The Analysis of Good Practice
Good Practice is described as the state-of-the-art
application of advanced methods and approaches to
telematic applications. They show which tangible
improvements in the management of the
environment, in relation to air and water pollution,
can be accomplished by the use of telematics in the
EU and CEE countries.The process of promoting good practices will enable organisations to define and clarify priorities in sustainable telematics applications for environmental management. Learning from each other's good practice will promote successful partnerships between governmental authorities,city authorities,industry and research organisations and the full range of interest groups invo l ved in sustainable environment management.
The ENWAP experts have selected sixteen demonstration projects and clustered them into two g roups according to either air and/or water pollution management. These two environmental domains were selected because of their high relevancy both in EU and CEE countries as indicated by a previous survey done in 1996 (Inventory of main Environment Telematics initiatives in the CEE countries, 1996). In the selection process the ENWAP experts considered how the demonstration projects illustrate innovative applications of telematics in the environment both in the EU and CEE countries as well as their ability to demonstrate important lessons for new applications.
A standard form has been developed by the ENWAP User Forum to describe the good practice deployed in selected projects. It helped to estimate qualitatively the impact of innovative environment telematics applications in the field of air and water pollution management.The main elements of the questionnaire are the domain and target user category, the location, site profile and duration, an abstract explaining the project and its objectives, and the present stage of development. Detailed information is provided on the implementation, also a technical profile, the actual results,obstacles encountered and an assessment of the transferability. The lessons learned in terms of critical factors of success and recommendations for any other user intending to implement the system are stated.
The questionnaire has been completed by selected TAP-EN and related projects.The details provided in the questionnaire were then subjected to a Peer Review in order to focus the information made available. The most crucial elements of the questionnaire, which help to delineate a set of recommendations, are those describing the obstacles encountered, the condition for transferability and the lessons learned.
The selected projects and their main environmental medium are given below.
For air quality, the projects ECOSIM, EFFECT, EMMA, JAMS, HEIS-MUC, SIMTRAP, REMSSBOT and TEMSIS have been examined, while for water quality, the projects Danube AEWS, DANIS,E-MAIL, REMSSBOT, SNIRH and WATERNET have been considered.
Eight of the selected projects are TAP-EN demonstration projects (ECOSIM, EFFECT, EMMA, TEMSIS, E-MAIL, REMSSBOT and WATERNET). Both project SIMTRAP and EUROAQ were funded by the EU respectively by EU R&TD programme ESPRIT and by the Directorate General of Environment. The projects JAMS and Danube AEWS were funded partly by the EU PHARE programme, while the projects IOZIP, HEIS-MUC and SNIRH are national projects. DANIS and Croatia-TNMN are regional projects funded by international organisations.
| GOOD PRACTICE - AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT |
GOOD PRACTICE - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT |
| ECOSIM (1) EFFECT (1) EMMA (1) EUROAQ (2) IOZIP (3) JAMS (6) HEIS-MUC (3) SIMTRAP (4) TEMSIS (1) |
DANIS (5) Danube AEWS (6) E-MAIL (1) REMSSBOT (1) SNIRH (3) Croatia TNMN (5) WATERNET (1) |
(1) TAP-EN project,EU, DG XIII-B2;(2) EU project,DG XI;(3) National Project;(4) ESPRIT Project, EU, DG III; International and regional project;(6) EU-PHARE project
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
