Svetlana Parežanin, head of Department

Sector for control and surveillance

Major activities of the Serbian inspectorate from September 2007 -

the second plenary meeting in Brussels, Belgium

ECENA 3rd Plenary meeting

September 18-19, 2008

Istanbul, Turkey

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''Guidebook for operators through environmental

regulations''•Published by Inspectorate•At the end of December 2007 •The aim of the book is

to guide operators through environmental legislation, to increase the level of compliance, to be used as manual for judges and public prosecutors for better enforcement of the environmental laws.

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• WHY– In order to increase administrative capacity of local self-

government for better implementation of environmental laws

• WHO– Inspectorate in cooperation with Standing Conference of Towns

and Municipalities (SCTM) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit- Project „Modernization of Municipal Services“ (GTZ)

• WHAT– 11 meetings with local self-government managers and decision

makers in all Serbian districts (11 towns), in February and March 2008. About 180 participants were present at these meetings

• TOPICS– Current situation about local staff - educational profile and

number of local inspectors and employees in the field of environment

Trainings for local self-government decision makers

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Trainings for local self-government decision makers – cont.

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•„Guidelines for the Environmental Protection in the Local Self- Government: enactment of laws at the local level“ was published in May 2008 as product of those meetings

•Specific guide through the delegated activities prescribed by the law

•It gives a clear overview of sanctions arising from these laws•It explains the role and place of

inspection in putting the laws into effect, •It provides an insight into possibilities of

financing projects from the Fund for Environmental Protection

•It offers a schematic presentation of an optimum organization of the local self-government, required for an efficient implementation of the

laws, as proposed by the Inspectorate of MESP

„Guidelines“

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Trainings for judges and public prosecutors

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• 8 departments within the Inspectorate: – D. for environmental pollution protection, – D. for hazardous and other waste management control,– D. for nature and natural resources protection, – D. for inspection cooperation with international networks, local

self-government and integrated approach on the border,– D. for accidents, – D. for waters and fishery, – D. of republic construction inspection, – D. for urbanistic inspection

It provides specialization of inspectors for certain fields of work (e.g. pollution control, waste, IPPC, accidents, nature and natural resources protection and fishing)

• new systematization anticipates 191 employees within the Inspectorate, introducing the water management, construction and spatial planning inspectors

New organization

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• With support of ECENA and according to multi annual working program of the Network organized by Serbian inspectorate

• WHEN21-23.4.2008. on Tara

• WHO participation of 30 republic environmental inspectors 1 international expert, 5 lecturers from Inspectorate 1 lecturer from IPPC Dept. and 1 lecturer from SEPA

• TOPICS : IPPC implementation in Serbia, Seveso II directive, with regards to national legislation and

also sharing the experience from ECENA training program on March 17-21, 2008, in Bristol, UK

1st NATIONAL ECENA TRAINING “Cadastre of polluters, SEVESO

II and IPPC Directives”

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1st NATIONAL ECENA TRAININGInvestigations of the environmental crime,

collecting the evidences and limitations during the criminal prosecution

Cooperation with local self-governments (decentralization of competences, proposal for organization of local environmental authorities, challenges in implementation of the environmental laws on local level with practical examples)

Presentation of the Regulation on methodology for Cadastre of polluters, and other topics with regards to Cadastre relative to Inspectorate

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Participation in trainings organized or supported by ECENA

Name, OrganizationDuration and

place

No. of particip

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1.

Training workshop - Developing and Operating EPER/E-PRTR Systems in

ECENA member countriesEPER/E-PRTR module of ECENA

ECENA

15-17.10.2007.Szentendre,

Hungary

1 MSEP2 SEPA

2.

Green Force Plenary Session, ECENA support

4.12.2007.Brussels, Belgium

1

3.IMPEL-TSF Enforcement Actions project

IMPEL- TFS, ECENA support

05-08.12.2007.Brussels, Belgium

1

4.Training of inspectors on LCP and SEVESO II Directive and E-PRTR,

ECENA

17.-21.3.2008. Bristol, Great

Britain

3 MSEP2 SEPA

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Name, OrganizationDuration and

place

No. of particip

.

5.National training of Serbian inspectors “Cadastre of polluters, SEVESO II and

IPPC Directives”, ECENA, MSEP

21 – 23.4.2008Tara

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6.Working session

Green force network, ECENA support3. - 6.6.2008.

Laufen, Germany1

7.ECENA Train the Trainer Programme

on Waste Landfill Directive and Waste Incineration Directive, ECENA

June 30 – July 2, 2008,

Budapest, Hungary

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Participation in trainings organized or supported by

ECENA – cont.

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e-mail: svetlana.parezanin@ekoserb.sr.gov.yu

web site: www.ekoserb.sr.gov.yu

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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