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Design: Institutional. Municipal Level: Vice Mayer responsible for environment is the leader Implementing agency: Municipal EPB Technical group: EPB officers supported by researchers No NGOs. Implementation: Scope. All major pollution: air, water, solid, noise, radiation, etc.
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Design: Institutional • Municipal Level: • Vice Mayer responsible for environment is the leader • Implementing agency: • Municipal EPB • Technical group: • EPB officers supported by researchers • No NGOs
Implementation: Scope • All major pollution: air, water, solid, noise, radiation, etc. • All major industrial polluters
Implementation: Disclosure • Internal disclosure and verification • Formal media disclosure • conferences • newspapers • TV • Government intranet
Performance Change in Zhenjiang B. Formal Disclosure in July 2000 (1999 data)
Impacts: other • Society: a norm widely accepted • Government • Better relation with the public • Better management system • Polluters • Efforts and institution • Public • Awareness and participation
Program #2: Local Government Environmental Performance Rating and Disclosure Major objective: Improve the current system in order to provide stronger incentives for local environmental enforcement
Existing municipal programs: • Performance evaluation system with 26 indicators • Awarding titles of environmental “model city” to best performers
Proposal: • A simple five-grades rating system • Public disclosure • Example: • Performance Ratings in Air Pollution Control