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Call for participation in the NPRI phase III, Online Closing Seminar December 20th
03 Dec, 2021
You are kindly invited to participate in the IMPEL National Peer Review Initiative (NPRI) phase III, Online Closing Seminar entitled “NPRI: the actual implementation – New experiences and way forward” that will take place on Monday, December 20, 2021 – 09.30h – 12.30h CET.
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26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow
16 Nov, 2021
The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from 31st of October to 12th of November 2021. The COP26 summit brought parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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SAVE THE DATE! WORKSHOP End-of-waste and By-products: compliance with REACH. on 25th NOVEMBER 10:00h-17.00h CET
09 Nov, 2021
The interaction between REACH and Waste Framework Directive is often a critical issue both for operators and regulators. The workshop, organised under the umbrella of the IMPEL “Waste Management & Circular Economy” project,  would like to discuss when and how REACH comes into play when assessing by-product or end-of-waste status in practice and how operators and regulators can make sure that REACH is applied at the right moment in the right way in practice.
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Regional seminar on policies and tools for enforcement of environmental compliance
09 Nov, 2021
Information on a partner network event. This second regional seminar will provide its participants from the Eastern Partner (EaP) and OECD economies an opportunity to share and discuss findings of two environmental compliance assurance reviews of EaP countries, of Armenia and the Republic of Moldova, that the OECD carried out in 2020‑2021. It will also discuss characteristics of a clear and comprehensive environmental enforcement policy, tools at the disposal of authorities to enforce compliance, and the optimal combination of penalties for non-compliance.
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Call for case studies MPE and Soil Washing
18 Oct, 2021
In 2021, Water and Land Remediation will collect case studies for Multi-Phase Extraction (MPE) and Soil Washing. Anybody that is interested to share the results of the application of one of the two mentioned technologies, are invited to submit it according to the following formats in MS word (no pdf) not later than 15 December 2021 to marco.falconi@impel.eu with the subject “MPE Case Study” or “Soil Washing Case Study”. If you have multiple case studies, prepare and send different files so that they are easier to process. You will be included as “Contributors”.
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Results of the Online Workshop on Operator self-monitoring air emissions: “More focus and exchange of good practices are the key”
12 Oct, 2021
Online Workshop on Operator self-monitoring air emissions was held on 28th September and 11th October, as part of the IMPEL Project Supporting IED Implementation 2021-2024, jointly organised by ARPA Sardegna (Italy) and IGAMAOT (Portugal). The workshop is focused on important topics such as Operator self-monitoring, on air emissions, continuous and non-continuous, in particular on the reliability of self-monitoring and its reporting by operators (duty-holders).
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Self monitoring and reporting workshops
27 Sep, 2021
Online Workshops on Operator self-monitoring air emissions will be held on 28th September and 11th October, organised by the IED Implementation IMPEL Project. The workshops will be focused on Operator self-monitoring, on emissions to air, continuous and non-continuous, focused on the reliability of self-monitoring and its reporting by operators (duty-holders).
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21st IMPEL General Assembly – Lisbon
12 Jul, 2021
The 21st IMPEL General Assembly (GA) meeting took place virtually between 29-30 June 2021. Over 80 members and experts participated. The GA was chaired by Mr José Brito e Silva, Inspector-General of IGAMAOT, Ms Ana Garcia, IMPEL Portuguese coordinator from IGAMAOT and the Chair of IMPEL, Ms Kristina Rabe. The main focus for the GA was agreement of governance reform proposals and decision making procedures for the network.
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SERVICE ADVERT FOR CONSULTANT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LIFE PROWhiBIT PROJECT
01 Jul, 2021
PROWhiBIT is a European LIFE funded project with an overarching goal to contribute to the circular economy package, waste management principles & targets and prevent, detect and disrupt Environmental Waste Crime. Within the project there is the need to “Report on the current state of affairs at international level for Environmental Waste Crime (EWC)”.
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SERVICE ADVERT FOR CONSULTANT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LIFE PROWhiBIT PROJECT
01 Jul, 2021
PROWhiBIT is a European LIFE funded project with an overarching goal to contribute to the circular economy package, waste management principles & targets and prevent, detect and disrupt Environmental Waste Crime. Within the project there is the need to “Report on the current state of affairs at international level for Environmental Waste Crime (EWC)”.
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