Title: Networking in Europe for Germany
1Networking in Europe for Germany
- Development and Policy Benefits
Detlef Grimski, Federal Environmental Agency,
Germany detlef.grimski_at_uba.de www.umweltbundesamt.
de
2Content
- The German Environment Agency who we are
- Development of European Co-operation on soil and
groundwater protection and land management
strategies - Follow up activities and current status
- Benefits and conclusions
3The German Federal Environmental Agency (FEA)
Scientific Work
Collection of data
Federal Environmental Agency Support of the
Ministry for the Environment
Information of the Public
Enforcement of legislation
International work
4FEA - Part of an international Environment network
Federal Environmental Agency FEA
Involved in the conduction of important
conferences like the Kyoto conference on Climate
change
Member in several International working groups
German Contact Point for
European Environment Agency (EEA)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
UNESCO
5Local or broader issue?
- Common resource
- Affects competition market
- Affects other environmental media cross border
- Concerns food quality (Pops)
- Public stakeholder involvement
- Private stakeholder involvement
6Status in Soil Protection in the mid 1990ies
- Germany and most EU countries
- Relevant problem requiring policy response
- No specific legislation
- No legal standards for risk assessment
- No standards for soil quality
- Groundwater quality standards with no
correspondence to soil quality aspects - Cooperation / Networking
- Increasing strategic and systematic national
co-operation - Rare international / European co-operation
7Networking nationally
National level - Soil Protection Law
Gaps, Obstacles, Needs, Solutions
Policy Maker Public scientists Private
scientists Private companies Financiers Land
owners citizens
Stakeholder involvement
Policy Maker Public scientists Private
scientists Private companies
Public scientists Private scientists (Policy
Maker)
Policy Maker
Federal State Ministries, Federal State
Environmental Agencies Engineering Association of
Contaminated Land, etc.
8Development of European Networking
European level
Gaps, Obstacles, Needs, Solutions
Policy Maker Public scientists Private
scientists Private companies Financiers Land
owners citizens
Stakeholder involvement
Policy Maker Public scientists Private
scientists Private companies
Public scientists Private scientists (Policy
Maker)
Policy Maker
Risk Assessment Network
Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network
Policy Workshop
Brownfield Regeneration Network
1996
1998
2002
1995
9Snowball effect
European Union level
CABERNET
INCORE
CLARINET
EUGRIS
ANCORE
Common Forum
RESCUE
CARACAS
Brownfield Mobility
EURODEMO
SedNet
REVIT
NICOLE
Image Train
SNOWMAN
JOINT
Senspol
10Snowball effect
European Union level
CABERNET
INCORE
CLARINET
EUGRIS
ANCORE
Common Forum
RESCUE
CARACAS
Brownfield Mobility
EURODEMO
SedNet
REVIT
NICOLE
Image Train
SNOWMAN
JOINT
Senspol
11UBA Activities on European Networking
- Policy Network to
- Identify areas for EU Cooperation
- stimulate international activities
- Review and evaluate international activities and
provide proposals to the European Commission and
the European Environment Agency - Support individual approaches of states regarding
contaminated land management and groundwater
protection
European Commissíon Activities
CABERNET
INCORE
CLARINET
EUGRIS
ANCORE
Common Forum
RESCUE
CARACAS
Brownfield Mobility
EURODEMO
SedNet
REVIT
NICOLE
Image Train
SNOWMAN
JOINT
Senspol
12UBA Activities on European Networking
- Multi stakeholder network to
- facilitate new practical solutions for urban
brownfields - Provide a better awareness, a shared
understanding and a conceptual model of
brownfield issues - coordinate research activities across different
sectors and countries - identify best practice approaches and other
tools
European Commissíon Activities
CABERNET
INCORE
CLARINET
EUGRIS
ANCORE
Common Forum
RESCUE
CARACAS
Brownfield Mobility
EURODEMO
SedNet
REVIT
NICOLE
Image Train
SNOWMAN
JOINT
Senspol
13UBA Activities on European Networking
- Portal for soil and water management providing
- An information gateway on the internet for
explaining, searching and disseminating the state
of the art in technical guidance, policy,
research and funding for land and groundwater
management information - A Research management and linkage tool for
stakeholders (EU Commission, Research
institutions (Universities, Governmental research
institutes, etc.), Public authorities
(Ministries, counties), Service providers,
Industry (manufacturers, water companies,
entrepreneurs, etc.), Legal sector, Media and
publishers sector, Funding agencies, Students,
Citizens
European Commissíon Activities
CABERNET
INCORE
CLARINET
EUGRIS
ANCORE
Common Forum
RESCUE
CARACAS
Brownfield Mobility
EURODEMO
SedNet
REVIT
NICOLE
Image Train
SNOWMAN
JOINT
Senspol
14UBA Activities on European Networking
- Project to strengthen the European Research
area and to organize a coordinated call for
research projects, co-funded by organizations in
the SNOWMAN partner countries (Austria, Belgium,
France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the
United Kingdom). - Goals
- to support the implementation of sustainable soil
pollution management in Europe - to harmonise funding and research mechanisms
across Europe
European Commissíon Activities
CABERNET
INCORE
CLARINET
EUGRIS
ANCORE
Common Forum
RESCUE
CARACAS
Brownfield Mobility
EURODEMO
SedNet
REVIT
NICOLE
Image Train
SNOWMAN
JOINT
Senspol
15Added value Profit (1)
- Common Forum
- Policy control and exchange
- confidence building
- Implementation of common principles
- CABERNET www.cabernet.org.uk
- Cross stakeholder information exchange
- Best practice data bases
- Confidence building
- Lobbying
16Added value Profit (2)
- EUGRIS www.eugris.info
- Tremendous information resource
- Reference and linkage system for all stakeholder
groups - Fast and quick access to latest information
- SNOWMAN www.snowman-era.net
- Research management
- direct access to transnational research issues
17Networking - Conclusions
- Easy exchange of information and experience
- Easy access to information
- Easy access to people
- Build up confidence
- Lobbying ! - Create interest groups and
strengthen your position - More knowledge more power for policy strategies
18Policy benefit
- International reference system as a fine tuning
tool for national requirements - Lay down common principles as a basis for
national legislation - Better access to international management
experiences and research results
19Muito Obrigado
Detlef Grimski Umweltbundesamt Postfach 1406
D-06813 Dessau detlef.grimski_at_uba.de