Save the date! The SPIDER WEB Conference ‘Building Future Resilience to Detect and Disrupt Environmental Crime’ will take place on 12 and 13 November 2019 in Croatia. SPIDER WEB aims to increase the awareness and the skillset of all actors in the environmental law enforcement chain to successfully disrupt and prosecute illegal behaviour and limit… [Read more]
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): fast growing waste stream in Europe
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is one of the fastest growing waste streams in Europe, with some 12,3 Mt (16,6 kg/inh) generated in the EU 2016 (and 44,7 Mt worldwide), and expected to grow to more than 52,2 Mt in 2021 worldwide (The global E-waste Monitor UNU-IAS, 2017). WEEE contains a complex mixture… [Read more]
IMPEL Review Initiative (IRI) in the Slovak Republic
This June, an IMPEL review initiative (IRI) was carried out in the Slovak Republic. The so called IRI is a voluntary peer review where environmental authorities of IMPEL member countries help each other to improve the implementation of EU environmental law. Initiated by Robert Ruzicka (Slovak Environmental Inspectorate DG), on 25 – 28 June 2019… [Read more]
Request for Proposals: Governance Review
IMPEL is looking to engage an experienced international consultant or firm of consultants to conduct a corporate governance review of IMPEL’s currents operations. The network has significantly developed and expanded during the last few years. Internal work processes and ways of working have become increasingly more complex. The consultant should assess the current governance framework… [Read more]
Onshore Oil and Gas Well Decommissioning, Closure & Liabilities Funding
Sharing regulatory best practice and strategy for the safe decommissioning and closure of onshore oil and gas wells, together with a review of Member States approach to funding environmental liabilities at onshore oil and gas sites, is the core of this IMPEL Industry and Air project and conseqent Onshore Oil and Gas 2018 report. All… [Read more]
National IMPEL Coordinators’ feedback on combating environmental crime training
To combat wildlife and waste crime, IMPEL is supporting the Western Balkans to increase their capacity and skills by providing practical training to law enforcement. To date, three out of six national trainings were delivered, namely in the Republic of North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo* under the umbrella of the SPIDER WEB project. The involved… [Read more]
National Peer Review Initiative (NPRI) project kick off
On 17 and 18 July 2019 the first project team meeting of the National Peer Review Initiative (NPRI) was held in Athens, Greece. The meeting was kindly hosted by the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Environment and Energy. The team consists of representatives of Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, the Republic of North Macedonia and… [Read more]
Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) Implementation Project Group meets in Gdansk
The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) Implementation Project Group had its first meeting for 2019 in Gdansk, Poland from 5 to 7 June. Prior to the main Project Group meeting a successful joint inspection exercise was carried out at an oil refinery and a combined heat and power plant in Gdansk. This looked specifically at the… [Read more]
Greek Ombudsman to join IMPEL
IMPEL welcomes a new member into the network: the Greek Ombudsman. The Greek Ombudsman is an independent administrative authority, whose aim, according to its founding law, is to protect citizens’ rights, combat maladministration and ensure observance of the laws. Within its framework, the Greek Ombudsman also seeks to ensure and safeguard environmental protection. It seeks… [Read more]
Successful RCC meeting in Albania positive about SPIDER WEB
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) meeting participants welcomed SPIDER WEB project on detection and disruption of environmental crime in Western Balkans On 2 July 2019, the 9th meeting of the Regional Working Group on Environment of the RCC was held in Tirana, Albania. The meeting was well attended by over 30 participants, representing the following organisations:… [Read more]
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