME
• Preparation of programs for placing 15-20 of BH
  territory under adequate protection regime

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Functioning of environmental monitoring system(4)

• Establishment of a national environmental
  monitoring system- CARDS programm , current
  project
• Provide adequate assistance to BH when
  establishing monitoring and information system
  complying with the EIONET requirements
• Institutional strengthening and capacity building
  in the field of environmental protection
• Carrying out activities in selected sectors

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Functioning of environmental monitoring system(5)

• International Convention to which BH is a
  Party
• Convention on long-range transboundary air
  pollution (Geneva 1979)
• Vienna convention for the protection of the ozone
  layer (Vienna 1985)
• United Nations framework convention on climate
  change (Rio de Janeiro 1992)
• International plant protection convention (Rome,
  1951)
• (UN) Convention on biological diversity (Rio de
  Janeiro,1992)
• The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971)
• Convention for the protection of the
  Mediterranean Sea against pollution (Barcelona)
• International convention for the prevention of
  pollution of the Sea by oil (London)
• International convention from the prevention of
  pollution from ships (London)
• Convention on co-operation for the protection and
  sustainable use of the River Danube (Sofija)
• Basel convention on the control of transboundary
  movements of hayardous wastes and their disposal
  ( Basel 1989)
• UN Convention to combat desertification in
  countries experiencing serious drought and/or
  desertification

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Functioning of environmental monitoring system(6)

• IMPLEMENTATION OF ADOPTED LEGISLATIVE
• Conventions
• Currently undergoing the preparation process
• Convention on environmental impact assessment in
  a transboundary context (Espoo)
• Convention on free access to information (Aarhus)
• Priority Directivese
• Water Framework Directive
• Joint cooperation directive in the domain of
  accidental or intended sea pollution
• Reporting Directive
• Air quality framework directive and so-called
  Daughter Directives

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Functioning of environmental monitoring system(7)

• BHs obligations in accordance with Ratification
  of certain Conventions and Directives
• According to the Conventions
• Strategies and plans
• legal instruments
• monitoring
• reporting
• According to the Directives
• Defining strategic Directive priorities (
  inclusion into the legislative)
• Capacity building (With the EU assistance BH is
  to chose leading countries that will provide
  adequate support in the domain of environmental
  technology)