1. STRATEGY BUILDING HARM BORGERS
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2. Strategy building H. Borgers, 2004
What should the focus of the enforcement strategy be?
Tools oriented ?
Problem oriented ?
Both tools and problem oriented ?
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3. Strategy building materials
Defining the Enforcement Strategy
Strategic Management View
Environmental Policy Cycle
EU Minimum Criteria for Inspections
Enforcement Tasks and Environmental Problems
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4. Strategic Management View (1)
Process – Content – Context management
Process: how, who, when ?
Strategic steps (SWOT; plan formulation; implementation)
Strategy formulation (writing the plan, including the way to implementation)
Solitary tactics and cooperation agreements (alone/with others)
Strategic decisions (plan approval; resource allocation)
Strategy evaluation (report on plan-do-check-act cycle)
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5. Strategic Management View (2)
Process – Content – Context management
Content: what ?
Outside in (environmental issues) and Inside out (resources)
Political debate and public discussion
Context: where ?
Deterministic planning or creativity in handling circumstances
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6. Environmental Policy Cycle
Legislation
Evaluation
Permitting
Compliance
&
Enforcement
Tasks
Authority
Policy objectives
Enforcement cycle
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7. Enforcement cycle Strategic inspection objectives
Inspection preparation
Database records & monitoring
Management control
Planning document
Regular evaluation
Inspection report
Resources
Tasks & authoristions
Site visit
Site survey
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EU Minimum Criteria (1)
Process (criteria 2.2)
Planning programmatic and ad hoc inspections
Collecting information (actual site visits and surveys)
Analysing results and defining the follow up
Making regular evaluation and reporting
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EU Minimum Criteria (2)
Content (criteria 2.3)
A plan for inspection should cover a defined period of specific enforcement targets for a defined area or organisation
On-site visits should be integrated, examining the full range of environmental impacts, as far as organisational arrangements allow
Context (criteria 2.6)
The inspection activities (the implementation results of the plan) must be evaluated and must be made publicly known
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10. Programmatic and Ad hoc (1)
Programmatic inspections (2.4)
Checking compliance with laws, regulations, permits
Promoting operators behaviour by creating understanding
Examining the environmental impact of the installation
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11. Programmatic and Ad hoc (2)
Ad hoc inspections (2.4)
Investigation of serious complaints
Investigation of significant accidents and non-compliance
Visits in case of renewal or modification of permits
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Tools and Problems (1)
Tool orientation: enforcement tasks and instruments
Philosophy: planning each tool comes first, while combining them to solve real problems comes later.
Strategic steps, using the policy and enforcement cycle
Allocating resources and defining operational targets
Definition of performance indicators
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13. Strategy building H. Borgers, 2004
Tools and Problems (2)
Problem orientation: environmental state and impacts
Philosophy: surveying problems comes first, while searching for the appropriate tools is based on the type and risk of the problem
Strategic investigation of possible environmental impacts of installations
Definition of environmental quality indicators
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