Part A – Defining the institutional and legal framework of environmental protection in the IMPEL member country.
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Objective To find out about the institutional and legal framework, the policy and goals the environmental authority wants to achieve, the relevant legislation it complies with and relationships with the public, stakeholders, Government and other countries. |
Guidance
The authority is invited to provide the review team with information on the topics and objectives covered in this part. This can be done by a presentation on the first day.
The presentation will be part of the IRI report as an annex. The team will decide which of the topics will be further mentioned in the report itself.
Topics on which the Authority is invited to provide information:
A1. Institutional and legal framework
- The relevant EU Directives and national legislation to the scope of the IRI that the host organisation has responsibility for regulating.
- Identify the principle tasks of the host organisation and where relevant the legislation in which these tasks are laid down.
- Describe the structure of the organisation
- Describe how the organisation is funded and provide a breakdown of the costs of its activities.
A2. Policy, Goals, objectives and strategic alignment
- Give an overview of the main national, regional and other environmental policies applicable to the host organisation.
- Explain how the Goals & Objectives of the host organisation are linked to these policies.
- Explain how the organisation aligns itself to assure the goals and objectives can be achieved.
A3. External Relations
- Describe how the general public and stakeholders are involved in decision making within the legislative formation process.
- Identify what provisions & procedures for the general public and stakeholders exist on access to environmental information.
A4. Accidents and Environmental Incidents
- Describe the procedures and processes that are in place for accidents and environmental incidents. Who is responsible for what and what cooperation and coordination systems are in place to manage relations between different organisations?