Regional Replication: Soil Contamination Policy and Practice Yokohama July 13, 2010

Regional Replication: Soil Contamination Policy and Practice

YokohamaJuly 13, 2010

Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network

AECEN Mission

• AECEN catalyzes improved environmental compliance and enforcement in Asia by promoting the replication and scale-up of innovation and good practices through twinning partnerships, demonstration activities and information dissemination.


Scale Up and Replication• Innovation – a new or creative policy, practice, technology, or tool that leads to

improved environmental compliance and enforcement within an AECEN member agency jurisdiction.

• Demonstration (or pilot) – testing of an innovation to validate its applicability and

effectiveness in a specific AECEN member agency jurisdiction.

• Scale up – expansion of the geographic or sector application of an innovation by an AECEN member agency within its jurisdiction to impact a larger number of beneficiaries.

• Replication – transfer of an innovation, with or without variation, between AECEN member agencies either between countries, or to other jurisdictions within a country. AECEN can facilitate replication either through twinning partnerships or through dissemination activities.

• Diffusion – the independent spread and adoption of an innovation by countries which are exposed to knowledge and information disseminated through AECEN, without direct external intervention by the AECEN Secretariat or other AECEN partners.


Twinning Partnership• Twinning Partnership – facilitated, sustained

technical exchange between AECEN member agencies, either between countries or between different jurisdictions within countries, which result in the replication of an innovation.

Examples of Twinning Partnerships:• Malaysia – Nepal: EIA for hydropower

projects• Japan – China: Energy efficiency• Singapore – Indonesia: Inspection• Australia – Vietnam: Self-monitoring• India – Thailand: Environmental adjudication• Philippines – Sri Lank: Pollution charges


Tools for Scale Up and Replication

Replication Tools Scale-up Tools

Pilot demonstrations Twinning partnerships Communities of practice

Dissemination - Toolkits - Publications - Communities of

practice - Networking - Website - Training

- Technical assistance

from AECEN - Training - Continued twinning

partnerships - Toolkits and guidelines


• AECEN has a step by step basic programming approach:(i) Periodically assess priorities of AECEN members;(ii) Conduct studies/surveys to update the status of priority

issues;(iii) Validation workshop on priority topic and selection of

twinning partners;(iv) Establish “twinning” partnerships – preferably south-south

cooperation;(v) Dissemination of results/background information; and(vi) Replication and scale-up.

AECEN Programming Approach


AECEN Website

• Knowledge sharing – repository of best practices

• Ask the expert• Social networking –

member to member exchange


Priority Areas Cooperation

WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO LAND CONTAMINATION ?

High Medium Low

Establishing a legal and policy framework

4 1 1

Amending existing legal and policy framework

3 2 1

Setting applicable standards 3 2 1

Capacity building 4 1 1

Establishing a site inventory database 3 1 1

Raising public awareness 3 2 1

Stakeholder engagement 3 2 1


Specific Topics for Cooperation• Standards – soil and groundwater• Standards – remediation• Site screening levels• Legal and policy framework• Liability regimes• Clean up rules• Incentives• Technology evaluation• Technical guidelines • Natural resources damages• Risk assessment approaches• Site identification and classification (database)• Site prioritization • National monitoring programs• Funding mechanisms• Institutional arrangements (decentralization)


Priority Topics for Regional Cooperation• Standards – remediation -- 26• Standards – soil and groundwater -- 20• Legal and policy framework – 18 • Site screening levels – 15 • Clean up rules – 10 • Funding mechanisms – 10 • Site identification (database) – 9• Capacity building (judges) – 9• Risk assessment (guidelines) – 7 • Liability regimes – 5 • Real estate policy – 5 • Remediation technology – 4 • Natural resources damages – 4• Comprehensive monitoring (remote sensing/GIS) – 4


Timeframes and Tools for Addressing Regional Priorities

Short term• Capacity building – 11 • Comprehensive monitoring –8 • Site identification (database) – 7• Risk assessment (guidelines) – 6

Medium term• Remediation technologies 10 • Liability regimes – 7 • Clean up rules – 5• NRD assessment – 4 • Funding mechanisms – 3

Long term• Legal and policy framework – 11• Standards – 10

• Training and networking – 25• Toolkits and publications – 24 • Twinning partnerships – 15 • Communities of practice – 9 • Website – 9


What countries are you interested in exchanging ideas and best practices with?U.S., Canada, Netherland, Australia, Japan, U.K., Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Brazil

Cooperate with: World Bank, ADB, OECD and UNEP (by sharing roadmap)

Documents

Regional Replication: Soil Contamination Policy and Practice Yokohama July 13, 2010