1 The INECE Capacity Building Program on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Aspects of Good Water Governance Facilitators Event Location Date(s) of Delivery
2 Overview This program links the effective use of practical legal tools for developing environmental requirements and ensuring environmental compliance to the role these tools play in achieving sustainable development objectives.
3 Structure Module 1: Building a Legal Foundation for Good Water Governance Module 2: Promoting Compliance with Environmental Laws Module 3: Responding to Violations of Environmental Laws Module 4: Designing Performance Indicators for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Programs
4 Learning Objectives of the Program Building the Legal Foundation The Range of legal tools for protecting water Drafting and development of enforceable requirements Promoting Compliance with Environmental Laws Means of promoting compliance Setting priorities to ensure effective implementation of a compliance assurance program Responding to Violations Compliance monitoring Calculation of penalties for environmental violations Indicators of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Designing environmental compliance and enforcement indicators Making adjustments based on the indicators
5 Basic Definitions Compliance:when an actor does what the rule says, regardless of motivation. Compliance: when an actor does what the rule says, regardless of motivation. In other words, an actor is in compliance if the actor is doing what the law says the actor must be doing. Enforcement:the set of actions that governments or others take to achieve compliance within the regulated community and to correct or halt situations that endanger the environment or public health. Enforcement: the set of actions that governments or others take to achieve compliance within the regulated community and to correct or halt situations that endanger the environment or public health.
6 Facilitators Facilitator 1 Title Title Experience Experience Facilitator 2 Title Title Experience Experience Facilitator 3 Title Title Experience Experience
7 Lindagua Case Study
8 Overview of the Scenario Municipality of Lindagua along the Sparkling River Declining water quality due to: Four large vegetable farms Four large vegetable farms Five chicken farms Five chicken farms The Pacama Textile Factory The Pacama Textile Factory Human settlement impacts from the population of downtown Lindagua Human settlement impacts from the population of downtown Lindagua The Scenario provides context for the four course exercises