project for support of the participation of west balkan countries in the work of the eea wim mol...

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)

WB workshop 28-29 Nov. 2011 Bar Montenegro 2

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


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


ETC/ACMETC/ACM

RIVM NL Leading institute

Partners:UBA-Vienna ATAEA-Technology UKOeko-Institut GENILU NOEmisia (Uni Thessaloniki)

GRINERIS FRPBL NLCHMI CZCSIC/IDAEA ES


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


Support on Air QualitySupport on Air Quality

• 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



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



• 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?



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



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.



• 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.



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)



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


Support on Air EmissionsSupport on Air Emissions

• 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



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;



General findings, ctd:• Usefull exchange of experiences, welcomed by

all participants.• Recommendation to participants: check and

use available literature (IPCC guidelines, EMEP/EEA guidebook);



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

project for support of the participation of west balkan countries in the work of the eea wim mol...

Documents

wb workshop

air quality slide

air quality emissions

bar montenegro

aq reporting slide

support issues

air quality directive

air quality focus