Draft Program: March 27, 2002

6^th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Inaugurating a Millennium of Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law

San Jose, Costa Rica

April 15-19, 2002

Saturday, April 13^th

8:30 – 15:00 Locally co-sponsored pre-Conference workshop on issues of particular relevance to Costa Rica and other Central American countries for local professionals (conducted in Spanish, with limited English translation). Click for draft agenda.

18:00 Reception at the Dutch Ambassador’s Residence (invitation only)

12:00 – 18:00 Registration

Exhibits throughout the week

Sunday, April 14^th

Executive Planning Committee Business Meeting

Training sessions for Workshop Facilitators. (1-2)

Meeting of speakers and moderators

9:00- Principles of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement for participants (Tom Maslany and Susan Bromm, USEPA) This course is one of a series designed to build capacity for implementing environmental management programs in a variety of governments and cultures. Its format and content stimulate participants to think creatively about how to translate national goals, laws, and requirements into actions that effectively changes behavior in society as to achieve the desired environmental results. This is a one day version of a course that is nomally 3-4 days.

12:00 – 18:00 Registration

19:00 – 21:00 Conference Welcome Reception at Hotel for all participants

Monday, April 15^th -- Day Chair Sylvia Lowrance, Acting Assistant Administrator, USEPA

8:30 OPENING PLENARY SESSION

Welcoming remarks by The Honorable Dr. Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Echeverria, President of the Republic of Costa Rica (invited)

Day Chair: Introduction to INECE Co-chairs, Strategic Plan and Presentation of Opening Conference Statement

9:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Honorable Elizabeth Odio-Benito, Second Vice President and Minister of the Environment and Energy of the Republic of Costa Rica (invited)

Theme 1 - The INECE Mission: Environmental Results Through Enforcement

9:15 PANEL 1 – The Role of Institutions and Networks in Environmental Enforcement

Moderator: Michele de Nevers, World Bank

· Donald Kaniaru, UNEP

· George Kremlis, European Commission

· Antonio Benjamin, Brazil

Institutional perspective on the merits of network and how institutions need to work with networks to make them successful. The value of networks, how networks need to work with networks

10:15 –10:45 Coffee BREAK

10:45-11:45 PANEL 2 – The Regional Network Experience

Moderator: Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Costa Rica

· Antonio Azuela, Mexico

· Peter Acquah, Ghana

· Krzysztof Michalak, OECD

The speakers in the Opening Panels will highlight examples of success in the area of environmental enforcement worldwide and will seek to focus on the achievement of global environmental results through local efforts.

THEME 2 – Ensuring Effective Environmental Enforcement through Institutional Capability and Performance Assessment

11:45 PANEL 3 – Organizing for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Moderator: Adriana Bianchi, World Bank

· Maria Eugenia DiPaola, FARN Argentina

· John Cruden, USDOJ

· Waltraud Petek, Austria

The panel will examine the issues of “good governance” that are intimately tied to the fair, predictable and consistent application of the law by enforcement officers, and then explore mechanisms and strategies for developing well-written, enforceable legal requirements.

12:30 LUNCH

14:00 PANEL 4 – Raising Awareness and Measuring Results – How Do We Define Success?

Moderator: Lambert Verheijen, Provincial Government of North Brabant, The Netherlands

· Michael Stahl, USEPA

· Brad May, Environment Canada

The panel will explore the difficulties involved with defining the success or failure of environmental enforcement initiatives and discuss Environmental Enforcement Indicators.

15:00 WORKSHOPS: INECE Priority Projects

1. Measuring Success through Performance: How to Define Enforcement Indicators?

a. Mike Stahl, USEPA

b. Krzysztof Michalak, OECD

2. Administrative Enforcement Mechanisms: Getting Authority and Making It Work

a. Wout Klein, VROM

b. Chris Currie, Canada

3. Building Effective In-Country Networks for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

a. Greg Linsin, US DOJ

b. Neil Emmott, Environment Agency UK

4. The Negotiation Process Leading to Compliance

a. Tom Maslany, USEPA

b. Tonoy Oposa, Philippines

5. Training Programs for Compliance Inspectors

a. Markuu Hietamaki, Finland

b. Angela Bularga, OECD

7. Environmental Offenses: Criminal and Civil

a. Jose Pablo Gonzalez, Environmental Prosecutor in Costa Rica

b. James Lofton, USDOJ

17:00 END OF DAY PLENARY – INECE Secretariat

20:00 DINNER AT HOTEL

Tuesday, April 16th -- Day Chair Gerard Wolters, VROM

THEME 3 – Raising Awareness: The Importance of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

