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Republic of Moldova Ministry of Environment

Presentation on the assessment of Moldova's implementation of environmental recommendations, policy documents, and projects. Highlights include institutional reforms, legal framework compliance, and capacity building efforts.

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Republic of Moldova Ministry of Environment

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  1. Republic of Moldova Ministry of Environment Implementation of recommendations Assessment of Assessments in the Republic of Moldova Veronica Lopotenco 7 November 2014

  2. Presentation structure Recommendations of AoA (Chapter 6) Political solutions (policy documents) Practical solutions (projects, activities)

  3. Environmental Strategy 2014-2023 Institutional reform Environmental Agency Institutionalized Institutional analyze has been done (EU High Level Policy Advice Mission) Capacity building and knowledge sharing in establishing the Environment Protection Agency(InSEIS Project) Review of the responsibilities of governmental institutions in order to eliminate overlapping functions between them

  4. Approximation of national legal framework to EU acquis Policy documents: • Environmental Strategy 2014-2023 & Action Plan • Nation Action Plan for implementation of Association Agreement (2014-2016) • Ministerial Action Plan for the Approximation of national environmental legislation in line with the requirements of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement

  5. Approximation of national legal framework to EU Acquis (Practical aspects) Advanced areas: • environmental governance; • water management and water protection legislation No legislation in place: air quality, IPPC, waste streams, mining waste Draft legislation exists but has many gaps or is not properly aligned with EU law: chemicals, waste management Existing legislation needs substantial improvement to approximate it to the Acquis and make it applicable in accordance with Rule of law Standards: nature protection, industrial hazards

  6. Overview of current situation

  7. Environmental Strategy 2014-2023 & Action Plan Nation Action Plan for implementation of Association Agreement (2014-2016) Ministerial Action Plan for the Approximation of national environmental legislation in line with the requirements of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement According to this documents approximation of Directive 2010/75/EC Industrial emissions, integrated pollution prevention and control is planned for Quarter IV of 2015. Integrated environmental autorization/permits

  8. Within UNDP project «Improving the availability and reliability of regional statistics" National Bureau of Statistics in partnership with the Romanian Statistical Office implemented the following: • The first edition of the statistical compilation “Moldova Region," which includes a section "Environment" with information on air, water and waste indicators in the regional context; • Data on air, water and waste indicators has been placed in the data bank, located on the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics in the format of PC-Axis.

  9. National Bureau of Statistics of RM and the Statistical Office of Sweden are carrying out the following activities: • Development of the methodology and calculation of costs for environmental protection, • Improvement of data collection and definition of indicators of water use through a centralized water supply system; • develop of methodological approaches for assessment of the amount of water use and the generation of municipal waste in rural areas where there is no centralized water supply systems and centralized collection and disposal of household waste.

  10. Republic of Moldova is developing: • Informational System on waste management • Registers as a tool for reporting on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) • Water GIS

  11. Establish electronic databases based on common platformprinciple On 20 February Government of Republic of Moldova established the Common Governmental Platform M-Cloud (Governmental Decision #128). Ministries must use only the common platform and all the Informational Systems must be hosted on it. Ministry of Environment hosts on this Common Platform IS “Water Use Authorization” and IS “River basin management”.

  12. Producing SoER in accordance with UNECE Guidelines InSEIS project for Moldova with 3 components: 1. Development of technical specifications for the national electronic information system on environment 2. Support for the preparation of annual reports on the state-of-the-environment 3. Capacity building and knowledge sharing in establishing the Environment Protection Agency

  13. Support for the preparation of annual reports on the state-of-the-environment 11-13 November 2014 - Feasibility study visit for the InSEIS project in the Republic of Moldova. Aspects for discussion: - Introduction and discussions with national experts involved in the production of SoER, • Follow-up of the UNECE WGEMA meeting, 6-7 November in Geneva and work in the JTF on environmental indicators, • Hands-on training on preparing national State of Environment report in one of the thematic areas: Air & Water.

  14. Thank You! Veronica Lopotenco lopotenco@mediu.gov.md

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