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Component : Policy and StrategyActivity : Strategic Planning for NEPA, incl. Environmental Action Plans ManualsPrepared by: Martin Petrtýl, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
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EU-Twinning Project RO2004/IB/EN-09 “Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis
at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
Mr. Martin Petrtýl, Twinning Project Short Term Expert (STE)
Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
Sinaia, Romania, 6-7 February 2007
INDICATORS SYSTEM PRESENTATION
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EU-Twinning Project RO2004/IB/EN-09 “Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis
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• Warm up questions– Who are the final beneficiaries?
• Municipalities, Regions, Districts, Associations of municipalities in a region, other public and even private bodies (if their work is publicly profitable)
– Who are the real final beneficiaries?• All of you• Citizens of relevant project/programme area• Romania, Europe, World
• Do not be afraid to promote your own opinion• Do not be afraid to justify your opinion as well
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at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
Therefore• Keep your eyes wide open, do not focus on the
methodology itself • Narrow view makes you blind and deaf and it will
sooner or later beat you as a boomerang• Prepare your activities properly now than to repair
later with difficulties (measure twice, cut once)• Keep in mind that you do it for everybody, not for
environment itself – it doesn‘t exist in fact• Even you may become a victim of your bad
planning
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INDICATORS• What are they?
– Measurable reality– It may be measured
• Physically (m, km, m2, m3, litres, kg etc.)• Logically (yes/no, done/not done) • Economically (€, RON)• Psychically (like/dislike, appreciate/not appreciate) but
these are the least recommended• Combination of the above mentioned ways (km/€, km
done/km not done, €/capita/% of dis/likes etc.)
– What is measurable it is then more easily controllable
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INDICATORS• When you plan an action for some
purpose, you want to be sure that the purpose of the action is fulfilled. Any action causes something (reaction)
• This “something” should be measurable in at least one way, but mostly in many ways.
• Changes thanks to your action should be provable by measured indicators
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Example – Austrian projectVienna „River Liesingbach project“
• Revitalisation of municipal river – from concrete to living river• http://www.life-liesingbach.at/• What was used as indicators?
– Ecological – Number and quantity of species:• macrozoobenthos, ciliates, plants, fish, insects (beetles,
dragonflies), birds, mammals– (measures/monitoring) 6 sample locations, 3 times per year for 3
years– before, during and after taking measures
– Construction progress– (measures/construction progress) 4 separate areas controlled
periodically– In situ (physical) control made by a responsible part (final beneficiary)
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at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
EXAMPLE – Czech Project 1Vsetínsko „Clean River Bečva“
• Final Beneficiary: Association of Vsetínsko municipalities, covers 3 minor areas
• Total sum of expenses– Public costs: 46,218,949 €
– ISPA support: 70% = 32,353,264 €
• General goal(s)– Fulfil 3 directives as Water Framework Directive etc.
• Real goal(s)– Avoid paying penalties for breaching the EU Directives on waters
– Provide better public service to inhabitants of the region regarding water supply, canalization a waste water treatment
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EU-Twinning Project RO2004/IB/EN-09 “Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis
at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
ZÚČASTNĚNÉ
OBCE, INVOLVED
VILLAGES
Project Covered Area
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at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
EXAMPLE – Czech Project 3• Building of:
– 2 new waste water treatments for 8600 eq. citizens
– 136 796 metres of new canalization– 16 pumping stations– 10 rain retention reservoirs
• Reconstructing of:– 5 waste water treatments for 95 450 eq. citizens– 6 160 metres of canalization
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EXAMPLE – Czech Project 4• Goals and indicators are very close to each
other– Goal: increase the percentage of the population
connected to sewage from the current 54 % to 80% by 2005
– Indicator: increase of / number of population connected to drinking water supply and sewage system in (units: % and number)
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PURPOSE OF INDICATORS• What is the purpose of indicators?
– understand the changes you wanted to make• Better• Easier
– Give a measurable assurance that the projects/actions/measures really change as you wished to be changed
• If the indicators don‘t have such a purpose?– They are meaningless, they don‘t help you
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EXAMPLE – Czech Project 5• Relevant websites (in Czech)
– http://www.mestovsetin.cz/html/mikroCiBe.htm• Financing Memorandum on ISPA support (July 2003)
– http://www.podnikame.cz/smlouvy04/index.php3?co=ss04106
• Basic information on the volume of the project, its division into 3 geographic parts etc. (March 2005)– http://www.sfzp.cz/cs/fond-soudrznosti/aktuality/2069-cista-
reka-becva.html
• Coming closure of the project (June 2006)– http://www.vsetin.cz/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?u=18676&id_
org=18676&id=359920&p1=0&p2=&p3=
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FINDING INDICATORSTo find indicators ask yourself (yourselves):• What shall it cause (IMPACT) ? – can I measure that impact?• What else it may cause?
