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International Co-operationand Achievements of theCenter for Environmental

Studies

Gdańsk University ofTechnology

Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk University of Technology

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CENTER FORENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Center for EnvironmentalStudies in Gdansk � CENVIG

Center for Environmental Studies � CENVIG � is aninterdisciplinary study and research unit at Technical Universityof Gdansk. It was established in 1991 in the frame of theTEMPUS Project (JEP 0487).First three years of CENVIG activities were devoted mainly todeveloping courses for students, upgrading university teachersand teaching, and bringing the environmental perspectivethroughout the whole university curricula.On the basis of experience gained during running the abovementioned courses CENVIG prepared program for the next stepof its educational goals - one year course, which was run for thefirst time in academic year 1992/93 and is from that time runeach year.

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Regular courses run by CENVIG:

• MSc level Course on Environmental Protectionand Management (1993-2000)

• Integrated Approach to EnvironmentalProtection and Management (2000-2002)

• Environmental Protection in a Company (2002-2004), with panels run via internet

Teachers from abroad:26 specialists from Denmark, Germany, GreatBritain, USA, Sweden, Ireland, Norway,Russia

THE BALTICUNIVERSITYPROGRAMME

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BALTIC REGION

Baltic Sea Environment

• Physical Geography of the Balticby: Lars Håkanson

• Life in the Baltic Seaby: Lena Kautsky

• Eutrophication of the Baltic Seaby: Curt Forsberg

• The Baltic Region in Historyby: Harald Runblom, Mattias Tydén and HeleneCarlbäck-Isotalo

• Industrial Emissions and Toxic Pollutantsby: Peter Backlund, Bjarne Holmbom and ErkkiLeppäkoski

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Baltic Sea Environment

• Toxicology-The Environmental Impact ofPollutantsby: Jan-Erik Kihlström

• Economy and Law-Environmental Protection inthe Baltic Regionby: Ing-Marie Andréasson-Gren, GabrielMichanek and Jonas Ebbesson

• Environmental Policy and Cooperation in theBaltic Regionby: Gunnel W. Bergström

• Water and Wastewater Management in theBaltic Regionby: Bengt Hultman

• The Prospect of a Sustainable Societyby: Nils Tiberg

Sustainable Baltic Region(The Prospect of a Sustainable

Society)1. The Road Towards Sustainability

A historical perspective2. Energy

From fossil fuels to sustainable energy resources3. Man and Materials Flows

Towards sustainable materials management4. Food and Fibers

Sustainable agriculture and forestry 5. Sustainable Industrial Production

Waste minimization, cleaner technology andindustrial ecology

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Sustainable Baltic Region(The Prospect of a Sustainable

Society)6.Towards Sustainable Mobility

Transporting people and goods in the BalticRegion

7. Community DevelopmentApproaches to sustainable habitation

8. Ecological EconomicsMarkets, prices and budgets in a sustainablesociety

9. The Foundations of Sustainable DevelopmentEthics, laws culture and the physical boundaries

10. From Intention to ActionImplementing sustainable development

Sustainable Water ManagementBooklets:1. The Waterscape2. Water Use and Management3. River Basin Management

Activities:LecturesSeminarsVideo-conferencesGroup small papersSummer campsStudents conferences

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DANEBOD HOJSKOLE

Folk University in Fynshav, Denmark52 students participated in 3-4 month coursesfrom 1997 to 2000 year

ROME CLUB Cenvig cooperated with the Rome Clubin organizing the summerenvironmental practice in Hamburgfor students from Gdansk(2000 � 2003 year, about 30 students eachyear)

The next phase of the established CENVIG institution wasfocused around strengthening the university-industryrelations. This phase was supported by the next TEMPUSProject “EMIT - Eco-Management for Industry in Transition”(JEP 8274). The project started in 1994, and since 1996CENVIG/EMIT staff has been largely involved in developmentof the EMS in Poland in various aspects:

· training (in self-arranged courses or in the coursescarried out in the frame of the following projects:

- Training programme on EN 14000 series / EMAS(Contract between Gdansk University of Technology andCEN - European Committee for Standardization),

-PHARE Management Box - FIESTA II Programme:Project PL: “Quality management system andenvironmental management system in the enterprisein the context of the European integration”.

