Public participation during programming of National Development Concept 200713

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Public participation during programming of
National Development Concept 2007-13
Istvan Farkas, National Society of
Conservationists Friends of the Earth/CEE
Bankwatch Hungary SFteamCE
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Poland, November 25-26, 2005
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Content
NSC and its work on regional policy Experiences
from NDP 2004-2006 process Story of programming
2007-2013 Environmental NGO comments of National
Development Concept Results of commenting Next
steps
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National Society of Conservationists
Hungarian campaigning umbrella NGO with 100
member groups 12 staff in Budapest regional
policy, nature, agriculture, industry, GMO,
environmental policy integration, education
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NSCs work on regional policy
Started to work on SFs in 1999 Establishment of 7
regional ENGO networks in 2001 Co-ordination the
participation in NDP I. at national level (with
CAAG, IEC, Birdlife) in 2002 International
co-operations FoEE, Bankwatch, SFteamCE
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NDP planning 2004-2006
Very rush planning Only one month for commenting
in the PP process ENGOs organised 9 forums,
provided 200 pages comments made no
difference Participation in some working groups
of ministries more possibilities for real
change Experience ENGOs wanted to be in expert
working groups in early phase of planning 2007-13
NDP
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NDP implementation 2004-2006
Participation in Monitoring Committees Participati
on in environmental evaluation of ROP
proposals Experience importance of the details
of the measures , participation in the final
phase of the programming is important also
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Story of programming for 2007-13 2004 Spring
Government plan NDC, Europe Plan, NSRF, OPs Gov
Established 9 thematic and 7 regional working
group for preparation of documents Env NGOs sent
elected representatives to working groups half
of them accepted the representative Only
problem majority of working groups did not
work
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Story of programming for 2007-13 2004 Autumn
- Winter
Government changed planning were
stopped Confused, internal planning in NDP
office No idea for public participation procedure
in gov side NGOs answer Soros, NIEC and NSC
initiated an NGO working group for PP Some 15
bigger NGOs participate in the WG NGOs for the
Transparency of National Development Plan
(NTN)
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Story of programming for 2007-13 2005 Spring
- Summer
NDP office planned to submit National Development
Concept to the government without PP NTN learnt
it and wrote an open letter to PM PM stopped the
idea of NDP office Consultation started about PP
between NDP office and NTN 6 weeks commenting
period about NDC in July and August Very few NGOs
submitted opinion about plans, except
Environmental NGOs
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Environmental NGOs about NDC
31 pages document of 12 NGOs (main CAAG and
NSC) 45 pages expert analyses along
sustainability criteria Main problems of the
National Development Concept - non-material
values are not included- do not deal with
environmental conditions, capacity- dominance
of competitiveness- do not count the real costs
of activities- democracy building are not
included, as priority Positive - environmental
integration is better than in NDP I.- community
development is included
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Results of commenting
Main general approach is not included,
but regarding the 72 detailed comments 20 of
them fully, 40 of them partly accepted Some
important change in environmental integration and
sustainability aspects
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Results of commenting - examples
Accepted- safe, clean and good quality
environment is a main aim- environmental
awareness raising and education are important aim
in 2007-13 plans- environmental and
sustainability RD is included- importance of
waste prevention is included- environmentally
harmful subsidies should be abolished- role of
local economy, based on local resources and local
knowledge, should be increased- sustainable
development of Tisza river valley.
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Results of commenting - examples
Refused- majority of comments regarding road
transport- support of non-material
values Aims regarding development of Danube
valley changed worse mainly transport aims, less
environmental priorities.
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Next steps
Promote environmental issues in detailed plans
(NSRF, OPs) Use more informal way, beyond offical
PP processes Participation in planning of -
NSRF and 10 OPs- SEA of NSRF and OPs- major
projects- implementation structure and call for
proposals. Celebration of wins!
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