Cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany

Bilateral cooperation project between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Federal Republic of Germany to create conditions for the implementation of new techniques to reduce and control pollution and improve the issuance of environmental technical licenses and monitor the release and inspection of the industry in Iran between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Federal Republic of Germany Was defined. The duration of this project is 24 months (2 years) and includes 16 missions and each mission is 5 working days in Iran for two experts from Germany. The beginning of this project was in October 2018 and it continued until October 2020.

During this project, other goals can be achieved, which are included:

1.Development of environmentally friendly industrial practices using BAT

2.Development of proposals to establish new systems, monitoring, and inspection by improved methods

3.Creating capacity in institutions at the level of ministers and other relevant authorities (the process of using BAT can only be successful if all stakeholders work together.)

For this purpose, capacity building programs were concluded in four periods with the above-mentioned objectives. The following is a summary of the programs presented for each period separately.

1-      The first program:

1-1-Activity: Workshop on IPCC and BAT approach

1-2-Objectives

1-2-1- Provide IPCC and BAT approach in licensing supervision and inspection by German experts

2-2-1- Introduce a legal system on environmental licensing, emission monitoring, and inspection of industrial facilities

3-2-1- Preliminary analysis of differences and opportunities

4-2-1- Discussing the structural opportunities of emission monitoring and inspection in examples of BAT application

2-      The second program:

2-1- Activity

2-1-1- Holding a workshop and discussing structural opportunities for emission monitoring, inspection of examples of BAT applications

1-2-1- Case studies by German experts

3-1-2- Provide recommendations to national, regional and local authorities responsible for enforcing environmental permits, inspections and enforcement.

3-      The  third program:

1-3- activity:

1-1-3- Simulation of the licensing process based on case studies

1-2-2- Educate Iranian experts on how to create license conditions, including BAT reference documents and related instructions

3-1-3- Assistance of German experts to Iranian experts in order to implement licenses in the form of simulation in the industry in two ways: installation of refinery and selection of Iranian partners

4-1-3- Develop applications and draft IPCC licenses (by creating licenses based on BAT) focusing on these tutorials

4-      The second program:

4-1-Activity

4-1-1- Visit the site to operate the BAT program, monitor publication and inspection

3-2-1- Examine the practical cases for the application of BAT in different industrial sites from different provinces and visit how to monitor the release and inspection