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· implementing environmental managementsystems - EMS (in about 10 companies), · auditing EMS, · publishing (about 20 articles and first originallyPolish manual containing principles of environmental management, directed towards the

industry, with special focus on SMEs).

EMITEco - Management for Industry

In TransitionTempus Project

September 1994 � August 1997

Aim of the project was to develop curricula of training

courses (and test them by running pilot-courses) forstudents, academic teachers, representatives of industryand authorities on introduction and maintenance ofEnvironmental Management Systems in the companiesbased on current EU and other internationallyrecognized standards (ISO 14000 series, BS 7750). As aresult of the project stronger links between GUT andindustry in the field of environmental protection wereestablished.

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EMITpartners:

• Roskilde University Center, Department ofEnvironment Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde,Danmark,

• Freie Universität Berlin, Forschungsstelle fürUmweltpolitik, Berlin, Germany,

• Norwegian School of Management,Department ofBusiness Economics, Oslo, Norway,

• Huddersfield University, Centre for CorporateEnvironmental Management, Huddersfield, GreatBritain,

• Faculty of Management and Economics, GdanskUniversity of Technology, Poland,

• Cenvig, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland.• NAVIMOR Export-Import, Poland,

EMITCourses:

For students:• Environmental Management Systems• Life Cycle Assessment• Environmental Protection Economics For industry representatives:• Implementation of Environmental management system

in Industry,• Environmental Review � a Measure of Environmental

Action• Environmental Management System � a Tool for better

Company Performance• Environmental Reviews and Audits,• Requirements of ISO 14001 Standard,• Environmental Reports,

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OKKAPOS

“OKKAPOS - Public AdministrationEnvironmental Training Centre”

November 1999 � December 2001

The objective of the Project was toestablish a new unit - within the Centerfor Environmental Studies � competentin environmental training and advice forpublic administration in the context ofthe pre-accession strategy in theenvironmental field.

OKKAPOS

During the OKKAPOS Project several courses where run:• Changes in Polish environmental legislation due to EU

accession• Environmental Impact Assessment procedures (4 times)• Regulating emission to air• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control 151 people participated in the courses.

The main outcome of OKKAPOS Project are CD-ROMbased training materials containing handbook onadministrative procedures in environmental issues. It isa very useful guide on integrated permits according toEU Directives.

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OKKAPOS

partners:

• Roskilde University Center, Department of Environment,Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde, Danmark,

• The University of Huddersfield, School of Business,Center for Corporate Environmental Management,Huddersfield, Great Britain,

• Linkoping University, Department of Physics andMeasurement Technology, Linkoping, Sweden,

• Pomorskie Woivodship, Environmental Protection Office,Gdansk, Poland,

• EKO-KONSULT, Gdansk, Poland,• CENVIG, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk,

Poland

OKKAPOS

The objective was achieved by:• upgrading and professionalising the Center for

Environmental Studies at GUT (Cenvig) � by trainingand experiences exchange - to become a qualifiedinstitution on teaching and training (local and regional)public administration in understanding andimplementing EU environmental regulation;

• establishing and training a group of Polishprofessionals, linked to the Center, as teachers andtrainers for public administration employees on EUenvironmental regulation, (train a group of trainers);

• developing, jointly testing and making available a setof courses for teaching and training local and regionaladministrative staff on EU environmental regulationand the pre-accession strategy.

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“EMAS Eastwards”

1999 � 2000Finansing:

ENRICH (European Network for Research inGlobal Change),European Commission

Aim of the project: To stimulate a dialogue among experts to

explore the consequences and implications ofusing voluntary, standardised environmentalmanagement systems in Central and EasternEurope. The evaluation of pre-accessionpreparation of candidates to EU inimplementation of directives on Eco-management and Eco-audit scheme.

“EMAS Eastwards”partners:

• International Institute for IndustrialEnvironmental Economics (IIIEE), LundUniversity, Sweden,

• Department of Organisation and Management(HHA), Aarhus School of Business, Danmark,

• Centre for Corporate EnvironmentalManagement (CCEM), University ofHuddersfield, Great Britain,

• L'Association des Pratiques duDéveloppment Durable (APDD), Lyon, France,

• Faculty of Economic Studies IndependentUniversity Titu Maiorescu (UITM),

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“EMAS Eastwards”partners:

• National Institute for Economic Development(INDE), Bucharest, Romania,

• Institute of Environmental Engineering,Faculty of Mining & Geology, VSB - TechnicalUniversity, Ostrawa, Czech Republik,

• Institute of Environmental Engineering(APINI),

• Kaunas Technical University, Kaunas,• Lituania,epartment for Industrial Ecology D.

