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Projects - IRI

IRI Iceland

  • Number: 2012/02
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Iceland

IRI Italy (Lombardia)

  • Number: 2012/01
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Italy (Lombardia)

IRI Latvia

  • Number: 2011/01
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2011
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Latvia

IRI Croatia

  • Number: 2011/02
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2011
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Croatia

Support for the new IRI scheme

  • Number: 2010/03
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010
The Impel review initiative was designed in 2000 to test a “voluntary scheme for reporting and offering advice on inspectorates and inspection procedures” and thereby to implement a requirement of the RMCEI. After 10 reviews and an evaluation in 2003, it was clear that it was becoming harder and harder to find new volunteers to host an IRI as it was to find team leaders and rapporteurs for the reviews.  It was necessary to review the IRI and find ways to improve participation. The project...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK

IRI Romania

  • Number: 2010/02
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Romania

IRI Portugal

  • Number: 2009/09
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2009

The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme developed by the IMPEL Network providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries.

In line with the Recommendation for Minimum Criteria for Environmental Inspections (RMCEI), this informal review of the Portuguese Environmental and Spatial Planning General Inspectorate (IGAOT) by a broad cross section of the IMPEL network, focused upon the inspection and enforcement...


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  • Lead Country:
  • Portugal

IRI Slovenia

  • Number: 2010/01
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Slovenia

Developing a new IRI Scheme

  • Number: 2009/02
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2009

Tasks were divided amongst a small project team and proposals discussed at a workshop held in London in August 2009. The results of this work are:

  • Reasons why every country should have an IRI
  • Proposals on marketing the IRI
  • Practical information on how to organise a review
  • A revised and simplified questionnaire

This project recommended that...


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  • Lead Country:
  • United Kingdom

IMPEL Review Initiative: Phase 4 9th review: Norway June 2007

  • Number: 2007/06
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2007
This report describes the results of the ninth review of Phase 4 of the IMPEL Review Initiative (IRI) Project. This review was carried out in June 2007 by the kind co-operation of Norway. These findings are set out in terms of examples of good practice for other Member State Inspecting Authorities and in terms of opportunities for development by the host Inspecting Authority. Further lessons for the review process were also noted and are recorded in the report.
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  • Lead Country:
  • Norway