Project for support of the participation of West Balkan countries in the work of the
EEA
Wim MolEuropean Topic Centre on Air pollution and
Climate change Mitigation (ETC/ACM)
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ContentsContents
• ETC/ACM• Support on Air Quality
– Focus on Exchange of Information Decision under the Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC
• Support on Air Emissions– Focus on reporting of air pollutants under the
National Emission Ceiling Directive 2001/81/EC; and greenhouse gases under the EU Monitoring Mechanism 280/2004/EC
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ETC/ACMETC/ACM
• European Topic Centre on Air pollution and Climate change Mitigation
• Consortium of 10 Institutes under contract of EEA• Framework Partnership Agreement 1 Jan. 2011 –
31 Dec. 2013 (maybe extension to 2014)• Subjects:
Air Quality Emissions air and climate Energy (durable/renewable) Transport (emissions, concentrations/impacts) Coherence air & climate
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ETC/ACMETC/ACM
RIVM NL Leading institute
Partners:UBA-Vienna ATAEA-Technology UKOeko-Institut GENILU NOEmisia (Uni Thessaloniki)
GRINERIS FRPBL NLCHMI CZCSIC/IDAEA ES
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ETC/ACMETC/ACM
• Specific project for the participation of West Balkan Countries in the work of the European Environment Agency 2009-2011 (second IPA Program).
• March – November 2011• Aim: strengthen current cooperation in the
field of air emissions and air quality
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• Two workshops, both in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Training provided by RIVM and CHMI
• Participating WB countries:
– Albania– Bosnia and Herzegovina– Croatia– Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia– Kosovo under UNSCR1244/99– Montenegro– Serbia
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Aim first (kick-off) workshop (June 2011):
To obtain a comprehensive overview of the state of play and the developments of AQ in the near future and to identify problems and issues for further support
Issues discussed: • national monitoring and AQ reporting
systems • regular AQ data exchange
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• Presentations WB countries on:
– Current status AQ monitoring and reporting– Institutional arrangements– Quality aspects AQ data monitoring– Dataflows and reporting– Options for improvement– How can EEA & ETC/ACM help?
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General findings:• Institutional issues:
– Responsibilities at different ministeries/ organisations;– AQ networks: strengthen organisation;– budget for maintenance and/or extension AQ
networks;– Invest in sufficient trained staff for full cycle (from
monitoring to AQ assessment);
• Content issues:– Strenghthen QA/QC (validation) on AQ stations
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General findings (ctd):
– Participation in AQUILA (scientific network AQ measurements) and FAIRMODE (modeling network) would help build up capacities;
– Work on a central database for AQ data;
– Work towards automatic data transfer from AQ stations.
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• Most of the (institutional) issues to be dealt with on national and EU level (e.g. twinning projects);
• ETC/ACM support under this IPA project:
– Improve/extend AQ reporting (EoI, Questionnaire, NRT and SOR);
– Principles on data quality procedures.
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Second workshop (October 2011):
• Same participants;
• Main issues:
– AQ Data quality (data quality objectives, legislation, QA/QC procedures of AQ monitoring data);
– Hands-on training DEM (Data Exchange Module for the EoI)
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Potential issues for support next year(s):
• Further build up capacities, e.g. by strengthening participation in AQUILA and FAIRMODE;
• Provide support on filling in AQ Questionnaire;
• Strengthen participation in NRT (Near Real Time porting) and improvement Summer Ozone Reporting;
• Extra DEM training and support QA/QC procedures for some countries just starting AQ reporting
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• RENA workshop 16-17 Nov. in Tirana: – training on Greenhouse gases, use of CRF Reporter.
• Workshop for all WB countries, 24-25 Nov. in Bar: – training on compilation, reporting of AE inventories,
transparency and documentation;– EMEP/EEA review process of AE inventories;– estimation and reporting of emissions from agriculture
sector
• 2 Experts (Serbia and Montenegro) participated in Stage 3 (in depth) review of Emission Inventory Reports, June, Copenhagen
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General findings:
• Institutional issues: – strengthen organisation: most participants
little experienced in emission inventory work
• Content issues– Experiences and plans on aspects of
emission inventories and reporting were discussed. Some countries use CollectER; others consider start using CollectER;
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General findings, ctd:• Usefull exchange of experiences, welcomed by
all participants.• Recommendation to participants: check and
use available literature (IPCC guidelines, EMEP/EEA guidebook);
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Potential issues for support next year(s):
• Organize regional workshops more frequently (former workshop was in 2008);
• Consider hands on training on CollectER for the WB countries
• Participation in review activities helps building up experiences