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RENA: how it could help to address RENA: how it could help to address environmental challengesenvironmental challenges

Turkey

11th REReP Task Force meeting

November 20th, 2008

Becici, Montenegro

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Strategic Planning & Investments

(incl. Progress Monitoring & Compliance Check)

• Key Challenges

– Necessity of strategic approach (transposition-implementation) :• Stepwise strategies and their implementation:

Space for improvements and need for know-how on, inter alia,

Regulatory Impact Assessment and

Financial aspects such as;

Use of the economic instruments,

Co-financing mechanisms,

Public-Private Partnership.

• Legal analysis –also including revisions of legislation w.r.to local experiences (e.g. recent PHARE project in which local EMPs were generated).

– Potential for remarkable level of reduction of environmental impacts of the industry, contributing largely to the overall investments and environmental status.

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Strategic Planning & Investments (continued)

• Possible ways to address them

– Transfer of know-how on RIA and strategical approach, use of the economic instruments, co-financing mechanisms

– Exchange of best practices regarding harmonization and implementation of EU legislation, especially heavy-cost directives

– Success stories in the field of Public-Private Partnership.

– Studies similar to the mentioned PHARE project.

– Transfer of best practices and other means for raising awareness in industry regarding various responsibilities and gains such as efficiency improvement; benchmarking.

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– Lessons Learnt (Past/Continuing challenges):

• Prioritization of EU legislation for harmonization

• Legislation-specific strategies (DSIPs, EU Integrated Environmental Approximation Strategy, strategies, national programme, ..)

• Formation and implementation of project pipeline

• Preparation of EOP

• Establishment of IPA Unit

• Project formulation and implementation under IPA I, III

Strategic Planning & Investments (continued)

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Climate Change• Key Challenges

– Turkey, as a developing country in Annex I, which believes that fairness is essential for 2012+ while following Bali Action Plan, needs support in achieving sustainable development goals.

– Capacity building and cooperation required in this context -adaptation and mitigation, conservation, renewable energy.

• Possible ways to address them

– Exchange of best practices and joint projects on adaptation and mitigation

– Regarding energy efficiency; joint projects within RENA and know-how and technology transfer from advanced states.

– Joint works on renewable energy, i.e. wind energy

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Cross-Border Cooperation on water, nature, EIA and SEA

• Key Challenges

– Capacity building need regarding the legislation concerned

– Potential benefits of enhanced cooperation

– Need of improvements in public participation

• Possible ways to address them

– Dissemination of best practices on the Danube and nature

– Sharing of the lessons learnt by member states

– Other trainings – ToT

– Evaluation of the possibility of further cooperation with countries having joint environmental problems

– Similar studies to the PHARE project, by which better involvement of NGOs, universities, local authorities, public can be provided.

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Enforcement and Compliance,

ECENA• Key Challenges

– Local training needs, regarding the people actively involved at local scale.

• Possible ways to address them

– Local capacity building - ToT

from neighbour EU countries?

Thank You For Your Attention

Questions?

Further contact:fyetgin@cevreorman.gov.tr(additionally, ab@cevreorman.gov.tr )