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>From the GPA - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine
>Environment
Wastewater discharges are considered one of the most significant threats to
sustainable coastal developments worldwide. In cooperation with the World
Health Organisation (WHO), UNHCS (Habitat) and the Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), the United Nations Environment
Programme GPA Coordination Office developed an Action Plan on Municipal
Wastewater. This Action Plan further develops the framework, provided by
the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment
from Land-based Activities (GPA, Washington, 1995), with regard to sewage
and translates in into operational advice.
The Action Plan aims at supporting the efforts of States to address the
serious public health problems and the degradation of coastal ecosystems
that result from the disposal in coastal areas of inadequately treated
municipal wastewater. It does so through, amongst others, the development
of =93Recommendations for Decision-Making on Municipal Wastewater=94 and the
holding of regional meetings to stimulate regional and local cooperation
and actions. The Recommendations for Decision-Making will serve as a
consensus guide to local and national decision-makers and professionals on
appropriate and environmentally sound wastewater management systems. It
aims at setting the =93standard=94 in the field of wastewater management. It
contains key principles and annotated checklists of recommended practices
and procedures.
I am pleased to make available to you the draft =93Recommendations for
Decision-Making on Municipal Wastewater=94 via our website:
http://www.gpa.unep.org/documents by Tuesday 18th July 2000. I would like
to invite you to review this draft version of the Recommendations and
provide us with your comments. You are kindly advised to download the whole
document or one of the chapters, relevant to your field of expertise. Your
comments and suggestions can be sent back to the e-mail address:
mailto:gpa@unep.nl Re: =93recommendations=94, preferable before the 20th of
August 2000. Attached to this letter you find the Table of Content and the
last chapter =93Key issues and Recommendations=94 to provide you with a flav=
our
of the full version of the draft Recommendations.
Parallel to the development of these Recommendations, we are developing a
electronic Global Knowledge Base, providing references, detailed background
information and practical experiences. This Knowledge base will be made
available soon at the GPA Clearing-house site on =93sewage=94, together with
the information made available by WHO and its collaborating partners on
this subject. You are welcome to advise us on reference documents, you
deem necessary to be included in this Knowledge base.
It is our aim to consider your and others comments in the second half of
August and to incorporate those in the final version. The final version of
the Recommendations, in English, French and Spanish is planned to be ready
in October 2000. It will then be printed and widely distributed as a major
policy guide for the management of municipal wastewater. All collaborators
and reviewers will be recognized. This global expert version of the guide
will form the basis of review discussions at the regional level with a wide
variation of stakeholders, including national and local experts,
representatives from non-governmental organisations, the private sector,
professional organizations, international financial institutions, potential
donors and other stakeholders. Regional annexes to the Recommendations will
be developed as required, to reflect common views of stakeholders. The
results of these regional meetings will be presented at the first
Intergovernmental Review of the GPA in 2001 and the Recommendations for
Decision=96Making will be submitted for political endorsement.
I would appreciate receiving all your comments and suggestions with regard
to the draft Recommendations for Decision-Making on Municipal Wastewater.
Especially, I would like to invite you to consider the following questions:
1. Do you think these Recommendations for Decision-Making are useful for
decision-makers at the national and municipality level? If not, what
aspects are missing or should have given more attention?
2. Do you have detailed comments, aimed at making the recommendations more
useful and attractive to the target group? To assist you in giving us your
comments, we haven numbered the lines.
I would appreciate very much if you can find the time to review this first
draft of the Expert guide =93Recommendations for Decision-Making on Municipa=
l
Wastewater=94 before the 20th of August. To ensure that this guide represent=
s
the best available global knowledge, your input is indispensable. Of
course, we will make available to you a copy of the final version of these
Recommendations later this year.
Please remember not to use the =93reply to sender=94 option, but to send you=
r
reaction to: mailto:gpa@unep.nl, mentioning: =93Recommendations=94.
Yours sincerely
Veerle Vandeweerd
Coordinator GPA Coordination Office of the
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment
from Land-based Activities.
*****************************
Leo de Vrees
Senior Programme Officer UNEP/GPA Coordination Office
P.O.Box 16227 2500 BE The Hague The Netherlands
visiting address: Vuurtorenweg 35-37 2583 XL The Hague
tel: +31 70 3114 465 fax: +31 70 3456 648
e-mail: l.dvrees@unep.nl
visit our site: <http://www.gpa.unep.org>http://www.gpa.unep.org
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D4>From the GPA - Global Programme of=
Action for
the Protection of the Marine Environment</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wastewater discharges are considered one of the most significant threat=
s
to<BR>sustainable coastal developments worldwide. In cooperation with the
World<BR>Health Organisation (WHO), UNHCS (Habitat) and the Water Supply
and<BR>Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), the United Nations
Environment<BR>Programme GPA Coordination Office developed an Action Plan on
Municipal<BR>Wastewater. This Action Plan further develops the framework,
provided by<BR>the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Mari=
ne
Environment<BR>from Land-based Activities (GPA, Washington, 1995), with rega=
rd
to sewage<BR>and translates in into operational advice. <BR>The Action Plan
aims
at supporting the efforts of States to address the<BR>serious public health
problems and the degradation of coastal ecosystems<BR>that result from the
disposal in coastal areas of inadequately treated<BR>municipal wastewater. I=
t
does so through, amongst others, the development<BR>of “Recommendation=
s
for Decision-Making on Municipal Wastewater” and the<BR>holding of
regional meetings to stimulate regional and local cooperation<BR>and actions=
.
