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Completed

Digital transformation of the contaminated site management model

The State Environmental Service of the Republic of Latvia ·Latvia

€1.1m
Grant awarded
Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Environment
Programme
8 April 2022
Signed

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">The aim of the project is to establish an improved system for the management of contaminated sites, replacing the current contaminated site register and paper information flow with a comprehensive digitization of information and data submission, verification and acceptance process. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Planned activities are:</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">exchange of experience on integrated management model/system register </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">establishment of an integrated pollution management system:</span></span></span></span> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">digitization of the contaminated site register, including information and data submission, verification and acceptance process;</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">development of open data solutions, ensuring system integration with data of other state information systems;</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">inventory and updating of the existing register of contaminated and potentially contaminated sites:</span></span></span></span> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">inventory of geo-ecological research reports in the State geological Fund archive;</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">evaluation of data available in research reports;</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt">Benefits:</span></u></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• more efficient and faster flow of information, less administrative burden in general, high quality data on contaminated sites;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• development of a database on a comprehensive system for collecting information on contaminated sites, fully digitized CPCS management process (registration of contaminated sites, survey data, monitoring information);</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• digitally available information on CPCS to state institutions, local governments, licensed entrepreneurs such as licensed geoecological (remediation) performers and the society.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• assessment of contaminated sites have been performed by qualified and competent environmental workers in accordance with a common methodology;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">• information on contaminated sites is regularly updated in the database of contaminated sites.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>

Project partners

  • Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre Project partner· Latvia