The Guideline aims to provide technical assistance on CWMPs/MWMP monitoring, promoting a specific approach to stages and monitoring indicators, thereby offering methodological support for the coherent development of these processes in a unitary fashion across every county.
Its structure is correlated with the general contents of the Monitoring Report provided in Order 140/2019 of the Ministry of Environment.
Its purpose is to secure a coherent, comparable, and efficient approach to monitoring activities, assisting relevant authorities in strategic planning and decision-making for waste management.
To whom is the Guideline addressed?
The Guideline is mainly addressed to:
- Local structures/county environment departments from within the National Agency for Environment and Protected Areas (NAEPA) – responsible for monitoring and elaborating annual reports on CWMPs/MWMP;
- County Councils and IDAs – contributing with data and information on action implementation and objective accomplishment;
- Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, and NAEPA – levelling out and coordinating monitoring processes nationally.
By applying the proposed methodology, the Guideline supports institutional capacity building and ensures methodological coherence at the county and national levels.
What you will find in the Guideline?
The Guideline is structured in 8 chapters:
- Chapter 1 Introduction – presents the Guideline context, scope, and structure;
- Chapter 2 Legal and institutional framework – details upon legal enactments and the responsibilities of institutions in charge of CWMPs/MWMP monitoring;
- Chapter 3 Monitoring process – explains the stages and informational flow for CWMPs/MWMP monitoring data collection, analysis, and reporting;
- Chapter 4 Methodology for relevant factors monitoring – describes methods for analysing and tracking key indicators: residential population, waste generation index, waste composition, waste from constructions and dismantlement operations, sludge from municipal wastewater treatment, etc;
- Chapter 5 Monitoring CWMPs/MWMP objectives – presents the methodology for tracking whether objectives undertaken at the county level were reached;
- Chapter 6 Monitoring prevention programmes – provides an evaluation framework regarding the implementation of measures under waste generation prevention programmes;
- Chapter 7 Conclusions – proposes a method for a synthetical organization of results, conclusions formulation, and identification of possible CWMPs/MWMP adjustments;
- Chapter 8 Final considerations – includes an overview of key recommendations and aspects to be considered by the Monitoring Group with a view to correctly and uniformly applying the Guideline.
Annexes and working instruments
- Annex 1: Framework structure of the Monitoring Report, advising on data organization and presentation;
- Annex 2: Excel template for CWMPs/MWMP monitoring, providing support with key indicators collection, calculation, and centralization.
These instruments promote a transparent, comparable, and easily updatable reporting process, contributing to better coordination amongst all administrative levels.
How was the Guideline elaborated?
The document was drafted with the support and contributions of the EIB PAS Team, NAEPA, and the representatives of the five pilot counties – Bistrița-Năsăud, Bihor, Covasna, Dolj, and Iași – who actively participated in methodology testing and validation. The support and participation of IDA and CC representatives from the five pilot counties in the practical testing of the methodology facilitated the development of a unitary approach towards defining a practical and easily applicable model.