Mendeleyev University of ChemicalTechnology, Moscow, Russia,

• State Energy Efficiency Agency, NationalElectric Company (NEK), Sofia, Bulgaria,

• CENVIG, Gdansk University of Technology,Gdansk, Poland

„Local AdministrationEnvironmental Planning and

Action � LAEPA”January 2002 � December 2002

finansing:DANCEE (Danish Cooperation for Environment in Eastern

Europe, Ministry of Environment)

partners:• COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS, Danmark,• Pomeranian Association of Country Communes,

Poland,• Roskilde University/Tek-Sam, Roskilde, Danmark,• Storstrøm County, Danmark.

The project was combined with the “EMAS Eastwards”project and the aim was to deliver courses forrepresentatives of local administration, whoparticipated in EMAS Eastwards project. The topics ofthe courses were: integrated management coveringthe methods and techniques of environmental

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HERMESHealth-Environment-Risk Managers

Educational Support

Leonardo da Vinci ProgramNovember 2001 � October 2004

HERMES is designed to initialize a network of SHE(Safety, Health, Environment) managers, which willenable to improve skills of those already employed inthis field and to get required knowledge by those, whoare looking for employment in this field. The networkincludes three major elements:

• Internet based forum for exchanginginformation/experience with case-study database anddiscussion groups on “hot-issues” - hot issuesseminars (hereafter referred as HERMES Forum).

• Internet based training modules for environment-health-safety-risk-fire protection managers (hereafterreferred to as Standard Modules),

• HERMES Bulletin � quarterly professional publication

HERMES

partners:

• Clean Technology Centre, Cork, Ireland,• Helsinki University of Technology, Finland,• Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli, Helsinki,

Finland,• Roskilde University Center, Department of

Environment, Technology and Social Studies,Danmark,

• EKO-KONSULT, Gdansk, Poland,• Polish Forum ISO 14001, Warsaw, Poland,• Cenvig, Gdansk University of Technology,

Poland

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HERMESCourses carried out by CENVIG:• ISO 14001 Environmental Management

Systems• Water and Wastewater Management• OHSAS 1800 Safety Management Systems• Risk Management Seveso II Directive• Cleaner Production• Environmentaly Concious Product Design• Basic to Environmental Legislation• Environmental Impact Assessment in

Practice Altogether, 124 people run these courses by now

(students, representatives of localadministration and industry).

ETMT � Extended Technologyand Management Training for

SME’s

Leonardo da Vinci ProgramNovember 2002 � October 2004

The project developed a necessary,worthwhile, tested and proven trainingprogramme for three target groups in theCzech Republic, Austria, Germany and Ireland,viz. the unemployed, university students andSME managers.

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ETMT

The subject areas in that training programmeare:· pollution prevention,· environmental management systems,· technology transfer,· quality management,· risk analysis,· legal issues

ETMTpartners:

• STENUM Graz, Austria,• Technical University of Ostrawa, Czech Republik,• IAPETOS, Greece,• ARIES Formazione Onlus, Italy,• CTC Cork, Irland,• Klaipeda University, Lituania,• ESSI Bucharest, Romania,• KTH, Department of Machine Design, Sweden,• Transfer Bratislava, Slovakia,• Cenvig, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. We already run three courses on:• Environmental Management• Quality management• Cleaner production

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„Eco Forum Baltica”

finansing: NUTEK (Swedish Business Development Agency)October 2002 � December 2004

Aim:

Assistance in implementation of the environmentalmanagement system in companies from the Baltic SeaRegion, according to EU Directive.

We have organized two visits to Sweden for

representatives of food industry sector and energysector (each for 15 people).

