The COVID-19 virus also impacts the European competent authorities when it comes to process Waste Shipment Regulations documents. In these unprecedented times, it is encouraging to see how IMPEL members cooperate together to adapt their activities, find solutions, work out compromises and continue their engagement under these difficult conditions. A good example of this is… [Read more]
IMPEL Best Practice: National IMPEL Network
In order to make optimal use of the IMPEL membership, some members organise national activities to strengthen the national and regional/local network. In this update two examples are being addressed: The Portuguese National IMPEL Network and the Dutch National IMPEL Day. Both initiatives have a different approach and both can be very effective in reaching… [Read more]
WasteForce Webinar on legislative framework for waste inspections, penalties and reporting of waste crimes, 2 April 2020
The second webinar of the series of capacity building initiatives under the WasteForce project, presented by IGAMAOT (General Inspection of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning of Portugal) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), will take place on 2 April at 11:30 CET time, to discuss practical case studies of environmental crime related… [Read more]
IMPEL at the AELERT-INECE Conference 2020, Australia
A small delegation of IMPEL attended the international conference hosted by the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network (AELERT) and the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE). For the first time, INECE and AELERT decided to join forces to examine and push the limits of the Conference theme: “Environmental Collaboration: Shaping the… [Read more]
IMPEL Onshore Oil and Gas Regulation workshop shares information on regulation for subsurface activities
The IMPEL Industry and Air Expert Team’s project team on Onshore Oil and Gas Regulation recently organised and delivered a training in the UK for IMPEL members. The workshop was designed to discuss onshore oil and gas regulation and lessons learned for other subsurface activities, including geothermal energy, ground source heating and issues of legislation,… [Read more]
SPIDER WEB closure
The SPIDER WEB (Strategic Project to Increase the Detection and Disruption of Environmental Crime in the Western Balkans) project, funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has been carried out by IMPEL. The project was aiming at increasing the awareness on the importance of tackling environmental crimes and the skillset of all actors… [Read more]
Nature Protection within IMPEL gains momentum – with lots of action
On 27 – 29 February 2020, the IMPEL Nature Protection Expert Team conducted its meeting, organised several workshops and joined an inspection site visit, organised by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, at the Zwolle bird market in The Netherlands. The meeting itself was held in the Provincial House of Flevoland in Lelystad…. [Read more]
IMPEL stance on corona virus – IMPEL prolongs travel restrictions until end of April 2020
Due to the occurrence of the corona virus in Europe, the IMPEL Board decided on measures regarding IMPEL’s travel policy and on recommendations for (potential) meeting participants. Project participants who had planned to go to IMPEL events until the end of April but have not yet booked flights have been made aware that IMPEL can’t… [Read more]
Actions on implementation of Shipments of Waste in Croatia and Slovenia
Based on the initiative of the IMPEL National Coordinators of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia, on 6 February 2020 a joint meeting of the competent environmental authorities of Croatia and Slovenia was organised in Zagreb in order to improve the inspection of transboundary movements of waste. In addition, other actions regarding… [Read more]
Kick off IMPEL Multi Annual Strategic Programme 2021 – 2024 (MASP2020+)
One of the outcomes of the 2019 General Assembly in Helsinki was the development of a new four years Multi Annual Strategic Programme 2021 – 2024 (MASP2020+). Main reason is that the current Multi Annual Strategic Programme (MASP) will expire by the end of 2020. Other reasons are: The relationship between COM and IMPEL has… [Read more]
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