9:00 - PANEL 5 – Economic Instruments and Voluntary Measures

10:00 Moderator: TBA

Ÿ Jose Campillo Garcia, Mexican Attorney General for the Environment

Ÿ Lawrence Pratt, Associate Director, INCAE

Ÿ Beatrice Olivestri, Friends of the Earth (Canada)

The panel will explore the voluntary end of the “compliance continuum,” including building public support and partnerships voluntary compliance by industry, public interest perspective and consider cost- effective ways to achieve adherence with environmental requirements through agreement and partnership? How have governments responded to private sector environmental management systems? How do members of the regulated community view traditional enforcement approaches?

10:00 Coffee BREAK

10:30 WORKSHOPS: INECE Priority Projects

8. Encouraging Public Role in Compliance Monitoring and Impact of Public Access to Environmental Information.

a. Carl Bruch, ELI

b. Geoff Garver, CEC

9. Government Programs to Encourage and Respond to Public Involvement in Enforcement

a. TBD

b. TBD

10. Promoting Voluntary Compliance: Environmental Auditing and Outreach and incentives for Private Sector Compliance, Communicating Enforcement Success to Encourage Voluntary Action

a. Tony Oposa, Philippines

b. Ignacio Gonzalez, CEC

11. Self-Monitoring Data: How to ensure Accuracy and Integrity

a. Markuu Hietamaki, Finland

b. Krzysztof Michalak, OECD

12. Environmental Information Systems: Institutional Requirements for Collection, Management and Access

a. Angela Bularga, OECD

b. Robert Choinard, Quebec Canada

13. Information Management and Enforcement: How to Ensure Effective Application
at the Working Level?

a. Kenneth Markowitz, INECE Secretariat

b. Gil Nolet, Inter-American Development Bank

12:30 LUNCH

14:00 PANEL 6 – Information: Collection, Standards, Sharing, Access, Credibility and Use

Moderator: Terrence Shears, EC

· Gregg Cooke, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region VI

· Achmed Santosa, Indonesia

· Hua Wang, World Bank

Speakers will discuss types of information management needs and present ideas on data systems that assist enforcement persons. The panel will address the management and accessibility of data and information as well as the issues of public access.

15:00 PANEL 7 – The Evolving Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Moderator: Winston Anderson, University of West Indies (invited)

· Michael Decleris, Hon. Vice President of the Council of State, Greece

· Justice Kuldeep Singh, Former Supreme Court Justice, India

· Lal Kurukulasuriya, UNEP

The panel will highlight how members of the judiciary see their role in deciding upon environmental cases. Panelists will discuss how innovative approaches are shared within the judicial community and with the legal community at large. Consideration will be given to existing measures used to quantify environmental damages.

17:00 BREAK

19:00 CULTURAL EVENT

Wednesday, April 17th

Theme 4 – Case Studies: Visits to the Field

9:30 Meet in lobby for field trip

10:00 FIELD VISITS

Participants will travel by bus to the site of their choice, accompanied by a local expert. There will be short case studies distributed for each site.

· Coffee cooperative—Coopercafira in San Ramon

· Market Based Conservation -- FUNDECOR

· Wildlife Rescue Center -- ZOO AVE

· National Biodiversity Institute and Braulio Carrillo

· Ecotourism – Center Neotropico Sarapiquis

· Conservation Easements -- CEDARENA

Thursday, April 18th -- Day Chair Charles Sebukeera, Director, NEMA

THEME 5 – Constructing Effective Interlocking Networks at the Country, Region and Global Levels

9:00 PANEL 8 – Organizing for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in an International Context

