STATEMENT 1 by Willy Winkelmans

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STATEMENT 1 byWilly Winkelmans

• No, a scientists or engineers designing is not
  by definition contraditory to sustainable
  development!
• Sustainability (e.g. of mobility) implies
  internalisation of all external costs.
• Sustainable economic development will only be
  achieved IF a cost-effective level playing field
  is assured, whence
• the focus of profit maximisation also includes
  the socio-economic advantages of the project.

• No, the consequence of that perception is not
  the reason why the decision-taking and permitting
  process last too long!
• Todays administrative and legal procedures
  regarding port extensions e.g. are indeed
  jeopardizing port development.
• Waiting more than 10 up to 20 years before
  completing a unique port project (cf. Maaslvlakte
  II) threatens the success of the project.
• Concrete SRM could avoid this kind of
  contra-productive situation.

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STATEMENT 2by Willy Winkelmans

• The obligation to perform EER does not only cost
  money but takes plenty of time too, whence it
  costs more than just out-of-pocket money!
• The bottom-line however is not so much the cost
  of research but the value-added generated by the
  project initiated by research.
• To guarantee that development projects generate
  real gross added-values, the proven economical
  and ecological considerations regarding the
  project must be brought into balance, hence not
  only EER BUT ALSO IER is required.

• Thus data collected by environmental monitoring
  becomes good value for money only if the project
  considered is completed in due time in accordance
  to acceptable ecological and economical (market!)
  conditions.