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I. Ambient Air Quality Rating Color ratings benchmarked on WHO guidelines:

SO2 in 2001 23 Green 33 Blue 20 Yellow 6 Red 4 Black

TSP in 2001 0 Green 0 Blue 8 Yellow 23 Red 34 Black

II. Ambient Quality Change (2000-2001)

SO2 Change between 2000 and 2001 6 Green 16 Blue 23 Yellow 18 Red 22 Black

TSP Change between 2000 and 2001 3 Green 16 Blue 33 Yellow 6 Red 5 Black

III. Aggregate Performance Ratings in 2001

Overall Ratings in 2001 11 Green 30 Blue 23 Yellow 16 Red 6 Black

Program #3: Community Environmental Dialogue • Objective: • Promote communications and mutual understandings at the community level; • Appraise good performers and generate pressures on bad performers • Improve environmental awareness and promote public participation in environmental management

Pilots • 2000, Pre-feasibility studies: • Towns in Tianjin, Guizhou and Jiangsu • 2002, Feasibility studies: • Danyang county (Southern Jiangsu) • Funing county (Northern Jiangsu) • 2004, Jiangsu expansion • Feasible and effective • Beyond environment

Participants • County EPB (supervision and technical support) • Town leaders (organizers) • Plant managers • Citizen representatives

Procedure • Meeting chair: county EPB • Local socio-economic report: town leaders • Local environmental report: EPB specialists • Pollution reports: plant managers • Community reaction: citizen representatives • Meeting summary and agreements: town leaders

Major Challenges: • Legal: • Environmental Information Management Procedure • Political: • NGO development • Technical & Financial: • Data availability

Thanks! • Comments/Suggestions/Questions Are Welcome! • HWANG1@worldbank.org

Environmental Dialogue Program in Community | Engage, Educate, Empower