Walloon Environmental Council for Sustainable Development (CWEDD)

Conseil Wallon de l'Environnement pour le Développement Durable

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Conseil Wallon de l'Environnement pour le Développement Durable
Walloon Environmental Council for Sustainable Development
Rue du Vertbois, 13C
B-4000 Liège
Tel: +32 4 232 9847
Fax: +32 4 232 9850
www.cwedd.be
contact@cwedd.be

Current and Future Activities

Establishment and Mission

Council Members and Staff Members

Working Style

List of Selected Publications 


Current and Future Activities

The CWEDD has the following priority fields for 2008-2009 (new priorities in italics):

Present Priority Fields

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Future Priority Fields

Background and Mission

Establishment

The Walloon Environmental Council for Sustainable Development (Conseil Wallon de l'Environnement pour le Développement Durable) was established with this name and scope of tasks in 1994 by the Decree " Décret du 21 avril 1994 relatif à la planification en matière d'environnement dans le cadre du développement durable". Its predecessor was the Walloon Environmental Council (Conseil Wallon de l'environnement), founded in 1985.

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Mission

The mission of the CWEDD is to submit its advice to the public authorities of the Walloon Region (Walloon Government, Ministry of Environment, local authorities, etc.) in different issues related to the environment. The CWEDD plays an important advisory role within two main areas:

The Walloon Governement may of course request the opinion of the Council on other subjects.

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Council Members

The CWEDD is composed of 26 Council Members representing different stakeholders (economic and social organisations, NGOs, trade unions, academia, etc.) The term for Council Members expires in 2010.

Members Replacements Function

Jacques DE BRAKELEER (Vice-President)
Cécile NEVEN
André LEBRUN

Nathalie BRUNELLE
Jean MARBEHANT
Jacques MALENGREAUX

Walloon Business Union

Bernard DECOCK
Séverine VAN WAEYENBERGE

Isabelle JAUMOTTE
Yves SOMVILLE

Agricultural Professional Organisations (represented by the Walloon Federation of Agriculture)

Jean-Louis CANIEAU (President)
Jehan DECROP

Dominique DEFRISE
Bénédicte VELLANDE

Trade Unions (represented by FGTB and CSC)

Charles ISTASSE
Arnaud DEPLAE

Véronique MEEUS
Valérie BOUGARD

Middle Class Associations (represented by the Walloon Body of Middle Classes)

Baudouin GERMEAU
Olivier GUILLITTE
(Vice-President)
Sophie DAWANCE
Coralie VIAL

Michèle FOURNY
Elise POSKIN
Marie CORS
Véronique PATERNOSTRE

Environmental Protection Associations (represented by Inter Environnement Wallonie)

Ariane GODEAU

Marc VANDERCAMMEN

Consumer Associations (represented by CRIOC)

Claude PUTS
Christel TERMOL

Marlène MOREAU
Alexandre MAITRE

City and Commune Unions of Wallonia

Jean-Pierre DESCY
Jean-Pierre THOME
Marie-Françoise GODART

Patrick KESTEMONT
Marie-Sophie GROGNET
Aurore MORONCINI

University Organisations (represented by CIUF)

Frédéricq PEIGNEUX

vacant

Waste Regional Commission

Jean-Marie MARCOEN

Vincent PAEPS

Consultative Commission consultative for Water Protection

Martine ANDRE

Christian TAXHET

Regional Commission for Land Planning

Michel CALOZET
vacant

Regional Advisory Commission on Exploitation of Quarries

Joëlle HUYSECOM

vacant

Walloon Council for Nature Conservation

vacant

Pierre SCHOLTES

Walloon Council of Forest and Wood Sector

Albert LEDENT

Not foreseen by the Statutes

Walloon Council for Agriculture and Foodstuffs

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Staff Members

There are currently eight administrative employees (equivalent to 6 full time staff) at the secretariat. It is namely composed of one secretary, adjunct secretaries, project leaders and administrative secretaries.

The secretariat is located in Liège at the offices of the Socio-Economic Council of the Walloon Region.

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Work Style

Tasks of the Council

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):

The CWEDD issues advice on the quality of all the EIAs carried out in the Walloon Region, and on the environmental appropriateness of the evaluated project. The categories of activities and projects subjected to EIA are organised as it follows:

Other advice are issued in the framework of the 2001/42/CE Directive on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (SEA Directive) and its adaptation to the Walloon Law. This covers the following areas:

Environmental and Sustainable Development Planning:

Other tasks:

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Substructure and Working Groups

There are three sections:

Various working groups are established ad hoc according to the needs.

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Council Meetings

The Council meets several times a month :

On an average basis, there are more than 100 meetings at different levels of organisation of the Council (including working groups and Executive Committee).

The advice are prepared by Sections or working groups and approved by the Plenary Session. The method of approval is mostly the “consensus”, but in case an advice or part of an advice does not encounter an unanimous agreement, the advice is adopted upon the majority.

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Type of Advice

Advice on EIA is given on a regular basis, i.e. on request of the authority concerned (e.g. local authorities, community or province). Other advice is given according to the issuance of plans or on specific request of the Walloon Government.

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List of Selected Publications

A more detailed list of advice issued by the CWEDD as from 1998 is available at http://www.cwedd.be.

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Last updated: 3 November 2008