PRTR initiation - Organizing support from legislative bodies, industry, and the public
To promote transparency and gain support from stakeholders, your country could:
- Conduct consultations with stakeholders to increase awareness about the PRTR through briefing documents, meetings, and workshops.
- Establish a “National Coordinating Team” with representatives from various stakeholder groups (e.g. governmental ministries, industry, non-governmental organizations, community representatives) to give stakeholders an active role in designing and establishing the PRTR.
- Communicate with stakeholders to understand and address their concerns.
For a cost-effective management scheme, you may wish to implement the next element (Identify the Goals of the PRTR System) or choose another element from the Management scheme elements list.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- OECD: Recommendation of the Council on Implementing Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (2020)
- OECD, UNECE, UNEP: PRTR.net (2013)
- OECD: Guidance on Elements of a PRTR: Part 2 (Not Yet Available)
- UNITAR and IOMC: Implementing a National PRTR Design Project: A Guidance Document (1997)
- UNITAR and IOMC: Addressing Industry Concerns Related to PRTRs, UNITAR Series of PRTR Technical Support Materials, No. 1 (1998)
- UNITAR, UNEP, and GEF: Final Meeting of the Steering Committee for the GEF Medium-sized project on “POPs Monitoring, Reporting and Information Dissemination using Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)” (2012)