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BOX 5 Jordan case Module
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Article 4 of Law number 52 of 2006 stated that for the fulfillment of environment protection
objectives and the improvement of its various components in a sustainable manner, the
ministry, in cooperation and coordination with the relevant authorities, undertakes the
following tasks, including paragraph (k) concerning the issuance of publications relating to Abu Dhabi, UAE

the environment. The Ministry is considered the competent authority in charge of issuing
reports on the state of the environment in the Kingdom.

Source: Law No. (52) of 2006 (Environmental Protection Act) - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Besides legal mandate, another prerequisite for an effective IEA is adequate management and technical/
scientific capacity to lead the process and carry out the assessment. Organizations in charge of the

IEA overall should be able to mobilize a wider group of participants, including senior researchers and
decision-makers. They should also have on staff experienced officials with the necessary connections
and conceptual understanding of the IEA’s purpose and process.

3.3 General Structure of the IEA Process

Establishing an IEA process requires careful advance planning. The various stages of the process creates
a structure around which activities and participation can be organized, capacities built, resources and
time allocated, and release of outputs scheduled.

Details of the process may change place by place, and they may need to be modified as the IEA
proceeds in order to adapt to how events unfold. However, based on the practical experience of
previous GEO style reports and other assessments, we can outline elements of a generic process with
key elements that one way or another need to be considered in such an assessment.

Based on this body of experience we can identify seven stages of a generic national IEA process, as
well as a set of generic activities and outcomes related to them (Figure 2). Each stage is explained in
this module, while details of how to manage specific components of the assessment (e.g., analysis of
environmental trends and conditions, policy analysis, data and indicators, and scenario analysis) are
explained in other modules in this resource book. The national IEA process followed in the West Asia
(Lebanon Case: SoE 2001) (Boxes 6A and 6B) provide an example.

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