„Eco Forum Baltica”partners:

• Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development,Estonia,

• Latvian Pollution Prevention Centre, Latvia,• Institute of Environmental Engineering, Lithuania,• Stockholm County Administrative Board, Sweden,• Association of Swedish Environmental Managers,

Sweden,• City of Stockholm Development Office, Sweden,• Swedish EMAS Council, Sweden,• KSL, Sweden,• NUTEK, Sweden,• Swedish Environment Institute, Sweden,• The Baltic University Programme, Sweden,• The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden,• Cenvig, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

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ECO PORTS �Information exchange and impact

assessment for enhanced environmentalconscious operations in European ports andterminals - ECO PORTS”

• 5 EU Frame Program• June 2002 � May 2005, ECOPORTS aims at creating a better

understanding of the environmental impactof port and terminal-related activities and atformulating policy and concrete actions tominimize their environmental impact anddamage and to improve the quality of theterminal area and of the logistic chain.

ECO PORTS

ECOPORTS Project is started by a group ofEuropean port authorities. Through the port &environment foundation, European portauthorities, industries and terminals takeadvantage of the results. Several otherterminal owners, universities, environmentalmanagement experts, certification firms andICT-companies support the work.

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ECO PORTSMain objectives are:

• developing, validating and implementing anEnvironmental Management & Information System (EU-standard) supported by advanced ICT,

• gather and exchange realized solutions forenvironmental issues,

• involving over 150 European ports & terminals in anenvironmental network,

• training ports to use tools and transferring approach tonew terminals,

• creating bottom-up industrial activities and execution ofcase studies (e.g. waste) and

• making an impact assessment on environmental policy& regulations. The port/terminal sector is workingtowards self-regulation concerning environmentalissues.

ECO PORTSThe project is constructed on 7 work packages (WPs)

that are subdivided in ~30 separate tasks. WP1 - Development of Environmental Management &

Information System (end-user requirements, SDM Pro,EMS for port communities, technical solutions database,decision support system, port visitors info tool);

WP2 - Development of Training Schemes (on-site, web-based) and helpdesk;

WP3 - Development of ICT tools to support EMIS, trainingschemes, website and ITS portal;

WP4 - Training, validation of tools and creation of technicalcontents (ports, port industry, other terminals in thelogistic chain, demo);

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ECO PORTS

WP5 - Creation of basis for industrial bottom-up RTDinitiatives (working groups, case studies on waste, port-city relations and environmental nodes in the logisticchain);

WP6 - Technical analysis, policy implications and regulatory

impact assessment; WP7- Project co-ordination & creation of network platform

(project management, creation of ports & environmentnetwork, exchange of information & approach withother terminals, communication, dissemination andexploitation of results) .

ECO PORTS partners:

• Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Amsterdam, Holand,• Antwerp Port Authority, Holand,• Autoritat Portuaria de Barcelona, Spain,• British Ports Association, Great Britain,• Autorita Portuale di Genova, Italy,• Goteborgs Hamn Ab, Sweden,• Rotterdam Municipal Port Management, Holand,• Port of Gdansk Authority Co., Poland,• Ecoports Foundation, Holand,• Port of Brussels, Belgium,• Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia, Italy,• Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany,• Associated British Ports, Great Britain .

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ECO PORTS partners:

14. University of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain,15. Univeristet Van Amsterdam, Holand,• Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain,• World Maritme University, Sweden,• Gdansk University of Technology, Poland,• Agenzia Nazionale Per La Protezione Dell’Ambiente,

Italy,• Sogesca s.r.l, Italy,• Cisco Systems B.V., Holand,• Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Great Britain,• Fundacion Instituto Portuario de Estudios y

Cooperacion de la Comunidad Valenciana, Spain,• Europhar European Economic Interest Group, France,• Artemis International cvba, Belgium,• IBM Nederland NV, Holand

VISBY Programme2002-2004

Swedish-Polish co-operationon:

�Integration andoptimization of urbansanitation systems�

Co-ordinated by Prof. ElzbietaPlaza

KTH Stockholm

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VISBY partners:

Kungl Tekniska Hogskola Stockholm, Land andWater Resources Engineering Department,

Cracow University of Technology, Institute ofWater Supply and Environmental Protection,

Silesian University of Technology, Department ofEnvironmental Biotechnology.

University of Bielsko –Biala, Institute ofEnvironmental Protection and Engineering,

Gdansk University of Technology, Center forEnvironmental Studies,

VISBYSeminars:

Stockholm, Sweden, September, 2002Gdansk-Sopot, Poland, March, 2003Wisla, Poland, October, 2003,Stockholm-Turku, June, 2004,

Materials: Reports N. 10 and 11(5 presentations, 3 already published)