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IMPEL National Peer Review Initiative Project
07 Mar, 2023
The project aims at setting the basis for the development of autonomous Peer Review activities in National Networks of Environmental Authorities and Agencies. It can be used as an instrument to improve own performances through dialog, collaborative confrontation and sharing of good practices among the peers belonging to the same network. The NPRI has been recognised as a powerful tool to support the implementation of the EU ECA initiative, in particular because of its potential to apply good and best practices and its contribution to harmonisation in the execution of tasks and responsibilities by authorities. The NPRI project involves 20 institutions from 15 European countries that are part of IMPEL.
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Water and Land Remediation project - Submission of case studies
03 Mar, 2023
The deadline to submit case studies for Thermal Desorption and Phytoremediation has been extended to 17th March 2023.
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IMPEL W&L Remediation Project Multi Phase Extraction Report is now available
20 Feb, 2023
IMPEL Water and Land Remediation Project aims to speed up the contaminated sites management, focusing to the remediation phase that is often the bottleneck, with monitoring parameters specific for each remediation technology, that may show clearly the progress of activities towards the target.
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IMPEL Open Day (1-2 March 2023) Compliance promotion through networking
10 Feb, 2023
We invite you to IMPEL's Open Day 2023. This virtual event is addressed to every interested person belonging to public environmental bodies. The aim is to inform all related institutions and IMPEL members about IMPEL’s activities and to present the work carried out by the five Expert Teams and the IMPEL 2022-2024 Work Programme. There will be a session for each Expert Team to present their activities and projects.
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Conference: Exchange of enforcement practices to drive zero pollution
08 Feb, 2023
Conference: Exchange of enforcement practices to drive zero pollution was organised by the Italian Government and Carabinieri, in cooperation with European Commission, DG ENV, through the Directorate for Zero Pollution and Green Cities, in the European Parliament on 7 February 2023 in Brussels. The Conference concentrated on the remediation of landfills and exchange of enforcement practices to drive zero pollution. In the midst of the implementation of the European Green Deal and in light of the 2021 Zero Pollution Action Plan, the purpose of the Conference was to shed light on lessons learnt so far and facilitate exchanges of views with other relevant enforcement actors. The Board of IMPEL, gave a speech at the conference to present perspectives on multi agency cooperation environmental enforcement efforts being carried out by authorities, between and within IMPEL member countries.
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Irish EPA webinar on how to prevent juridical compliance procedures
30 Jan, 2023
’’Essential for our risk based inspection system LEMA is reliable data’’, this is an important lesson learned from Kealan Reynolds. And also that this does not come cheap, you have to invest in this again and again. Together with Michelle McKim he took us on a digital road trip through the past, present and future of their system called Lema. Short for Licensing, Enforcement, Monitoring & Assessment.
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IMPEL-workshop om affaldshåndtering og cirkulær økonomi blev afholdt den 13.-14. december i Lissabon
02 Jan, 2023
IMPEL-projektet "Waste Management and Circular Economy" (WMCE) bevæger sig gennem affaldshierarkiets trin med henblik på at opnå en fælles forståelse af affaldsrammedirektivets nøglepunkter og homogenisere adfærden på tværs af medlemsstaterne. Projektet har allerede udarbejdet vejledende dokumenter vedrørende affaldshierarkiets trin i de tidligere projektfaser.
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Tre udbud af tjenesteydelser til støtte for IMPEL-aktiviteter
30 Dec, 2022
Tre tjenesteydelsesannoncer - frist 22. januar 2023
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IMPEL Supporting IED Implementation Project organiserede en fælles inspektion på en papirmassefabrik i Sverige
22 Dec, 2022
IMPEL Supporting IED Implementation Project organiserede en fælles inspektion på en papirmassefabrik i Sverige Arbejdsgruppen for inspektion og forebyggelse fra ET-industri og luft organiserede deres 14. fælles inspektion på en papirmasse- og papirfabrik i Sverige den 8.-9. december 2022. Dette var den første fælles inspektion efter Corona. Inspektører fra Sverige, Nederlandene og Finland deltog i inspektionen, og en inspektør fra Det Forenede Kongerige deltog i forberedelserne.
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IMPEL Ship Recycling Project afholdt sit første webinar den 28. november 2022
21 Dec, 2022
IMPEL-projektet om skibsophugning har til formål at forbedre samarbejdet mellem de miljø- og søfartsmyndigheder, der er involveret på dette område. Forskellig EU-lovgivning og de dertil knyttede kompetencer gør det vanskeligt at gennemføre, overvåge og håndhæve den. For at forebygge ulovlige forsendelser vil der blive udarbejdet vejledningsmateriale til myndighederne og andre involverede interessenter, og der vil blive organiseret kapacitetsopbygning for inspektører og andre interessenter. Desuden vil samarbejdet med andre institutioner, agenturer og netværk inden for og uden for EU samt med ikke-statslige organer blive undersøgt.
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