| Szentendre, Hungary,
December 17-18, 2001 and January 7-8, 2002
Draft agenda (11 Kb PDF file)
The main objective of the workshops is to address three
crucial aspects of environmental investment planning, which have been
found to largely determine Candidate Countries' success in achieving its
overall priorities:
- Selecting a proper mix of policy instruments,
including investments and the use of public funds;
- Setting criteria for project identification; and
- Implementing a successful communications strategy in
order to carry out the investment strategy efficiently and
effectively.
The workshops will build heavily on experiences of
individual participants and focus on theory introduction followed by case
studies and facilitation of exchange of experience and expertise. It is
intended for public officials from three sectors: finance (Ministry of
Finance), regional development (Ministry of Regional Development, or
similar) and environment (Ministry of Environment).
Recommended reading:
Communication
From The Commission: The Challenge Of Environmental Financing In The
Candidate Countries (PDF file) - COM(1998)294
PEPA Tools
PEPA/1
The PEPA Programme: An Introduction
(PDF file)
Flyer to introduce the PEPA programme.
PEPA/2
Meeting the Challenge: A Discussion
Document (PDF file)
Document presented at 1st PEPA Progress Meeting in Szentendre, Hungary,
June/July 2000.
PEPA/3
Checklist for Water Sector
Infrastructure (PDF file)
A tool to assess the status of planning and programming for infrastructure
investment in the water sector.
PEPA/4
Checklist for Infrastructure in the
Waste Management Sector (PDF file)
A tool to assess the status of planning and programming for infrastructure
investment in the waste management sector.
PEPA/5
Checklist for Infrastructure in the
Air Quality Sector (PDF file)
A tool to assess the status of planning and programming for infrastructure
investment in the air quality sector.
PEPA/6
Checklist for Infrastructure in the
Industrial Pollution Control Sector (PDF file)
A tool to assess the status of planning and programming for infrastructure
investment in the industrial pollution control sector.
PEPA/7A
Project Characterisation Database
(PDF file)
A tool to provide a structured approach to project identification,
definition and preparation.
PEPA/7B
Project Characterisation Database -
An Explanation (PDF file)
An introduction to the database covering its purpose, structure and when
and how to use it.
PEPA/7C
Project Characterisation Database -
Excel Spreadsheet (Excel file)
The database itself in the form of an 'empty' Excel spreadsheet for use in
the Candidate Countries.
PEPA/8A
Project Characterisation Checklist
(PDF file)
A tool to provide more detailed guidance on project characterisation and
preparation, based on the same general approach as the database (PEPA/7)
PEPA/8B
Project Characterisation Checklist -
An Explanation (PDF file)
An introduction to the checklist covering its purpose, structure and when
and how to use it.
PEPA/9
Directive Specific Implementation and
Financing Plans (PDF file)
A preliminary structure for a Directive Specific Implementation and
Financing Plan.
PEPA/10
Fund Characterisation Fiche: European
Investment Bank (EIB) Loans (PDF file)
Key information on EIB loan finance (available funds, eligibility and
screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/11
Fund Characterisation Fiche: European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (PDF file)
Key information on EBRD finance (available funds, eligibility and
screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/12
Fund Characterisation Fiche:
International Finance Corporation (Part of World Bank Group) (PDF
file)
Key information on IFC finance (available funds, eligibility and screening
criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/13
Fund Characterisation Fiche: The
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (World Bank) (PDF
file)
Key information on IBRD finance (available funds, eligibility and
screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/14
Fund Characterisation Fiche: Black
Sea Trade and Development Bank (PDF file)
Key information on BSTDB finance (available funds, eligibility and
screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/15
Fund Characterisation Fiche: Nordic
Investment Bank (NIB) (PDF file)
Key information on NIB finance (available funds, eligibility and screening
criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/16
Fund Characterisation Fiche: Council
of Europe Social Development Fund (PDF file)
Key information on CESDF finance (available funds, eligibility and
screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/17
Fund Characterisation Fiche: The
Central and East European Environmental Investment Fund or Environmental
Investment Partners (EIP) (PDF file)
Key information on CEEEIF/EIP finance (available funds, eligibility and
screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/18
Fund Characterisation Fiche: Danish
Co-operation for Environmental in Eastern Europe (DANCEE) Danish
Environmental Protection Agency (PDF file)
Key information on DANCEE bilateral funding programmes (available funds,
eligibility and screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/19
Fund Characterisation Fiche:
Environmental Soft Loan Programme for Easter Europe (MKØ) - DEPA (PDF
file)
Key information on DEPA bilateral soft loan programmes (available funds,
eligibility and screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/20
Fund Characterisation Fiche: Finland
Ministry of the Environment (FME) (PDF file)
Key information on FME bilateral funding programmes (available funds,
eligibility and screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/21
Fund Characterisation Fiche: Swedish
International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA) (PDF file)
Key information on SIDA bilateral funding programmes (available funds,
eligibility and screening criteria, access to funds and contact details).
