Green Growth, 10 May 2012, Warsaw

Session I – Towards Greener Energy Production

Co-chair Trygve Hallingstad, Senior Programme Adviser,Climate and Pollution Agency, Norway

Challenges• Competiveness of green enterprises and innovative technologies are instrumental in

moving towards a greener economy

• Investments in green innovation can strengthen economic growth and inspireenvironmental management and production

• EU's growth strategy, “EU 2020”, emphasises the need for greener and more innovative economies

• Eco-innovation is an important part of EU’s environmental policy

• EU's Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) is key

• The Norwegian government has established an Environmental Technologies Package ofNOK 500 million over 3 years (2011-13)

• Climate and Pollution Agency is an active partner in the Government's EnvironmentalTechnologies Strategy and a member of the Advisory Council for the Strategy

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Polish – Norwegian Cooperation

Cooperation project under EEA and Norway Financial Mechanisms 2004-09: Improving the efficiency of Polish Environmental Inspection based on Norwegian experiences (GIOŚ and Klif)

• A new risk based and more effective inspection system in Poland for control and enforcement of environmental legislation

• Partners have mutually experienced more knowledge and inspiration in their jobs

• Under EEA Grants 2009 – 14 the cooperation project with GIOŚ will continue