The Recommendations for Decision-Making will serve as a<BR>consensus guide t=
o
local and national decision-makers and professionals on<BR>appropriate and
environmentally sound wastewater management systems. It<BR>aims at setting t=
he
“standard” in the field of wastewater management.
It<BR>contains key
principles and annotated checklists of recommended practices<BR>and procedur=
es.
<BR><BR>I am pleased to make available to you the draft “Recommendatio=
ns
for<BR>Decision-Making on Municipal Wastewater” via our website:<BR><A
href=3D"http://www.gpa.unep.org/documents">http://www.gpa.unep.org/documents=
</A>
by Tuesday 18th July 2000. I would like<BR>to invite you to review this draf=
t
version of the Recommendations and<BR>provide us with your comments. You are
kindly advised to download the whole<BR>document or one of the chapters,
relevant to your field of expertise. Your<BR>comments and suggestions can be
sent back to the e-mail address:<BR><A
href=3D"mailto:gpa@unep.nl">mailto:gpa@unep.nl</A> Re:
“recommendations”, preferable before the 20th of<BR>August 2000.
Attached to this letter you find the Table of Content and the<BR>last chapte=
r
“Key issues and Recommendations” to provide you with a
flavour<BR>of
the full version of the draft Recommendations. <BR><BR>Parallel to the
development of these Recommendations, we are developing a<BR>electronic Glob=
al
Knowledge Base, providing references, detailed background<BR>information and
practical experiences. This Knowledge base will be made<BR>available soon
at the
GPA Clearing-house site on “sewage”, together with<BR>the
information made available by WHO and its collaborating partners on<BR>this
subject. You are welcome to advise us on reference documents, you<BR>d=
eem
necessary to be included in this Knowledge base. <BR><BR>It is our aim to
consider your and others comments in the second half of<BR>August and to
incorporate those in the final version. The final version of<BR>the
Recommendations, in English, French and Spanish is planned to be ready<BR>in
October 2000. It will then be printed and widely distributed as a
major<BR>policy guide for the management of municipal wastewater. All
collaborators<BR>and reviewers will be recognized. This global expert
version of
the guide<BR>will form the basis of review discussions at the regional level
with a wide<BR>variation of stakeholders, including national and local
experts,<BR>representatives from non-governmental organisations, the private
sector,<BR>professional organizations, international financial institutions,
potential<BR>donors and other stakeholders. Regional annexes to the
Recommendations will<BR>be developed as required, to reflect common views of
stakeholders. The<BR>results of these regional meetings will be presented
at the
first<BR>Intergovernmental Review of the GPA in 2001 and the Recommendations
for<BR>Decision–Making will be submitted for political endorsement.
<BR><BR>I would appreciate receiving all your comments and suggestions with
regard<BR>to the draft Recommendations for Decision-Making on Municipal
Wastewater.<BR>Especially, I would like to invite you to consider the follow=
ing
questions: <BR><BR>1. Do you think these Recommendations for
Decision-Making are
useful for<BR>decision-makers at the national and municipality level? If not=
,
what<BR>aspects are missing or should have given more attention? <BR>2. Do y=
ou
have detailed comments, aimed at making the recommendations more<BR>useful a=
nd
attractive to the target group? To assist you in giving us your<BR>comments,=
we
haven numbered the lines. <BR><BR>I would appreciate very much if you can fi=
nd
the time to review this first<BR>draft of the Expert guide
“Recommendations for Decision-Making on Municipal<BR>Wastewater”
before the 20th of August. To ensure that this guide represents<BR>the best
available global knowledge, your input is indispensable. Of<BR>course, we wi=
ll
make available to you a copy of the final version of these<BR>Recommendation=
s
later this year. <BR><BR>Please remember not to use the “reply to
sender” option, but to send your<BR>reaction to: <A
href=3D"mailto:gpa@unep.nl">mailto:gpa@unep.nl</A>, mentioning:
“Recommendations”. <BR> <BR><BR>Yours sincerely
<BR><BR>Veerle
Vandeweerd <BR>Coordinator GPA Coordination Office of the <BR>Global Program=
me
of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment<BR>from Land-based
Activities. <BR> <BR><BR>***************************** <BR>Leo de Vree=
s
<BR>Senior Programme Officer UNEP/GPA Coordination Office <BR>P.O.Box
16227 2500 BE The Hague The Netherlands <BR>visiting address:
Vuurtorenweg 35-37 2583 XL The Hague <BR>tel: +31 70 3114
465 fax: +31 70 3456 648 <BR>e-mail: <A
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