Gianluca Ferraro

Brussels

7 September 2015

EESC Workshop on EESC Workshop on public participation in public participation in RWMRWM

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1. E-TRACK

2. Report "EURATOM Projects, radioactive waste management and public

participation: What have we learnt so far?"

3. Second Open Seminar 18 November 2015

Content

• Energy – TRAnsparency Centre of Knowledge

• A joint initiative between DG ENER and JRC

• A knowledge centre

• Promoting public participation in energy policy implementation

• A reliable source of information

• Collection and dissemination of knowledge and experiences in the EU 

• Projects on public participation in multiple energy sources

• A pilot project on RWM (data availability; Directive 2011/70/EURATOM)

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E-TRACK: Rationale

• Secretariat

• Joint Research Centre

• Management and coordination

• Stakeholders Network

• National/subnational authorities and agencies, Civil society (municipalities, NGOs),

Industry, etc.

• A source of information, knowledge and experience

• Advisory Group

• Industrial, governmental and social milieus / IO and academia

• General guidance and review

• AG meetings twice a year

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E-TRACK: Structure

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E-TRACK: Objectives

Stakeholders Map

Stakeholders Directory

COLLECT Information

Organization and simplification

("complexity reduction“)

CONNECTActors

Interaction in a EU "policy community”

SHAREKnowledge

Dissemination of practical examples

EURATOM Principles

FSC Principles

Survey

Open Seminar 2014

GMF-JRC Workshop

EESC Workshop

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Key principles from the EURATOM Research Framework Programmes

Different meanings of "principle": source and origin, natural disposition, fundamental law, a general rule adopted as a guide to action (Oxford English Dictionary).

While practices of public participation cannot be easily replicated from one context to another, principles can provide some indications of areas for improvement and a common ground that policy makers and practitioners can share (OECD 2015).

Report on EURATOM

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Years (Funding scheme)

Acronym and full name Countries involved

2000-2003 (FP5)

RISCOM II Transparency and Public Participation in Radioactive Waste Management

Czech Republic, France, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom.

2000-2003 (FP5) COWAM Community Waste Management

Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

2004-2006 (FP6) COWAM2 Community Waste Management 2

France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain.

2006-2008 (FP6) ARGONA Arena for Risk Governance

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom.

2007-2009 (FP6) CIP COWAM in Practice

Belgium, France, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom.

2011-2013 (FP7) IPPA Implementing Public Participation Approaches in Radioactive Waste Disposal

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom.

2011-2014 (FP7) InSOTEC International Socio-Technical Challenges for implementing geological disposal

Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

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Policy formulation

1. Public participation at policy- and project-level 2. Relevance of policy-level engagement 3. Early involvement of civil society 4. Parallel national and local debates

Policy design

5. Clear definition of roles and responsibilities 6. Clear definition of information/participation procedures 7. Permanent vs sporadic participation 8. Formal vs informal participation

Implementation process

9. Intergovernmental relations 10. Local partnership 11. Phased decision-making

Resources

12. Capacity building 13. Compensation vs development strategy

Report on EURATOM

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Policy formulation: How a given policy has been decided.

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Policy design: The content given to a policy.

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Implementation process: Set of interactions among policy actors.

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Resources: Physical and immaterial assets to form and implement policies.

Report on EURATOM

• 23 October 2014, Amsterdam

"The role of public participation in RWM and other sectors. Lessons learnt from

research and practice."

• 18 November 2015, Brussels

Public participation and radioactive waste management in Germany

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/event/other-event/e-track-2nd-open-seminar-rwm-

official-launch

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Open Seminars

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Open Seminars

• "Involving the citizens. Radioactive waste management and the EU", in

International Journal of Nuclear Power, 2014, Issue 11.

• "Radioactive waste management and public participation in the EU. Lessons

learnt from the EURATOM Research Framework Programmes", in International

Journal of Nuclear Power, 2015, Issue 12.

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References

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Gianluca FERRAROEuropean Commission, Joint Research CentreGianluca.Ferraro@ec.europa.eu

Questions?

Web-page on the JRC Science Hubhttps://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-topic/energy-policies-and-public-participation

Functional mailboxJRC-IET-ETRACK@ec.europa.eu

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