PEPA/22
Directive Specific Implementation and
Financing Plan, Waste Sector: Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) (PDF
file)
Guidance on the preparation of a Directive Specific Implementation and
Financing Plan for the Landfill Directive (see also PEPA/9).
PEPA/23
An Introduction to Project
Prioritisation Criteria and Approaches (PDF file)
Guidance on identifying appropriate criteria for prioritising
environmental investment projects, and introduction to a prioritisation
methodology.
PEPA/24
An Introduction to Private Sector
Involvement in Public Infrastructure Project (PDF file)
Guidance on the options for involving private companies in environmental
projects, including the advantages and disadvantages of different
approaches.
PEPA/25
PEPA Pipeline Development 2001 (PDF
file)
Approach for development of project pipelines, with particular emphasis on
the information needed to allow effective screening and prioritisation of
projects.
PEPA/26
PEPA Pipeline Development 2001
(Excel file)
Annex to the previous document
PEPA/27
Investments To Implement E.U. Waste
Policy (PDF file)
A tool to help the Polish local authorities to identify the investments
that are needed at a local level in order to achieve compliance with EC
waste and environmental legislation.
Other documents
Check List
For Infrastructure Projects - Water
Check List
For Infrastructure Projects - Waste
Check
List For Infrastructure Projects - EIA and IPPC Directive
Advanced reading on
environmental policy
The Role
of Industrial Country Policies in Emerging Market Crises
Jeffrey A. Frankel, Nouriel Roubini. NBER Working Paper No. W8634
(December 2001)
This paper considers policies of the industrialized countries, as they
pertain to crises in emerging markets, including their own macroeconomic
policies, their role in responding to crises when they occur, and efforts
to reform the international financial architecture.
International
Trade and the Environment: A Framework for Analysis
Brian R. Copeland, M. Scott Taylor. NBER Working Paper No. W8540 (October
2001)
This paper sets out a general equilibrium pollution and trade model to
provide a framework for examination of the trade and environment debate.
It examines the environmental consequences of growth, the impact of trade
liberalization, and strategic interaction between countries.
Environmental
Taxation and Regulation
A. Lans Bovenberg, Lawrence H. Goulder. NBER Working Paper No. W8458
(September 2001)
This paper examines government policy alternatives for protecting the
environment. It compares environmentally motivated taxes and various
non-tax environmental policy instruments in terms of their efficiency and
distributional impacts.
A
Framework to Compare Environmental Policies
Don Fullerton. NBER Working Paper No. W8420 (August 2001)
This paper builds a single model that can be used to show efficiency and
distributional effects of eight different types of environmental policies
(including taxes, subsidies, regulations, permits, and legal liability).
Environmental
Tax Interactions When Pollution Affects Health or Productivity
Roberton C. Williams. NBER Working Paper No. W8049 (December 2000)
This paper develops an equilibrium model that allows regulation to provide
benefits through several different channels, including improved health or
productivity.
Health
Effects in a Model of Second-Best Environmental Taxation or Reconsidering
"Reconsidering the Tax-Interaction Effect"
Roberton C. Williams. NBER Working Paper No. W8048 (December 2000)
This paper employs an analytically tractable general equilibrium model,
which shows that interactions with health effects from pollution actually
will tend to reduce the optimal environmental tax.
The
Environmental Regime in Developing Countries
Raghbendra Jha, John Whalley. NBER Working Paper No. W7305 (August 1999)
This paper discusses the environmental externalities that are commonly
found in the developing world along with the policy responses commonly
used to deal with these.
Is Free
Trade Good for the Environment?
Werner Antweiler, Brian R. Copeland, M. Scott Taylor. NBER Working Paper
No. W6707 (August 1998)
This paper sets out a theory of how openness to international goods
markets affects pollution concentrations. It concludes that freer trade
appears to be good for the environment.
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