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IMPEL NPRI Project with North Macedonia and Serbia
26 May, 2023
IMPEL’s National Peer Review Initiative (NPRI) lays the foundation for the development of autonomous peer review activities in national networks of environmental authorities and agencies. The NPRI approach can be used as a flexible tool to improve one's own performance through dialogue, joint confrontation and exchange of good practices between peers belonging to the same network or to a group of stakeholders dealing with the same issues. It is a powerful tool that supports the implementation of the EU ECA initiative, mainly through its potential to implement good and best practices and homogenisation.
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Joint Workshop by the IMPEL Marine Transborder Transects-MTT project and the LIFE Conceptu Maris project
12 May, 2023
For many years, several research bodies have worked on monitoring cetaceans using large vessels and ferries as platform of observations. There is a strong need for all the team leaders of the different research bodies to meet and strengthen the collaboration, the best practices, and the improvement of the common research and shared monitoring protocol as well as expanding the survey coverage. IMPEL Europe Marine Transborder Transect (MTT) Project aims to link together the two networks (Mediterranean and Atlantic) expanding the networks to the southern countries of the Mediterranean Region in order to strengthen the implementation of environmental law in Europe.
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Joint Inspection by IMPEL Industrial Rearing of Poultry and Pigs Project Team
11 May, 2023
Industrial Rearing of Pigs and Poultry Subproject under IMPEL Supporting IED Implementation Project had a project team hybrid meeting on 3rd, and a joint inspection at a sow farm on 4th, of May 2023 in Murcia, Spain. On the part of IMPEL environmental officers from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Poland, Belgium and the European Commission joined the meeting. Also officers from Estonia, Austria, Denmark, Albania, Italy and Slovenia participated online in the working group.
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BIOVAL TENDER Deadline May 19th
09 May, 2023
The European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE) is an international non-profit association. The objective of the Forum is to contribute to better implementation and enforcement of national, European and international environmental law: - by contributing to a better knowledge of environmental law among judges, - by sharing case law, and - by sharing experience in the area of training of the judiciary in environmental law. The association is registered in Belgium and its legal seat is in Brussels. Its working languages are Dutch, English and French.
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IMPEL TIGDA Project Tender – Closing date 26 May 2023
05 May, 2023
IMPEL Tackling illegal groundwater drilling and abstractions (TIGDA) project aims to share knowledge and good practices on how to manage groundwater drilling and abstractions. This would include specific permitting conditions, accreditations as well as enforcement tools and methods in place in different member states to reduce illegal drilling and groundwater (over)abstraction thus helping in attaining a good quantitative and qualitative state of groundwater bodies.
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IMPEL Trend reversal in groundwater pollution project presented to CIS groundwater experts
27 Apr, 2023
The IMPEL Project Trend reversal in groundwater pollution was presented on 19 April by videocall to the 43rd CIS Groundwater Working Group meeting which took place in Uppsala (Sweden).
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State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine joins IMPEL
19 Apr, 2023
State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine joins IMPEL
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Le comité directeur de l'équipe d'experts de l'industrie et de l'air de l'IMPEL s'est réuni à Bruxelles et a rencontré la Commission européenne.
10 Apr, 2023
Les 3 et 4 avril, tous les responsables des groupes de travail de l'équipe d'experts Industrie et Air se sont réunis à Bruxelles. Ils ont discuté des progrès de leurs groupes et ont eu un brainstorming sur le prochain cycle de projet en 2025-2027. Au cours des mois suivants, avant l'été, la plupart des groupes de travail tiendront leurs réunions F2F et nombre d'entre eux organiseront également une visite de site ou une inspection conjointe. Nombre d'entre eux organiseront également un bref séminaire en ligne peu après leur réunion, auquel tous les membres de l'IMPEL pourront participer ; gardez donc un œil sur les actualités de l'IMPEL. Si un sujet vous intéresse, veuillez contacter le responsable du groupe de travail. Les responsables des groupes de travail ont également parlé de la réunion hybride de l'équipe d'experts qui se tiendra les 17 et 18 octobre 2023 à Stuttgart, où tous les groupes de travail se réuniront.
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IMPEL Implementation of the Bird and Habitat Directives at European Aerodromes Project made their first aerodrome visit
04 Apr, 2023
Aerodromes cover a significant part of Europe, scattered all over the continent, hosting a wide variety of Europe’s plant and animal species. Some of these animals, especially the heavy and/or flocking species of birds and other animals, are one of the major hazards for aviation. When colliding with aircraft (aircraft – wildlife collision), the birds and other animals may jeopardize the safety of aircraft, its crew and passengers (and people living in the vicinity of aerodromes and beyond).
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IRI Iceland 2023
30 Mar, 2023
IMPEL got back underway with its IRI programme with a review of the Environment Agency Iceland (EAI) in Iceland from 14-17 March 2023
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