Environment

General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 "Living well, within the limits of our planet" - the 7th EAP

-- Evaluation

A reminder…the 7th EAP

A 2014 to 2020 time frame and a 2050 vision

3 THEMATIC:

1. Natural capital – "Nurturing the hand that feeds us"

2. Resource efficient, low-carbon growth – "Doing more with less"

3. Health & environment – "Taking care of the environment is taking care of ourselves"

4 'ENABLERS':

4. Implementation – "Good for the environment, our health and our wallets"

5. Knowledge/evidence base – "Best decisions based on latest data"

6. Investment – "Green incentives mean green innovations"

7. Integration – "Tackling multiple challenges with one approach"

2 'HORIZONTAL':

8. Urban environment – "Working together for common solutions"

9. International – "Living well, within the limits of our planet is a global aim"

The 7th EAP – nine priority objectives

36 sub-objectives and 60 actions to be taken - Member States and EU

institutions equally responsible for their implementation

Why do we need an evaluation?

• Legal obligation: Article 4 of Council Decision 1386/2013/EU*

• To provide a legacy document for this Commission, which could feed into future policy strategies

• To assess the progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Evaluation Roadmap November 2017

- Focus on structure and strategic role

- is this the 'right' framework to allow us to deliver the priority objectives?

- need to understand the link between the structure and the actions and how the 7th EAP contributes to an improvement of environmental policies on the ground

- Feedback received on Roadmap

- MSs ask for an 8th EAP (DE, SE) and need for improved coherence (FR)

- Outcome:

- Staff Working Document of around 40 pages answering the evaluation questions

- COM document (Communication or Commission Report)

- Annex with a 'policy area assessment' for each policy area

Evaluation questions (1)

Effectiveness • To what extent has the 7th EAP enabled more predictable, faster and

better co-ordinated actions by the EU and the Member States? • To what extent has the 7th EAP been useful in engaging different

stakeholders? • How has the 7th EAP structure contributed towards achieving its nine

priority objectives? Efficiency • To what extent has the 7th EAP created synergies or opportunities for

streamlining, and cost saving at various levels? • To what extent has the 7th EAP been useful in identifying and addressing

information needs and thus supporting efficient and effective policies? Relevance • To what extent does the 7th EAP address the challenges of EU

environmental policy in a proportionate way? • How flexible is the 7th EAP approach to allow new and emerging issues to

be taken into account?

Evaluation questions (2)

Coherence • How consistent with each other are the nine priority objectives and

their actions? • To what extent is the 7th EAP integrated and coherent with other EU

policies and strategies, including the Juncker priorities and the Europe 2020 Strategy?

• To what extent is the 7th EAP coherent with international commitments, including the 2030 Agenda and SDGs?

Added value • What is the additional value resulting from the 7th EAP compared to

what could be achieved by EU environmental policy without such a framework?

Process - getting there

DGs produce building block 'policy area assessments' • Intended sub-objectives and actions • Delivery of sub-objectives and actions • Current environmental situation, and trend • Developments in policy, evaluation work undertaken • Progress on the enabling framework • Evidence for the different evaluation questions

The role of the Commission

1 fiche (4-5 pages) for each of the (up to) 36 policy areas across the nine 7th EAP objectives. These fiches would form a substantial Annex underpinning the overall evaluation report.

Evidence

Indicators and data

- EEA indicator monitoring reports and State of the Environment Report (SOER) – Priorities 1 - 3

- EU Environment Implementation review

- Environmental governance assessment framework (in progress)

- Other regular monitoring and reporting, including new indicators: Resource Efficiency Scoreboard, The forthcoming Circular Economy monitoring framework, Greenhouse gas reporting, SDG indicators.

Other

- Assessment of the 6th EAP

- Impact assessment SWD (2012)398 Proposal for a 7th EAP

- EP study on the evaluation of the 7th EAP (Priorities 1 – 3)

Anecdotal evidence collected through the consultation process

Your input is crucial !

Consultation Strategy

• 12 week public consultation, carried out in all EU languages

• Targeted consultation involving specific interest groups

• EU Member States will also be consulted separately through questionnaire targeting National Ministries for Environment and Climate Change. Relevant regional and local authorities and Members of the network of Environmental Protection Agencies in Europe, will also be consulted where possible

Support study

• Logistical support to the online stakeholder consultation and to targeted consultation workshops

• Single issue papers (topics tbc, e.g. coherence with Juncker priorities and SDGs; 7th EAP and social justice; 7th EAP and citizens' expectations)

What? When?

Evaluation Roadmap adopted √ 11/2017

Support study begins 2/2018

Open public consultation Spring 2018

Targeted stakeholder consultation (including 3 workshops)

June – September '18

Input from EEA (SOER process + Environmental Indicator Report 2018)

End 2018

Regulatory Scrutiny Board 1/2019

Adoption May 2019