Institutional co-operation between DEAT and SFT

Introduction

The institutional co-operation between the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) and the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) started in April 2003 after a prolonged planning period. The co-operation was completed early in 2006.

Background

In 1996 South Africa and Norway signed an "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)" in which they agreed upon strengthening bilateral political consultations and environmental development co-operation. In 1999 the two countries extended the co-operation for a further period of five years. The declaration was followed up by "The Business Plan for the Extended Norwegian Funded Environmental Co-operation Programme 2000-2004".

Description

The goal of the co-operation is to contribute to an environmentally sustainable industrial sector in South Africa. The purpose is to promote Cleaner Production in a wide sense and to improve South Africa's capacity on management of pollution and waste.

The project is divided into three outputs:

• To produce a CP strategy, with the purpose of preparing the grounds for application of environmental policy instruments, i.e. regulatory, financial/market-based, information and voluntary instruments.
• To conduct a Cleaner Production demonstration project comprising at least 10 companies in an industrial sector has been conducted.
• To give appropriate guidance on national requirements concerning enforcement and compliance is given to the local authorities. The guidance relates to the new act on Air Quality Management.

The work on Output 3 is connected to the co-operation between SFT and eThekwini Muncipality

Status

After some delays in the outputs regarding Cleaner Production, both the draft CP Strategy and the CP demontration projects has been completed.
The output on Air Quality Management was suspended in March 2005.

Contact Information

Barbro Thomsen (Email: barbro.thomsen@sft.no Phone: +47 22 57 35 76)
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
P.O.Box 8100 Dep
Oslo 0032
Norway
Web: http://www.sft.no/english

Last updated 26 February 2007