Regional Replication: Soil Contamination Policy and Practice Yokohama July 13, 2010

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network AECEN Mission AECEN catalyzes improved environmental compliance and enforcement in Asia by promoting the replication and scale-up of innovation and good practices through twinning partnerships, demonstration activities and information dissemination.

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Scale Up and Replication Innovation – a new or creative policy, practice, technology, or tool that leads to improved environmental compliance and enforcement within an AECEN member agency jurisdiction. Demonstration (or pilot) – testing of an innovation to validate its applicability and effectiveness in a specific AECEN member agency jurisdiction. Scale up – expansion of the geographic or sector application of an innovation by an AECEN member agency within its jurisdiction to impact a larger number of beneficiaries. Replication – transfer of an innovation, with or without variation, between AECEN member agencies either between countries, or to other jurisdictions within a country. AECEN can facilitate replication either through twinning partnerships or through dissemination activities. Diffusion – the independent spread and adoption of an innovation by countries which are exposed to knowledge and information disseminated through AECEN, without direct external intervention by the AECEN Secretariat or other AECEN partners.

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Twinning Partnership Twinning Partnership – facilitated, sustained technical exchange between AECEN member agencies, either between countries or between different jurisdictions within countries, which result in the replication of an innovation. Examples of Twinning Partnerships: Malaysia – Nepal: EIA for hydropower projects Japan – China: Energy efficiency Singapore – Indonesia: Inspection Australia – Vietnam: Self-monitoring India – Thailand: Environmental adjudication Philippines – Sri Lank: Pollution charges

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Tools for Scale Up and Replication

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network AECEN has a step by step basic programming approach: (i)Periodically assess priorities of AECEN members; (ii)Conduct studies/surveys to update the status of priority issues; (iii) Validation workshop on priority topic and selection of twinning partners; (iv)Establish “twinning” partnerships – preferably south-south cooperation; (v)Dissemination of results/background information; and (vi)Replication and scale-up. AECEN Programming Approach

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network AECEN Website Knowledge sharing – repository of best practices Ask the expert Social networking – member to member exchange

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Priority Areas Cooperation WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO LAND CONTAMINATION ? HighMediumLow Establishing a legal and policy framework 411 Amending existing legal and policy framework 321 Setting applicable standards 321 Capacity building 411 Establishing a site inventory database 311 Raising public awareness 321 Stakeholder engagement 321

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Specific Topics for Cooperation Standards – soil and groundwater Standards – remediation Site screening levels Legal and policy framework Liability regimes Clean up rules Incentives Technology evaluation Technical guidelines Natural resources damages Risk assessment approaches Site identification and classification (database) Site prioritization National monitoring programs Funding mechanisms Institutional arrangements (decentralization)

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Priority Topics for Regional Cooperation Standards – remediation Standards – soil and groundwater Legal and policy framework – 18 Site screening levels – 15 Clean up rules – 10 Funding mechanisms – 10 Site identification (database) – 9 Capacity building (judges) – 9 Risk assessment (guidelines) – 7 Liability regimes – 5 Real estate policy – 5 Remediation technology – 4 Natural resources damages – 4 Comprehensive monitoring (remote sensing/GIS) – 4

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network Timeframes and Tools for Addressing Regional Priorities Short term Capacity building – 11 Comprehensive monitoring –8 Site identification (database) – 7 Risk assessment (guidelines) – 6 Medium term Remediation technologies 10 Liability regimes – 7 Clean up rules – 5 NRD assessment – 4 Funding mechanisms – 3 Long term Legal and policy framework – 11 Standards – 10 Training and networking – 25 Toolkits and publications – 24 Twinning partnerships – 15 Communities of practice – 9 Website – 9

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network What countries are you interested in exchanging ideas and best practices with? U.S., Canada, Netherland, Australia, Japan, U.K., Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Brazil Cooperate with: World Bank, ADB, OECD and UNEP (by sharing roadmap)