3rd Interim report September 2011- March 2012.pdf - Renanetwork.org

Interim Report, No 3, 19 September 2011 – 18 March 2012
Planned outputs Output/deliverable Date Status
with common inspections (Cluster II)
(Activity 4.1)
Common Inspection training on
selected subjects Cluster I for fYR of
Macedonia, with common April 2012
Ongoing
inspections (Cluster II) (Activity 4.1)
Common Inspection training on
selected subjects Cluster I for
Montenegro with common September 2012 Ongoing
inspections (Cluster II) (Activity 4.1)
Regional Workshop on EU-ETS
(Activity 4.3)
May 2012
Ongoing
Regional Workshop on EU TFS
(harbour transport) (Activity 4.4)
April 2012
Ongoing
Regional Workshop on EU TFS
(road transport) (Activity 4.4)
June 2012
Ongoing
The first draft of the second Interim Report has been submitted to the EC and RENA Focal Points
on 1 September 2011. Comments have been received from Croatia on 21 October 2011 and from
the EC on 08 December 2011. Received comments have been incorporated and the final version of
the second Interim Report has been approved on 08 December 2011. Upon the approval, the final
version of the report has been placed on the RENA website and is available for download.
Activities implemented under each Working Group are described in details in the section below.
2.8 Working Group 1. Strategic Planning and Investments
Activity 1.1 Preparation of Approximation Strategies
Implemented activities during the third interim reporting period
• Delivery of sub-regional workshop on Environmental Approximation Strategies in Pristina
(03 – 05 October 2011).
The workshop agenda has been developed in close collaboration of the project team and the
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99). The main items
of the agenda were the following:
1. National Environmental Approximation Strategy, as a basic planning document for
achieving full compliance with the EU environmental acquis;
2. Approximation of EU environmental legislation in practice;
3. Scope, approach and methodology for development of NEAS – Experience from the fYR
of Macedonia;
4. Development of NEAS : The need of executing a full organizational, legislative and
resource gap analysis;
5. Development of NEAS: The need for prioritization within the overall and in the individual
sectors;
6. Development of NEAS: Development of Directive Specific Implementation Plans
(DSIPs)
7. Development of NEAS: Lessons learnt and best practices from EC candidate countries an
potential candidates;
8. Economic assessment of cost and benefit analysis in the EU environmental approximation
process;
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