Environmental Performance Reviews: Estonia 2017

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Estonia 2017 Environmental Performance Reviews REVIEW PROCESS

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Environmental Performance Reviews provide an independent assessment and targeted recommendations aimed at improving policies that impact the environment. The first Environmental Performance Review of Estonia will take stock of the progress made since 2005. OECD member countries will approve the recommendations of this report in November 2016. http://www.oecd.org/environment/country-reviews

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Estonia 2017

Environmental Performance

Reviews

review process

our mission

The Organisation for Economic Co-

operation and Development (OECD)

provides its 34 member countries with a

forum to work together, share experiences

and seek solutions to common problems.

We analyse and compare data to predict

future trends. We set international

standards on a wide range of subjects, from

agriculture and tax to chemicals safety.

The common thread of our work is a shared

commitment to sustainable development,

employment and trade, based on

international co-operation and focused on

the well-being of all citizens.

peer reviews

With the support of the OECD Secretariat,

countries examine and assess one another’s

performance in order to improve their

policies. The reviews provide an independent,

fact-based assessment and targeted

recommendations to encourage further

reforms from a whole-of-government

perspective. Reviews are conducted to:

z Help countries measure their progress

in terms of domestic and international

commitments,

z Promote dialogue between countries

and peer learning,

z Enhance countries’ accountability to

the public and to one another.

About the OECD

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About the OECD

Estonia and the OECD

estonia joined the oecD in 2010. since then, its permanent representation and national experts have been actively involved in the oecD’s thematic groups.

The oecD recently published several reports on estonia’s policies. Member countries have reviewed and approved the recommendations, on an equal basis.

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Estonia was one of the last entrants to the OECD in 2010 and our objective is to reach the top 34 member states and raise the living standards of Estonians.

Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, 28 January 2015

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The OECD published four Economic Surveys of Estonia since 2009, and policy reviews on a regular basis. The Better Life Index compares the quality of life in Estonia with that in other member countries on www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org.

Environmental Performance Reviews

since 1992, the oeCD has conducted over 80 Environmental Performance Reviews, drawing on economic and environmental data from national and international sources. oeCD member countries are now being reviewed for the third time.

A number of non-member countries have also been reviewed, such as Brazil, China, Colombia and south Africa.

z Key environmental trends describe

the country’s progress in using

energy and natural resources

efficiently; reducing the carbon

intensity of its economy; managing

its natural asset base; and improving

the environmental quality of life.

z Policy-making environment reviews the country’s environmental

governance system, co-ordination

mechanisms, and how the

country integrates environmental

considerations into its sectoral

policies.

z Towards green growth presents

the country’s efforts to mainstream

environment into the economic

policy and to promote the greening

of the economy, for example through

the use of taxes and other pricing

instruments.

Each country also chooses two topics for

in-depth analysis. Estonia selected:

z Waste and materials management

z Mining and environment.

whAt’s in the reviews?

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The OECD Environmental Performance Review programme has been helping

member countries to improve their environmental management for 20 years. It

constitutes a unique review process that does not only identify problems and

solutions, but also presents - through its inclusiveness – useful knowledge and

concrete options for change in the countries under review.

Klaus Töpfer, Former Minister of Environment of Germany and director of UNEP

reCently puBlisheD

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to Be puBlisheD in 2015 : Brazil, Netherlands. in 2016 : Chile, France.

Estonia started providing environmental data to the OECD in 2008.

The OECD database now displays environmental data on Estonia from 1990 to 2014.

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environmentAl inDiCAtors

Review timetable

Summer and Fall

2015

kiCk-off

z Selection of in-depth chapters and agreement on the timetable.

z Preparation of information material to raise awareness of

the review in Estonia.

z Assembling a team of analysts and specialists, including

experts from two reviewing countries.

Fall 2015

informAtion gAthering

z Questionnaire replies, in co-operation with relevant

ministries and agencies.

z Preparation of the review mission

18-23January

2016

review mission

z Meetings with environmental policy stakeholders:

representatives of the Ministry of Environment,

other ministries (Rural Affairs, Economic Affairs and

Infrastructure, etc.), government agencies, as well as

independent experts, representatives of NGOs, industry,

trade unions and local government.

z Field visit on a chosen in-depth theme.

Review Mission in Rotterdam, Netherlands 2015

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Brazil 2015

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7 October 2016

DrAft report

z The draft report is made available to the Estonian

government and representatives of the OECD

Working Party on Environmental Performance.

7 November

2016

peer review

z Presentation of the report to the Working Party in the presence of a high-level Estonian delegation.

z Delegates discuss and ask questions about the subjects

covered in the review.

z Approval of the review and its recommendations, which

reflect the collective views of OECD Member countries.

Every OECD Member country and the European Commission are represented in the Working Party on Environmental Performance (WPEP).

The final version of the “Assessment and Recommendations” section reflects the collective views of OECD Member countries, published under the responsibility of the Working Party.

Early 2017

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Working Party on Environmental Performance

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July orSeptember

2016

poliCy review

z High-level meeting in Estonia to discuss the draft

Findings and Recommendations

z The report is published online and made freely accessible

to civil society and the media.

z Press conference, publication of the Highlights brochure

and other online communication tools.

Environmental Performance Reviews provide an independent assessment and targeted recommendations aimed at improving policies that impact the environment.

The first Environmental Performance Review of Estonia will take stock of the progress made since 2005. OECD member countries will approve the recommendations of this report in November 2016.

CONTACT:

Nathalie GirouardHead of the Environmental Performance and Information [email protected]

Kathleen DominiqueReview Administrator [email protected]

Photo credits: iStock/Peeter Viisimaa; p.2 Flickr/Government Office of Estonia. p.3 OECD/Alex Ibanez; p.4 iStock/Peeter Viisimaa; p.5 Nils-Axel Braathen; Sara Moarif;p.6 C.Tomasini; Flickr/Miljödepartementet.

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