Benchmarking on contaminated sites (BECOSI)

Title

Benchmarking on contaminated sites

Abbreviation

BECOSI

Lead partner

The County Administrative Board of Östergötland

Partners

1. Tallinn City Government Enviornment Department (EST)

Environmental Board of Estonia (EST)

2. Finnish Environment Institute (FI)

3. Häme Centre for Economic development, transport and the environment, Häme ELY-centre (FI)

4. Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LV)

5. Vidzeme Planning Region (LV)

6. Motala Municipality (SE)

Associated partners

1. Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SE)

2. Hämeenlinna town (FI)

 

Target

1. Finding methods on how to increase the level of eco and cost efficiently remediated contaminated sites by using supervision and enforcement.

2. A more integrated work approach concerning contaminated sites and spatial planning.

3. Safer local environment through capacity building of structured methods on information that is targeted to BECOSI target groups about contaminated sites.

4. Creation of a Central Baltic network on managing contaminated sites.

Activities

  • WP1 Project management and coordination
  • WP 2More efficient supervision and risk management on contaminated sites
  • WP 3Managing of contaminated sites in spatial planning.
  • WP 4Information as a tool in managing contaminated sites.

Results

WP 1 kick off conference. 1 website. 1 project logo. 1 design for the project profile. 1 project leaflet. 1 newsletter.

WP2 Better knowledge about good practices in contaminated sites management. Develop new guidance, tools, models and working methods to make supervision more effective. Evaluation through supervision and enforcement in reality.

WP3 More knowledge and new working tools to manage contaminated sites in spatial planning for all participating countries: a building potential model, handbook and planning-examples that guide towards a more eco efficient planning of contaminated sites.

WP4 Information strategies for each participant, good practices, tools and practical guidance of   communication about soil contamination and its' risks (=risk communication RC) are developed. Co-operation continues through contaminated site networks.

Budget

Budget of Vidzeme planning region 81 776 EUR

(Total budget of project EUR 1 498 793)

Implementation period

2010.-2013.

Contact person

Janis Antons, project coordinator in Vidzemes planning region

Project home page

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