Network for Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in MENA

Enforcement of, and compliance to environmental legislation is a major determinant factor in proper environmental management. The MENA region and the Arab World have managed to develop some modern environmental legislation in the past few years but still experimenting with enforcement and compliance.

One of the main resources and networks that provides technical assistance in this issue is the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) which has a special MENA network. The website of INECE MENA is impressive and contains a lot of vital technical references and examples that deserve to be highlighted and often consulted by environmental enforcement and compliance bodies in the Arab World.

On May 9th INECE coducted its regional workshop in Amman. The participants made a number of presentations about their respective enforcement programs, other regional enforcement networks, partnership opportunities, and discussed the benefits of creating an Arab Enforcement Network. See http://inece.org/mena/arabregion/ for all the useful presentations of the workshop.

In addition, make sure to navigate the site for a lot of important articles and resources in both Arabic and English.