The project

Official Title
Integration and Development of Environmental Management System
Acronym: IDEMS

Duration
32 month (October 2005 - May 2008)

General Objective:
To integrate the Environmental Management System and the Environmental Accounting System: EMAS, City and Local Environmental Accounting and Reporting (CLEAR) and ecoBudget, from the specifics requirements of a Local Authority toward:

a better effectiveness of the environmental politics
a continuous improvement of the urban environmental management

All that in according to the need of the Local Authority to adopt an Urban Environmental Management Plan as stated by the European Commission Communication 'Towards a Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment'.

Specifics Objectives

to produce and spread a Standard for the dissemination of the system and to provide EMAS Registration for the 4 Developer Municipalities.
to identify some recommendations about the implementation of EMAS in Urban Areas, that could be considered in the new revision of EMAS Regulation (2008)
to furnish the EC with preliminary information about the implementation of the Urban Environmental Management Plan
to promote the specific knowledge and best practice exchange between Beneficiary, Partners and their networks and stakeholders
to guarantee effectiveness and inexpensiveness, avoiding a proliferation of systems for local government