National Inventory System in the Slovak republic Janka SZEMESOVA Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Bratislava April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems

Topics Current status Main constrains Available tools Required outputs of NIPS Legislative support for NIPS April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems

Current status – Institutional frame (1) National focal point  Ministry of Environment of the SR (Air Protection Department) State institution to coordinate inventory  Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (Department of Air Quality) Authorised by MoE SR for the air quality and also the chief coordinator for the annual air emission inventories including the GHGs according to the Act 478/2002. UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Current status – Institutional frame (2) External associates  Consulting companies and or individual experts Inventory and projections for individual IPCC sectors on contract basis. Implementing agency of MoE  Slovak Environmental Agency NFP for the cooperation with EEA, responsible for co-ordination of the National reference centers. UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Current status – Institutional frame (3) State administration  District and regional offices, Statistical Office, other relevant ministries Collection of input data from emission source operators, providing data statistical, macroeconomical and activity data for inventory and projections UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Current status – covering (4) IPCC sectors  All IPCC except for Solvents and Others  All Key source sectors covered Methodology  IPCC (revised 1996, 2000)  CORINAIR (revised 2003)  COPERT III (revised 2002)  National methodology (agriculture, energy SA)  Other methodology (waste)  In combination UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Current status – quality assessment (5) Quality indicators  Transparency (partly, info in NIR)  Consistency (good, recalculation to the base year)  Comparability (IPCC default EF, national EF publicized, comparisons with CR)  Completeness (expert judgment 95%)  Accuracy (not evaluated)  Use of „good praxis“ (Good Practice Guidance 2000) UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Main constrains  Lack of capacity and financial resources  Flexible structure of external experts working on short term contracts is following only urgent actual demands  Vulnerability of current frame (1 expert =1 sector) in view of consistency  Low sustainability - no systematic support for continuous training and education of new experts  Low correlation between available statistical information (input data) and time frame for inventory requirements  Low correlation for different reporting obligations under EU and UNFCCC UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Available tools (1) National Emission Information System  Existing dbase for inventory of basic air pollutants according to the adopted national legislative (large, medium, small stationary sources in energy sector) National Capacity Self-Assessment Project (UNDPGEF)  Outputs of stock-taking analyses focused on available capacities for meeting commitments under the UNFCCC and KP UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Available tools (2) Project on integrated system of inventory and projections in Slovakia (NIPS)  In proposal stage only  Main goal is to develop integrated system for inventory and projection of all emissions related to the air pollution and climate change  To adjust and or enhance existing dbase for inventory – National Emission Information System- for reporting and trading requirements of EU, UNFCCC and KP UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Available tools (3) Project on integrated system of inventory and projections in Slovakia  To create permanent e-net between inventory, projection and reporting bodies  To define range, form, time schedule and means for treatment of input and output data  To ensure sustainability, consistency and conditions for continuous quality improvement of NIPS UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany

Required outputs of NIPS UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany Short-term requirements on the proposed integrated NIPS  Improving of organisation structure of NIS according to the Art.5 KP, 20CP.7 and recommendations of NCSA project Long-term requirements on the proposed integrated NIPS  Inventory and projections of GHGs  Inventory and projections of basic pollutants, NH 3, NM VOCs, POPs, PM, HM  Reporting to the EC, UNFCCC, other convention  Communication links between structural entity in NIS  Accreditation of NIS

Legislative support for NIPS  To define scale, forms, terms of official data from Statistic office  To define mandates of involved organisations and experts on national level  Clearly define mandates and ensure participation of national expert in international working groups for methodology and guidance development April 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems