Projects
TWINNING Project
Bulgaria
Austrian Federal Environment Agency TWINNING Project “Strengthening the administrative capacity for practical implementation of legislation in the fields of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE 2002/96/EC), batteries and accumulators (WAB 2006/66/EC) at national and regional level in Bulgaria” – Partners: Ministry of Environment and Waters (BG) and Umweltbundesamt (AT) – Junior Partners: Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change (Greece), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany. Main components of the work performed : a) Legal/institutional gap analysis, preparation of business plans and relevant recommendations & proposals for improvement of legal framework for the management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries and accumulators b) Application of the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) to the Bulgarian government c) improvement of collection/management of WEEE (2002/96/EC), batteries Page 8 and accumulators d) Design of electronic register for electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators e) Organisation of study visits to Austria/Greece f) Organisation of workshops/seminars g) Calculation of costs for WEEE/batteries and accumulators management f) h) Organization of public awareness campaign.
Expert: Dimitris, Waste Expert
Consortium between Executive Environment Agency in Bulgaria and Federal Environment Agency Austria, RTA Twinning light project
Georgia
The project’s aim was to strengthen the capacities of the ministry of environment and natural recourses protection in development and improvement of the waste management system in Georgia. The expert was engaged in elaboration of strategic documents such as: draft legislation on packaging and packaging waste, good practices for separate collection of packaging waste, presentation for principles, implementation and transposition of Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
Expert: Irina, Waste Expert
Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change
Greece
Institutional Expert in Monitoring of the implementation of alternative management systems/ enforcement of EU/national legislation and building up of institutional waste management infrastructure systems (national, regional) for waste management issues: batteries (2006/66/EC), wastes from electric/electronic equipment (WEEE – 2002/96/EC & 2012/19/EU), used tyres, end-of life-vehicles (ELV 2002/53/EC) Assessment of EIA studies for industrial installations concerning waste treatment/recycling
Expert: Dimitris, Waste Expert
