electronic duty of care Phil De Caux: Partnerships manager WFAA workshop - May 2012

BACKGROUND electronic duty of care

What is it? Four year programme £3.6m (50% EU LIFE+ funded) Partners: – EA, NIEA, SEPA – Defra, Welsh Government – CIWM – WRAP – Critical Resource Ltd IT system + Communications

Governance/support Programme team Programme Board Business Advisory Group Internal Working Group ESA Technical Working Group 50 + businesses, trade associations, local authorities, etc, Programme partners Environmental Service Association Environment Agency experts

Main deliverables 2012: Market research, edoc system prototype developed 2013: Stakeholder system testing and refinement, development of final system 2014: Communications, demonstrations, training and national rollout

Better than paper? Reducing admin burden – Savings on costs of compliance, storage and management – Reducing waste survey costs Increasing resource efficiency – High quality data on waste arisings and movements – Better informed business and planning decisions

Better than paper? Tackling waste crime – Reducing fraudulent activity Improving compliance – Simple self-auditing tools for business – Easier to complete legal documentation

CHALLENGES electronic duty of care

Red tape New economic landscape Coalition government – new rules, reduced budgets Approvals, exemptions = 15 months Red Tape Challenge: – Duty of Care – Defra statement – Consultation

5 million users? Waste producers Waste management companies Waste brokers Waste operators Government Regulators

Modelling the ‘waste chain’ © US EPA

And lots more… Voluntary system Data reassurance – Ownership – Granularity – Aggregation – Quality – Security Ongoing system hosting and funding Raw data

STORY SO FAR electronic duty of care

Where are we? Grant agreement signed Oct 2008 Project started 1 Jan 2011 Team in place April 2011 Government approvals in place March 2012

Where are we? Market research carried out Initial requirement gathering through stakeholder workshops Detailed IT requirements and tender documents for system development by end of week

NEXT STEPS electronic duty of care

2012 Communications Plan developed in June System development: Tender: early June Contract award: early July First prototype: end December

QUESTIONS electronic duty of care

The edoc programme has been made possible with the support of LIFE+ funding from the European Community.