1. Agenda item 5(b) the Committee’s activities related to the overview of progress in implementing the strategic plan for 2015–2020, including the evaluation of the success of the Protocol and the development of indicators (ECE/MP.PRTR/C.1/2017/2, annex)
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Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
15 September 2017, Budva

2. Part I
Part II
Overview of progress in implementing the strategic plan for 2015– 2020

3. Overview of the progress in implementing the strategic plan for 2015−2020
Bureau entrusted Compliance Committee with task of preparing overview – which was noted by fifth meeting of the Working Group
Job was welcome – consistent with our facilitation mandate and we relish contributing to the strategic overview
CC prepared a report based on information provided by Parties in their reports
A challenge, because
focal area I, most of the targets/indicators covered by NIRs
to a great extent, focal areas II and III were not covered by NIRs

4. Focal area I, implementation of the Protocol by each Party
Evidence of
Increased harmonization with other databases
Credible capacity building
New functionalities in databases
Support of operators and owners with reporting obligations

5. Focal area II, lifting barriers to ratification and expansion beyond the ECE region
Two ratifications since 2014
No ratification beyond the ECE region
Difficulties identifying the number of projects that had been undertaken

6. Focal area III, development of the Protocol
In engaging with indicators, could only give estimates of number of Parties addressing areas for future development

7. General conclusions on strategic plan
Parties had more work done regarding implementation of focal area I, that focal areas II and III
Parties set priorities in different ways
some countries invest in making their PRTR systems progressive and increase their usefulness for stakeholders and its support functions for decision making processes
others pay less attention to the implementation and the making use of the potential that lies in their PRTRs.

8. Strategic plan - issues
Need to consider
how to capture information needed to assess progress in implementing the plan
existing reporting format is not designed to provide the material for the plan’s indicators
how we formulate and use indicators

9. Part II
Part II
Evaluation of the success of the Protocol and the development of indicators

10. Relevance of strategic plan
In process of overview of strategic plan
noted an absence of concrete indicators of success,
no work in train to evaluate the success of the Protocol itself.

11. Summary of proposals on evaluation
So we propose work on the development of further indicators to measure the effectiveness and success of the Protocol to facilitate its systematic evaluation. Consistent with trend already in place at global level to evaluate success of environmental treaties.

12. Why evaluate? Evidence of success would
make it easier to recruit new Parties
justify allocation of resources to Protocol
indicate where more work is needed

13. How could the success of the Protocol be measured?
Two key purposes of the Protocol
environmental information is made available in a coherent, structured, standardized and specific way
mechanism to pursue long-term goals, particularly corporate accountability, the reduction of pollution and the promotion of sustainable development.
Would need to see how those outcomes are achieved

14. Proposed solution
agreed methodology to measure the success of what the Protocol achieves,
strive to achieve synergies with respect to related work on the Sustainable Development Goals
PRTR community: officials who have a talent for measuring and providing information in a verifiable form for the use of the public.

15. Criteria for successful multilateral environmental agreements
impact — preferably a concrete and measurable impact - in the context of the breadth and depth of the challenge it faces
the breadth of participation,
the availability of assistance for Parties that find it challenging to comply;
the degree of sharing of information
the degree of mutual support.

16. For the MOP’s consideration
Mandate: to make a proposal to evaluate the effectiveness and success of the Protocol, where appropriate building on the methodology already used at the international level, working up concrete metrics
Inclusive participatory process with comments from stakeholders overseen by the Bureau and the Working Group