Marche Region

Monitoring the environmental effects of the New Programmes 2007-2013

Cinzia Colangelo

Organization:Marche Region (Italy)

Environment and Landscape Department

Cinzia Colangelo

Officer responsible for “Environmental Planning EU Funds 2007-2013”

Tel +39/071/8063478

E-mail: cinzia.colangelo@regione.marche.it

www.ambiente.regione.marche.it

Introduction

• Application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to Programmes 2007-2013

• The Methodology and the GRDP project

• Monitoring the environmental effects: the idea of an integrated system

The Environmental Authority carried out the SEA on :

• Operational Programme Competitiveness 2007-2013

• Rural Development Plan 2007-2013Developing a methodology based on the Handbook on SEA for Cohesion Policy 2007-2013

(INTERREG IIIC GRDP project)

The aim of GRDP project:Develop a common European methodology for integrating the environment into regional development programmes.

GRDP partners shared good practice and developed advice on integrating the environment into regional development programmes.

www.grdp.org

End products of GRDP:

• GRDP Charter• GRDP Toolkit

MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION of the Plan or Programme

The aim of this step:• To record the information concerning the

significant effects of activities and projects on relevant environmental issues;

• To identify unforeseen adverse effects in order to be able to undertake appropriate remedial actions

SEA Directive requires:• Presentation of monitoring measures in the

environmental report;• Informing relevant authorities and the public about

monitoring measures

The proposed Environmental Integrated Monitoring Strategy 2007-2013

Environmental monitoring of each plan/programme co-funded by EU 2007-2013:

using the monitoring system for the programming document,

incorporating new environmental monitoring

indicators

Create a new environmental monitoring arrangement

aimed to collect environmental data from

all the regional programming documents

2007-2013

To monitor and assess the CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

Environmental monitoring at programme level

Needs to be monitored Information Remedial actions

Needs to be monitored

Environmental issues and concerns

Objectives Localization of projects related to different areas

Biodiversity

Maintaining and restoring natural habitats

Natural areas, urban areas, etc.

Soil ………. ………….

…….. …………..

Information required

Source of information

Additional source of information

Indicators

Existing monitoring arrangements

Other programmes monitoring arrangements

m² area of new infrastructure

OP Competitiveness,RDP, etc

Regional Environmental Agency databases; National databases

…………..

…………..

……………..

When remedial action should be considered

What remedial act could be taken?

Breach of legislation, recognised standards or guidelines

Irreversible damage

Uncertainty over possible adverseeffects

Review aspect of the plan

Develop mitigation measures

Ex. Natura 2000 Regional Guidelines

Ex. Action breaking the ecological connectivity

Set out additional environmental evaluation/selection criteria

…………. …………….

……………..

The Environmental integrated monitoring system

Data from the different monitoring systems

The indicators will be linked to the environmental issues/concerns and their objectives, localized when appropriate, and weighted.

SOIL-cumulative effect

WATER-cumulative effect

1

SOIL-map

WATER-map

Indicator

Indicator

Indicator

Assessment of the environmental impact of regional programming

2007-2013

The Environmental integrated monitoring system

2

Driving forces

Responses

Impact

State

Pressures

Regional programming period 2007-2013

State of the environment. Valuable/critical areas

Actions and projects implemented

Results from integrated monitoring

The feedback from monitoring process ultimately lead to a more informed decision-making

The example of the Marche Region study on environmental pressures: a geographical view

Thank you for your attention!

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