– Positive causes (+)– Negative causes (-)
• Therefore do not forget to think of even negative effects of the action (EIA)
• Can I measure these causes?– Almost everything is somehow measurable – it is rather a matter of
price (for monitoring)– There are always some already generally used indicators for
generally solved problems, especially in the environmental area (CHCE TO ODKAZY!)
• What will be caused if the action wouldn‘t be done?– Positive causes (+)– Negative causes (-)
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at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
GROUPS OF INDICATORS 1• There are often sets of similar actions done for the
similar purpose– These may be measured separately by different „special“
indicators
• Why to have them?– they may generally tell you, what you achieved by those
actions– some synergic effects may be caused, too
• What is common for them? – Find out the best common indicator(s), which would prove
you, that those actions together are improving (or worsening) something
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GROUPS OF INDICATORS 2• Create a table of projects like this
Finding common indicators
Indicator
No. 1
Indicator
No. 2
Indicator
No. 3
Project No.1 Yes Yes No
Project No.2 Yes Similar Yes
Project No.3 No Yes Yes
Suitability 67% 80% 67%
Common Suitability
1+3 = 67%
1+2 = 73,5%
1+2+3 = 70,7%
2+3 = 73,5%
1+2 = 73,5%
1+2+3 = 70,7%
3+1 = 67%
3+2 = 73,5%
1+2+3 = 70,7%
Why No?
How muchsimilar?
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GROUPS OF INDICATORS 3• Think of field(s) the
project(s) is (are) involved– Water
• Drinking water supply– Water quality
» 1st/2nd/?3rd/?4th class (indicator)
– Water quantity» Water rate m3/€
(indicator)» m3/capita (indicator)
• Waste water– Water quality
» Level of cleaning (indicator)
» Waste water rate m3/€ (indicator)
– Water quantity– Air– Waste– Biodiversity– Else?
Project/programme/plan doesn‘t have to be involved just in one field but mostly one/some of the fields is/are the most important
Consolidation of data – will explain Mr. Jäger
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at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
INDICATORS – 2 major types• There are 2 major types of indicators for
Environmental sector– Economic:
• money spent, work time spent, No. papers, reports, presentations, profit/loss, number of employees, customers, products sold, km built, No/Ha of trees seeded, etc.
• BTW!!! Money is probably the best indicator/criterion/benchmark
– BUT! Keep in mind - Money is only means, it should not be a goal
» Have you seen Al Gore‘s „Incovenient Truth?“
– Environmental/Ecological: • concentrations of X, Y in water, soil, air, number of species,
population of certain species, No. of parks, No. trees in city per capita, No. of cars in the city etc.
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INDICATORS – other types• There are also others, for example:
– Health related: • % (number) of diseases caused by polluted air,
water, ground
– Business related:• land price, growth of investments, tourism
growth
– Socially related: • immigration growth,
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EU-Twinning Project RO2004/IB/EN-09 “Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis
at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”EXAMPLE Environmental education• Education of teachers in order to promote
environmentally friendly approaches between their school pupils– Indicators
• number of teachers educated• number of pupils educated later on
– Common indicator at higher level?• % of environmentally educated population
– At even higher level• Increased public support for environmental projects• % of public investment support to environmental actions• % of public donations to NGOs for environmental issues (???)
• These indicators have to be „invented“ by you, others may look at them and tell you if they look fine, possibly suggest some new ones.
• Nobody else than you cannot validate them (indicators)
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EU-Twinning Project RO2004/IB/EN-09 “Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis
at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects”
INDICATORS
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
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FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND COOPERATION!HAVE A NICE DAY!
• Martin Petrtýl, STE• Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic• Prague, The Czech Republic • www.env.cz• Tel: Office +420 - 267 122 577• Mobile +420 – 608 176 370• Fax: +420 – 267 126 577• E-mails: Office [email protected]• Private [email protected]
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