Title: Central and Eastern European EA (Planning and Management)related higher education, a SWOT analysis Ingrid Belc
1Central 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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3Outline
- 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
4CEE 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
5EU 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
6REC 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
7REC 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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8Evolution 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)
9REC 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
10REC 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
11REC 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
12REC 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 -
13EAM 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.)
14EAM 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)
15EAM 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
16EAM 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
17Example of science oriented EAM master
programme in Bulgaria