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Title: Central and Eastern European EA (Planning and Management)related higher education, a SWOT analysis Ingrid Belc


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Central and Eastern European EA (Planning and
Management)related higher education, a SWOT
analysis Ingrid Belcáková, Faculty of
Architecture, STU, EIA Centre
  • Seminar on
  • Experiences in China and the EU
  • Nankai University, Tianjin, 20.03.-21.03.2010

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Outline
  • Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries
    transition countries
  • EU environmental acquis and international EAM
    conventions a common basis
  • Capacity building and education program for CEE
    (REC initiatives)
  • EAM education in CEE countries SWOT analysis

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CEE transition countries
  • Bulgaria, Czech Republic,Estonia, Hungary,
    Latvia, Lithuania,Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
    Slovenia
  • Strong planning traditions and similar planning
    systems
  • Regulated reforms within EU Accession since
    2000
  • Western EIA/SEA type
  • EU standardisation of EAM education (Bologna
    process, etc...)
  • A lot of common capacity building project last 15
    years

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EU environmental acquis and international EAM
conventions a common basis
  • Environmental management standards (e.g.EMAS)
  • Environmental Assessment Directive (EIA
    Directive, SEA Directive)
  • Environmental prevention (IPPC Directive)
  • Public participation(Directive 2003/35/ES)
  • ESPOO Convention, UNECE SEA Protocol, Aarhus
    Convention

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REC driven international capacity building
activities common curricula background
  • Regional Environmental Center for Central and
    Eastern Europe(REC)
  • Regional Initiatives program organised by REC
    Headquartes e.g.Sofia Initiative
  • National Initiatives Programs in Bulgaria,Czech
    Republic, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia,
    Slovakia

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REC driven international capacity building
activities common curricula background
  • Sofia Initiative Program regional initiatives
  • SEA Protocol Initial Capacity Development in
    Selected Countries of the Former Soviet Union
    developed by the REC, UNDP-RBEC and UNECE Espoo
    Convention Secretariat, 2006 in English
  • SEA training manual for South Eastern Europe,
    2003
  • SEA train the trainer material, 2004)

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Evolution of EA in CEE
  • Strong planning traditions and similar planning
    systems lt1990
  • land-use planning - sectoral and territorial
    planning
  • provisions for consultations and partial env.
    evaluations
  • Country-specific reforms of planning processes
    mid-1990ies
  • EA of spatial plans (Poland, Slovakia,
    Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Lithuania)
  • EA of strategies outside of spatial planning
    (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
  • Regulated reforms within EU Accession since
    2000
  • SEA of Development Plans for EU Structural Funds
  • EC SEA Directive (and UN ECE SEA Protocol)

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REC based national activities and outputs -
Bulgaria
  • The guidelines on the Integration of the
    biodiversity protection aspects in the process of
    SEA, in English (unproofed translation) in
    Bulgarian
  • Environmental assessment of the regional
    operational programme of Bulgaria, 2003, In
    English
  • Manual for Environmental Assessment of Plans and
    Programmes in Bulgaria, 2002, in English

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REC based national activities and outputs- Czech
Republic
  • Assessment of Environmental Impacts of the
    proposed Sectoral Operational Programme for
    Tourism and Spa Industry, in English
  • Environmental assessment website of REC CO Czech
    Republic
  • SEA methodology for regional development concepts
    in English in Croatian and Russian .
  • SEA Documentation of the National Development
    Plan of the CR in English

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REC based national activities and outputs-
Estonia, Hungary, Poland
  • Presentation on Estonian SPD 2003-2006 and SEA by
    Kristel Kiiple, MoF, Estonia
  • SEA of NDP a single programming document
    2003-2006 in English and Estonian
  • Link to SEA of regional operational programme of
    Hungary (in Hungarian)
  • SEA for the purposes of providing the foundations
    for the ex-ante assessment of the Regional
    Operational Programme from and environmental
    aspect, in English
  • Review of pilot SEA for NDP Poland in English

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REC based national activities and outputs-
Slovenia and Slovakia
  • Expertise for the programme of inclusion of NGOs
    in the preparation, implementation and evaluation
    of the development strategy documents of the
    Republic of Slovenia in English
  • Guidance to Public Participation in Strategic
    Environmental Assessment in Slovenian
  • Manual of public participation in Strategic
    Environmental Assessment in Slovenian
  •  Guidance to Public Participation in Strategic
    Environmental Assessment in Slovak
  • SEA methodology for regional development concepts
    in Slovak
  • SEA methodology for operational programmes in
    Slovak
  • Expertise for the programme of inclusion of NGOs
    in the preparation, implementation and evaluation
    of the development strategy documents of the
    Republic of Slovenia in English
  • Guidance to Public Participation in Strategic
    Environmental Assessment in Slovenian
  • Manual of public participation in Strategic
    Environmental Assessment in Slovenian
  •  

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EAM education in CEE countries higher
education support
  • Pilot projects to test and develop EA methods
    in real-life situations and to establish
    precedents of good EAM practice
  • Promotional materials- to explain benefits of EAM
    to planners and policy-makers
  • Guidelines and professional training to guide EA
    for specific types of planning/programming
    processes
  • Professional networking- to establish
    professional benchmarks for good SEA practice
  • Periodic evaluations to review effectiveness
    (e.g. annual conferences, etc.)

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EAM education in CEE countries SWOT analysis
criteria
  • Academic context (e.g.degree title,emphasis,)
  • Programmeimplementation (e.g.duration, programme
    structure, delivery language, delivery method,
    assesment method, focus
  • Programme requirement and scope (e.g.
    geographical specialism, entry requirements,
    fees, credit structure, career opportunities)

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EAM education in CEE countries SWOT analysis
  • Strengths
  • Good professional background
  • Unified EU credit system
  • Education supported by a lot of pilot projects
    and guidelines
  • Less expensive courses
  • Good regional mutual programmes
  • Weaknesses
  • Majority of courses are provided in national
    language
  • A lot of courses are very much science oriented
  • Administrative staff mostly speak just in
    national language

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EAM education in CEE countries SWOT analysis
  • Opportunities
  • EU supported Erasmus Mundus master programmes
    (joint or double degree)
  • Strong universities
  • Improving legislative base
  • Education networking
  • Different bilateral agreements between
    universities
  • Threats
  • Financial shortage
  • Still developing donor or charity system
  • Unstable economy
  • Not good accomodation and living condition for
    overseas students

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Example of science oriented EAM master
programme in Bulgaria
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