1. Policy Instruments Proposals for RECP
SwitchMed Connect 2016
Policy Instruments Proposals for RECP
Drawing on the outputs of the Policy Baseline Review and Policy Instruments Proposals
TUNISIA

2. Drawing on the Policy Baseline Review
The sustainable development strategy recommends the upgrading of industry through the promotion of green industry
The industry upgrading program include activities targeting conservation of natural resources and energy efficiency.
Opportunity for financing RECP (MEDTEST) through existing financing tools (FODEP, FTE, FODEC, PNRI, PIRD)

3. Policy Instrument Proposals
Integration of environment/RECP requirements in administrative permits
Introducing volontary agreements in industrial sectors
Requirement for environmental self control

4. Policy Instrument Proposals
Introducing the detailed environmental assessment (DEA)
Incentives for hiring RECP experts in industrial companies
Preparation of a pratical guide on incentives for applying RECP

5. Selected Policy Instrument
Voluntary Agreement:
Impact : New alternative to the traditional “command and control” approach
Barrier : the success of the negociation process depends on the level of confidence among signing parties of the VA.
Actions:
initiate a model AV (pilot) in one industrial sector
Disseminate the result among other industrial sectors

6. Selected Policy Instrument
Voluntary Agreement:
Timeline
Sector selection: 2 months
Institutional arragement (AV negociation): 6 months
AV implementation: 6 months
AV evaluation and dessimination : 2 months

7. Identifying support for policy implementation
The introduction of VA has been proposed to main stakeholders in environment (ANPE) and business federations of industrial sectors (UTICA) as a complementary instrument or alternative to environmental regulation, and the technical centres as facilitator for AV design and implementation.
Potential pilot AV in the tannery and chemical sectors.

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