Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 1 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environmental Planning Gregor Stephani Legal affairs of immission control Ministry of the Environment Baden-Württemberg
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 2 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environmental Planning in Germany Germany is a Federation consisting of 16 federal states ( Länder) Federation provides legislation on the field of environment protection Implementation and enforcement is task of the Länder Environmental Planning not mandatory Baden-Württemberg is the only federal state with an environment plan Reason: Governments are reluctant in committing itself on long term objectives Action plans in the eighties
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 3 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environment Plan Baden-Württemberg Environment plan (EP) is political guideline Thorough analysis of state of the environment, problems and causes Setting of objectives Describe ways and means to achieve the objectives Names the responsible parties, timetable and potential costs First issued in 2001, update in 2007
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 4 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environment Plan Baden-Württemberg Provisions for controlling Aims at a consensus between interest groups Competent authority: Ministry for the Environment Technical assistance (data, analysis): Environment Protection Agency LUBW, research institutes Participation process of stakeholders
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 5 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Contents 1 Sustainable use of natural resources 2 Climate change 6 Soil protection 7 Conservation of biodiversity 8 Waste management 3 Immission control 4 Noise abement 5 Water protection 9 Risk management New (update 2007) 10 Education in sustainable development
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 6 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environment reporting system Every three years the LUBW edits fact and figures on the environment for Baden-Württemberg (lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de). These include an analysis and assessment of the findings. Counselling by a high rank „sustainability council“ Evaluation and discussion in public and parlament Controlling
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 7 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Project management: Umweltministerium ---- LUBW Interministerial working group (state chancellery, economics, rural affairs social affairs) Sustainability council (high level experts from science, business, social sector) Round tables (associations, NGOs, local authorities) Expert working groups – inhouse and external Structure and organisation of the planning process
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 8 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Vertical : Takes into account objectives set out by EC (former environmental actions plans; EC sustainability strategy) German federation: sustainability strategy Integration into other plans Baden-Wuerttemberg
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 9 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Integration into other plans Horizontal: Part of sustainability strategy Baden-Württemberg EP contains the Government‘s environmental political guidelines – has to be considered in the overall state land use planning, regional spatial planning Basis of environmental assessment of EC operational programme of structural funds Sets objectives for sectoral environmental plans, such as waste management plan, clean air action plans, climate change, noise abatement
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 10 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Sustainability Strategy Coordination level Leadership level Working groups working on 6 fields of action
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 11 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environmentplan within Overall State Land Use plan (Landesentwicklungsplan) Overall concept of spatial development
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 12 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Areas of outstanding importance for nature conservation Axes of development Natura 2000 areas
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 13 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Influence on projects EP does not include certain projects EP influences indirectly the appraisal and approval of projects Fund for implementing the EP 2 mio. Euro / year Fund for implementing the SD-strategy 2,5 mio. Euro / year during a 4 year period EC structural funds: 6,5 mio. Euro / year during a 7 year period Water protection 85 mio. Euro / year
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 14 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Findings in EP as basis for the assess- ment of the environment Commissioner for the environment Appraisal of projects Drafting guidelines for staff Sub-programmes for enhancing the environmental performance energy efficiency, environmental techno- logies, use of renwables for heating, modern technologies in waste water treat- ment, flood control Influence on EC structural funds programme
Gregor Stephani Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg 15 EU-Twinning Project RO/2006/IB/EN/09 Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects Phase II Environmental Planning Workshop Bucharest, October 2008 Environmentplan Baden-Württemberg on the web: