Chair : Christof Delatter, VVSG

Study Tour on waste management

ETT 53155

organised in co-operation with

The Committee of the Regions

Venue : Committee of the Regions

17/6 JDE 53 18/6 JDE 70 19/6 JDE 63

Brussels, 17 June - 19 June 2013

For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download presentations of this event, please go to : http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex. D R A F T

ETT 53155 1/5 Aim of the meeting :

The aim of this study tour is to present the EU policy on waste management to local and regional authorities coming from the Western Balkans. The management, disposal and recycling of waste, especially household waste, is an important challenge for the coming years. In the Western Balkans the administrative and enforcement capacity needs to be considerably strengthened. The local and regional levels have an important role to play in this topic.

Next to general information about the functioning and decision-making of the EU, this study tour will also cover the EU policy on waste management as well as regional and local best practices on that issue.

This study tour will be organised in cooperation with the Committee of the Regions (CoR). The participants will have the opportunity to meet with members of the CoR working on environment and on external relations.

The target audience of 30-35 participants will consist of elected representatives and senior administrative staff from municipalities (3 to 5 participants per beneficiary). The participants will be selected by the EU Delegations and the European Union Office in Kosovo*.

* "This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence"

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ETT 53155 2/5 Day 1 : Monday 17 June 2013

Chair : Christof Delatter, VVSG

09:00 Arrival and registration of participants. Distribution of welcome package 09:30 Welcome note: Mr Jean Christophe Garcia-Baquero Lavezzi. Institution Building Unit , DG Enlargement, European Commission 09:45 Round of table/Ice-breaking: brief verbal presentation, accompanied by materials if available, max. 3 minutes per participant (5-7 minutes for country presentation): • Self-introduction by participants • Current situation and challenges in your municipality, region and country

11:00 Coffee break 11:30 The EU institutions and decision-making process. Mr Alain Van Hamme. Team Leader Task Force Turkish Cypriot Community. DG Enlargement, European Commission 12:30 Lunch Break 14:00 EU policy in the field of waste management and waste management in the accession process. Mr Peter Wessman, Legal Officer, Unit on Waste Management, DG Environment, European Commission.

15:00 Role of cities and regions in waste management. Mr Christof Delatter. Coordinator, Waste Management and Intermunicipal Cooperation, Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities. VVSG. Belgium.

15:45 Coffee Break 16:15 EU legislation on waste and its implementation in the Netherlands.Martin Goorhuis. Dutch Solid Waste Association

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ETT 53155 3/5 Day 2 : Tuesday 18 June 2013

Chair : Christof Delatter, VVSG

09:30 Municipal waste management in Valencia Region. Ms. Eva Fornes, Regional Ministry of Environment, Water, Urbanism and Housing, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain

10:15 Q&A 10:30 Different systems of municipal waste management, the role of intermunicipal cooperation and financial aspects: practical overview of experiences from EU. Mr Christof Delatter. VVSG 11:15 Q&A 11:30 Coffee Break 12:00 Role of waste prevention campaigns: best practices from local authorities. Mr Phillipe Michaux, Project Manager. Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource Management, ACR+. Belgium

12:45 Q&A 13:00 Lunch Break 14:30 Work and functioning of the Committee of the Regions Mr Klaus HULLMANN, Directorate Communication, Press and Protocol, Committee of the Regions 15:30 Q&A 15:45 The waste management systems in Bulgaria - the process from project evaluation to final construction and operation of municipal landfills Mr. Tsvetomir Kalchev, Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria 16:30 16:45 Coffee break 17:15 The role of local authorities in a process of building new municipal waste management system in Mazovia Region Poland Mr. Artur Dabrowski, Department of the Environmental Charges, Office of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, Poland 17:30 Q&A 17:45 End of day 2

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ETT 53155 4/5 Day 3 : Wednesday 19 June 2013

Chair : - Christof Delatter, VVSG

10:00 Visit to the waste Management site IVAREM (Lier)

13:00 Back to Brussels

This meeting is being organised by the Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument of the European Commission

CHAR 03/149 , B - 1049 Brussels Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07 , Fax: +32-2-296 76 94

Web site http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex

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