Moderator, Donald Kaniaru, UNEP

· Marcia Mulkey, USEPA

· Roy Watkinson, Environment Agency

· Greg Linsin, US DOJ and Andrew Lauterback, INTERPOL

The panel will first examine the new UNEP guidelines for enhancing compliance with multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and for combating violations of national laws implementing MEAs. It will then explore how consistent, or inconsistent, is the enforcement of multilateral agreements by individual countries and examples of cooperative efforts. The panel will discuss implementation of the International Environmental treaties on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Prior Informed Consent (PIC) and the Marpol agreement on Tributyltin Anti-Foulant Paints (TBT). Transfrontier (International) Enforcement Cooperation (in a broad range of examples including G-8 Lyon Group on transfrontier shipments of hazardous waste, IMPEL project report - CFC enforcement, INTERPOL’s focus on environmental pollution, wildlife, nuclear/environmental security, Cartahena Protocol, and the Lusaka Task Force – Africa mobilizes to protect endangered species) International environmental agreements are implemented through the domestic legislation of signatory countries. Panelists will explore regional efforts to coordinate domestic efforts and the drafting of laws that permit real enforcement at the operational level and ways for the various Secretariats to communicate with each other to capitalize on common interests and resources.

10:30 BREAK

11:00 WORKSHOPS: INECE Priority Projects

14. Role of Police as Environmental Enforcers – INTERPOL Training

a. Andrew Lauterback, USEPA/INTERPOL

b. M. Bastiaansen, The Netherlands Police

15. Illegal Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Waste (International Link to Basel Convention): Establishing the Network/Contact Database

a. Brad May, Environment Canada

b. Sylvia Nonna, Argentina

16. Development of Sustainable Regional Enforcement and Compliance Networks: Elements and Examples

a. Angela Bularga, OECD

b. Ignacio Gonzalez, CEC

17. International Targeting on Environmental Crime/Activities

a. Greg Linsin, US DOJ

b. Roy Watkinson, Environment Agency UK

18. Enforcing Domestic Programs Implementing International Agreements

a. Krzysztof Michalak, OECD

b. Ladislov Miko

19. Designing a Pesticide Forum: Identifying common elements of a forum as well as specific information needs for pesticides

a. Marcia Mulkey, USEPA

b. Marco Gonzales, CCAD

13:00 LUNCH

THEME 6 - Regional Network Meetings

14:30 – 17:30 Regional leaders will develop regional elements for INECE strategic plan. Participants will review and comment on the 6^th INECE conference statement. Participants will: identify existing relevant networks to engage, critical environmental challenges, and specific project needs; explore enforcement indicators and assessment methodology; and communicate ways to benefit from technology and the Web. INECE has designed the Workshops with a vision toward future INECE activity, and will guide the regions toward defining specific actions and opportunities to work with INECE. Each Region will designate a spokesperson to present this information in plenary Panel 9. The Regions are: Africa (Kaniaru and Acqua), South America (Beccera, Benjamin and Nolet), Europe (IMPEL/AC-IMPEL) (Kremlis, Emmott, AC-rep), NISECEN/BERCEN (Bularga, Michalek, BERCEN rep.) Asia (Koh, Kurukulasuriya, Oposa), North America (CEC, Azuela, Canada), Central America/Caribbean (Campbell, Gonzalez)

Friday, April 19th -- Day Chair Sylvia Lowrance, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USEPA

9:00 REGIONAL POSTER SESSION

Each Region will present results from the previous day’s Workshop for other conference participants to review and comment in anticipation of Regional reporting to follow. Exhibits from throughout the Region will also be displayed.

10:30 Break and Preparation of reports

11:30 PANEL 9 Reports of Regional Meetings and Workshops

Moderator – Tony Oposa, and Wout Klein, VROM

Designated spokespersons will share the findings of the Regional Workshops and present elements for incorporation into the strategic plan of INECE and a work program for the Region.

13:00 LUNCH

14:30 PANEL 10 – the Strategic Vision for INECE

Moderator Durwood Zaelke

· Gerard Wolters, VROM

· Sylvia Lowrance, USEPA

· Charles Sebukeera, NEMA

Presentation and discussion of the future vision for INECE, including Strategic Plan as charted with the input and recommendations made during the Conference.

15:45 CLOSING REMARKS – Gerard Wolters, VROM

16:00 ADJOURN

16:00 Closing Reception