Compliance and government mechanism (group 4)

Questions and Keywords

1. What were the strength and weakness of the review on EIA procedure adopted by World
Bank?
Keywords:
Strength: EIA process was operative and effective in producing results or outcomes.
Weakness: a) weak public consolation
b) Mitigations, monitoring and management were less effective
c) No wider horizon analyzed
d) Weak design of project
2. What are the major issue faced by public and other stakeholder regarding the
transboundary EIA?
Keywords: Inadequate information
Issue of language
Difficulty in understanding EIA procedures
Interpretation
Issue of cost
3. Is there any necessity of doing SEA before EIA?
Keywords: Take place at the level of policy formulation
Identify the key environmental issues at an early stage
Better framework for a legal agreement
Better decision making
4. Why states may be hesitant to exchange information to notify another country?
Keywords: Claims for state liability and responsibility
To maintain individual state reputation
5. Why do you think convention on access to information, public participation in decision
making and access to justice in environment matter was adopted in 1998?
Keywords: Public access to environmental information, transparency
To enable public involve in decision making
To take legal action against environmental law infringement
6. What are the functions of Compliance procedure?
Keywords: To achieve uniform compliance with provision of an international treaty
To find common ground for implementation of international legislation