Environmental Information

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REReP 1.8 Wrap-up/Training Workshop June 19-20,
2003 Sofia, Bulgaria
Romania
Environmental Information System Development
Status Update
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Current Status I

• Institutional set-up for monitoring and data
  collection
• for waters Romanian Administration of Romanian
  Waters
• for air MWEP and the Ministry of Health (MH)
• for soils Ministry of Agriculture
• for health MH(Inspectorates for Public Health)
• for noise and vibrations MWEP
• for radioactivity National Commission for
  Nuclear Activities (part of MWEP)
• All data is collected and processes at national
  level by ICIM and sent to MWEP. MWEP has a
  protocol for data exchange with the National
  Institute for Statistics.
• Legal framework
• The Frame-Law on Environmental Protection
  137/1995 provides that an Integrated Monitoring
  System (IMS) at national level has to be in
  place.

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Current Status II

• Data collection and management
• Within EPIs, an Service for Integrated
  Monitoring of Environmental Factors (SIMEF)
  organises the database attached to integrated
  monitoring systems at county level by
• Collection and storage on a daily bases of data
  on the quality of environment sectors, as
  provided by the laboratory subordinated to each
  EPIs, as well as of the data and information
  provided by other departments of EPIs
• Collection and storage of data on the quality of
  environments factors, as received by fast and
  slow information flow channel or of data provided
  by the laboratories within the system of the
  National Water Company
• Recording status of waste as well as toxic and
  hazardous substances, classification of
  localities, categories, branches of activity,
  recovery opportunities in cooperation with the
  other bodies and the service for waste management
  and toxic substances.
• Drawing up informative notes regarding unusual
  environment-related events with respect to the
  provision of information flow and their
  transmittal to superior authorities.

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Current Status III

• Information dissemination -
• at central level MWEP
• at local level EPIs
• Use of environmental reporting in decision-making
• Usually, the data gathered is processed and at
  local level are elaborated reports regarding the
  State of Environment (by EPIs) and at central
  level is elaborated a National Report regarding
  the State of Environment (by ICIM and MWEP)

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Tangible Developments Progress I

• Objectives -
• - better information of the public and the
  stakeholders about the ministry (related bodies
  organization chart, objectives, activities,
  future targets)
• - the increase of IT resources and capabilities,
  in order to contribute to the development of the
  information system
• Expenditures
• ITEM SUM (Eur)
• Equipment 18,200
• Brochure and CD-Rom 8,060
• TOTAL 26,260

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Tangible Developments Progress II

• Benefits -
• - it was realized a public environmental
  awareness campaign. This introduced the
  information system and services of the
  environment ministry to the media, conference and
  meeting attendants (including those at the World
  Summit on Sustainable Development), and many
  other stakeholders through the Environmental
  Protection Inspectorates. It produced a brochure
  and CD-Rom (in Romanian and English), that
  provided key contact information for bodies at
  all levels dealing with environmental issues
  details on the transposition of environmental
  acquis environmental programmes etc. Two
  thousand five hundred brochures and 1,500 CDs
  were produced.
• - The use of high quality telecommunications
  lines for Internet connectivity is thus enabling
  interaction of the MWEP with local Environmental
  Protection Inspectorates, other ministries, and
  with the outside world. At the same time, a new,
  interactive, website was also created at
  http//www.mappm.ro/gardamediu where site
  visitors will have the possiblity can post
  environmental problems, suggestions, or legal
  violations they have witnessed. Issues raised are
  subsequently investigated, and responses or
  suggestions are posted online. The site also
  contains an Intranet for internal communications
  and a password-protected action groups area.

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Future Priorities
As a result of the Romanian Government
re-organisation, the Ministry of Waters and
Environmental Protection became the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forests, Waters and Environment. All
the plans for for the National Environmental
Information System will be re-assessed, taking
into account the new bodies and new structure
(with the available resources - financial and
human, the functional relations between the
relevant institutions).
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Further Information.
Please contact Alberto Simion Address 12
Libertatii Blvd, Bucharest Tel [phone]
Fax [phone] Email alberto_at_mappm.ro

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