Awareness raising process on EMS aimed to Adriatic and Ionian Ports (action 2)

Piero Remitti,City of Ancona

Country thematic workshop n.1Ancona, Italy24 June 2005

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1.Venezia 2.Brindisi 3.Bari 4.Pescara 5.Ancona 6.Koper 7.Split 8.Bar 9.Durres

10.Thessaloniki

1.Gioia Tauro PA 2.Brindisi PA 3.Bari PA 4.Venice PA 5.Split PA 6.Dubrovnik PA

7.Bar PA 8.Durres PA 9.Corfu PA 10.Thessaloniki PA

1.International Cities on Water 2.Veneto Union Chambers of Commerce 3.Primorska

University 4.Vienna

10 Cities + 10 Port Authorities + others…

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a. Analysis of local situations and definition of common databases to monitor environmental performances of port areasEach partner will produce detailed documentation of the activities hosted in its port area, the environmental impacts produced, the management system adopted, problems solved or unsolved, the possible solutions, the best practices implemented, the fields of co-operation with the City Authority, the relationship problems with the city and the region, etc. The local documentation will be produced according to a common format drawn up in technical workshops, containing the definition of a set of environmental and sustainability indicators for the port areas. The data contained in each local documentation will be assembled and managed in a common data base, the starting point for access to the world of EMS.

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Plan of activities for the ACTION 2

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b. EMS pre-implementation training and design activities

Working with training workshops (also on-line) each port area will get familiar with terminology used in EMS and will gain an opportunity to understand EMS in their city context . A workbook on EMS implementation in the Adriatic + Ionian region will be compiled starting from the workshops activities.

Partners will leave the project with an EMS “personalized” workplan and instructions on how to implement it. The local Plans for Port EMS will contain analysis and commitments of each partners towards a full-effective implementation of EMS in their own port areas by the following years.

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Plan of activities for the ACTION 2

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What really is EMS?

The Environmental Management System is the part of the overall management system that includes the organisational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy (EMAS Regulation, EC 761/2001)

The EMS has a key role in ensuring that the bodies designated by competent authorities can meet their environmental obligations, and that the tools of sustainable development are implemented….(Urban Thematic Strategy, 2005)

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Goal of EMS on port area is:

A general improvement of environmental, social and economic situation, by a better performance of any kind of activity operating in the port area, obtained through:

1. Reduced environmental impacts;2. Less operating costs and competitive

advantages for attending companies of any sector (tourism, transports, commerce, industry, etc.);

3. Better relationship between companies and authorities.

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wastes (9) air quality (8)

water supply and/or quality (5)

movement opportunity (4)

noise (4)

elettromagnetic pollution (2)

energy availability (2)

chemicals (2)

soil pollution (1)

biodiversity (1)

green urban areas state (1)

main environmental problems are…

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unemployement (7)

housing (4)

transport system (4)

institutional relations (4)

crime (4)

income (3)

conflicts inside the local community (3)

education and learning (2)

health (2)

main social/economic problems are considered…

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awareness but no experience (8)

none (3)

some experience (2)

lots of experience (1)

EMS – level of knowledge

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Start implementing EMS after the project (7)

Understanding of EMS (5)

Knowledge and skills to be able to… (4)

EMS – aims and achievements

other key objectives are…Sharing experiences with other ports/cities (9)

Solve main environmental problems (5)

Solve other problems (2)

Identify saving possibilities (3)

Gaining management support (2)

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Venice PAVenice PA

3/30: air quality, water quality, soil 3/30: air quality, water quality, soil pollutionpollution

Gioia Tauro PAGioia Tauro PA

No availability declaredNo availability declared

Brindisi PABrindisi PA

No availability declaredNo availability declared

Bari PABari PA

2/30: wastes, energy consumption2/30: wastes, energy consumption

Data availability

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A. CTW 1 – Italy – Ancona, 24 june 2005

Starting to define the common format containing a set of environmental and sustainability indicators for the port areas.Progressive implementation of the common data-base.

B. CTW 2 – Montenegro, Croatia and Albania – Bar, 12 september 2005

C. CTW 3 – Greece – Thessaloniki, 22 sept. 2005D. CTW 4 – Slovenia – Koper, march 2006

Working for the elaboration of Adriatic workbook for port EMSWorking for personalized workplans for EMS implementation

E. Final Conference – Venice, october 2006

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