Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre

SEI Tallinn

Säästva Eesti Instituut

20 years – 20 milestones

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SEI Tallinn Centre establishedSEI`s Tallinn Centre was established 1/11/1992

with the agreement of the Swedish and Estonian governments, as the fourth SEI centre after Stockholm, York and Boston. Started with 4 staff, now over 20 staff.

Lai str 34, Tallinn

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Environmental ConventionsThe first international conference on the status of

multilateral environmental agreements in the Baltic States, organised by SEI Tallinn in Estonia.

SEI Tallinn has organised altogether 4 international conferences on this topic: in addition to 1993, also in 1995, 1997 and 2001.

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Climate and energyStart of two UNEP and GEF global programmes in

Estonia on climate change.At present the work in the programme supports the

implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol in Estonia in two major directions: EU ETS of GHG allowances and Joint Implementation projects.

2012 - toolkit for the policy-makers, spatial planners and the businesses to deal with climate change. In 12 languages toolkit.balticclimate.org

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Environmental management (EM) The EM Programme - to promote sustainable

consumption & production, integrated product policy & sustainable use of natural resources (waste policy).

Capacity building and knowledge transfer of best practices in EM systems (ISO, EMAS), life cycle assessment (LCA), green public procurement & corporate social responsibility.

2012 - EMAS forregional tourismclusters in EU countries

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)SEI Tallinn organised the international conference

on EIA in the Baltic States. EIA has been one of the core expertizes since the first years of SEI Tallinn.

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SEI Tallinn extended its name to emphasize the relationship with country of location. The first letters of the name in Estonian also form an acronym SEI: Säästva

Eesti Instituut

The official name became the Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre, Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development.

Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development

SEI Tallinn publication seriesFirst book in the series of SEI Tallinn publications

was issued: Sustainable Development Glossary.As of 2012, altogether 20 books authored by SEI

Tallinn experts have been published in the series.

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European Commission R&D framework programmesSEI Tallinn started to participate as a partner in its first EC

Framework Programme project: ENER Forums – The European Network for Energy Economics Research.

Since then, SEI Tallinn experts have been partners to 3–4 framework programme projects each year

CEERES

FLAGSHIPLIAISE

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Estonian Council of Environmental NGOs (EKO) SEI Tallinn was one of the founding members of EKO. EKO is an informal politically independent cooperation

network that helps environmental activists jointly achieve the environmental protection goals that are important for all of us.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

The SEA of the forestry sector development plan was completed by SEI Tallinn experts.

Since then, SEI experts have conducted several SEAs for national level development plans: electricity, transport, oil shale use andenergy strategies.

Since 2007 scenario analyses -

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Sustainability measures (SM)The Programme was established to analyse & develop

integrated environmental policy for decision-making: Policy analyses, impact assessments, advancement of

knowledge in environmental policy integration, urban planning, sustainable transport & mobility, nature management, Natura 2000 & urban biodiversity, environmental governance, strategic planning, education for sustainable development.

Estonian Association for Environmental Management (EKJA) EKJA was founded on the initiative of SEI Tallinn. It is a non-profit organisation which brings together

enterprises, organisations and individuals, who want to improve the environmental performance of corporate management.

EKJA - green entrepreneurs

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National allocation plans (NAP) for GHG emission allowancesIn 2004 and 2006, on the request of the Ministry of

Environment SEI Tallinn prepared the Estonian NAP of Greenhouse Gases allowances for the implementation of EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the first (2005–2007) & second trading period (2008–2012).

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Ecological tax reformThe Estonian government approved the basis for the ecological

tax reform (ETR) in which SEI Tallinn provided core input. The aim of the ETR is to shift the tax base away from labour taxes and towards the consumption of natural resources and pollution of environment.

2008 - SEI Tallinn studies on resource & waste taxes,2012 - impact of all environmental taxes on enterprises

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SEI Tallinn launched the web-based glossary which includes terms in Estonian, English, German and Russian with explanations in Estonian.

Sustainable Development Glossary

www.seit.ee/sass

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Environmental economics and accounting (EEA)The EEA programme was established in SEI Tallinn.

Main topics: analyses of monetary & regulatory environmental policy instruments, socio-economic impact assessments, economic valuation studies, research on monetary indicators of sustainable development.

Urban biodiversity conservation

The aim is to promote and increase awareness. Several analyses and guidelines have been

published; urban ecology lectures have been initiated at Tallinn University.

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Mobility managementSEI Tallinn has introduced the concept of mobility

management in Estonia and is actively promoting it, being also the coordinator of the Estonian network of mobility management “LiLi”.

www.facebook.com/groups/lilid

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Estonian Commission for Sustainable DevelopmentDr Kaja Peterson was elected chairman of the

Commission, a 16-member group that advises the Estonian government on sustainable development issues.

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The goal of the Forums, which were initiated by SEI Tallinn in 2001 and are held periodically, is to bring sustainability issues to the forefront of public discourse and to promote sustainable development.

2012 – forum on Green Economy

SEI Tallinn gave Green Economy Promoter Awards to enterprises.

Sustainable Development Forums

Work in progress 2012-2013Estonian low-carbon future scenarios till 2050

study in collaboration with RAKE at the University of Tartu

Estonian environmental fees system and its impact on enterprises and competition study in collaboration with RAKE at the University of Tartu

Economic and social analyses of the EU Marine Strategy implementation in Estonia under the INTERREG funded GES-REG project in collaboration

with Estonian marine institutes, Ministry of Environment, Finnish, Swedish and Latvian partners

Several international projects on Impact Assessment of policies and strategies, urban biodiversity and mobility management

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