In the first half of 2018, IMPEL carried out 2 IMPEL Review Initiatives (IRI’s). The first of these took place in Slovenia, and the second was hosted by the Azores. In both cases, the reviews focussed on permitting activity and inspections of industrial sites. Following the conclusion of these reviews, the meeting hosts reported that… [Read more]
Closing landfills in Romania – benefitting from Ireland’s experience thanks to Commission’s peer-to-peer learning tool
The first environmental expertise exchange financed through the TAIEX-EIR Peer 2 Peer tool is took place on 22-24 January. Following the request of Romanian authorities, the Commission has identified Irish experts to advise their Romanian counterparts. More peer learning projects with other EU countries, regions and cities on a broad range of environmental implementation challenges are in… [Read more]