EMAS Peer Review for Cities
EMAS Peer Review for cities project is progressing
well and all 16 partner cities are further developing their
environmental management systems since the first Eco-Management
and Auditing System (EMAS) training session in May in Tallinn.
The second training session for cities took
place on 6-7 October in Barcelona. The focus was on "Peer
Review" process and research on linkages between European
Union 6th Environmental Action Plan (6EAP) and EMAS.
Two days training provided city participants
the skills to undertake the peer review in a twin city.
Information and knowledge to enable the cities to reassess
their own environmental management system was also provided.
The first results of the desk research on 6EAP and EMAS
linkages were presented to the cities. In-depth research
will be carried out now after the training in five pilot
cities to identify and vision how does the particular city
see EMAS evolving to take account of the 6EAP over the next
10 years. The results will be integrated into peer reviews
taking place in cities during the spring 2004.
The training session was a very good forum
for city representatives to exchange their experiences and
challenges they have been facing while implementing EMAS.
The project next newsletter will be issued
this Autumn. For further information, please visit our project
website: www.emascities.org.
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