Final Report Summary - ADVANCEETV (Coordination action on Environmental Technology Verification ETV - Building a framework for international cooperation)
ADVANCEETV was a coordination action on environmental technology verification (ETV) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Union (EU) between January 2009 and July 2012. The overall target of ADVANCEETV with its 12 partners from Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US) and Canada was to bring together the already proposed schemes and protocols prepared within the previous EU ETV activities and to link them with outcomes of already existing ETV systems worldwide. Furthermore, ADVANCEETV aimed at building an international framework for cooperation and mutual recognition by supporting the cooperation of the European Commission (EC) and the international ETV activities, e.g. the International Working Group on ETV (IWG-ETV).
To achieve these aims, ADVANCEETV supported the development of the EU ETV pilot programme by drafting the general verification protocol (GVP) based on the analysis of former EU Six Framework Programme (FP6) projects dealing with ETV. The GVP is the main technical reference for the implementation of ETV procedures and coordination at the European level. In order to show how ETV could be used as a supportive tool for other policies, regulations and voluntary schemes potential complementarities were assessed in the framework of the project.
ADVANCEETV has also helped develop a framework for international mutual recognition on ETV, in particular by drafting a framework for joint and co-verification at international level tested on real verifications with US, Canada and EU. Several ADVANCEETV partners contributed to the work of the IWG-ETV by the preparation of requirements for an ETV programme laid down in the documents 'ETV framework and policy' and 'ETV procedure', which are used for the development of a new ISO-ETV standard.
In several conferences and workshops, ADVANCEETV informed the stakeholders (technology providers, technology purchasers / users, policy makers) about the principles of ETV and the current status of ETV in Europe and internationally. More information on ADVANCEETV and reports addressing the achievements of the project are available at http://www.eu-etv-strategy.eu(si apre in una nuova finestra).
ADVANCEETV gained several results (e.g. the drafting of the GVP) that contributed to the development of the EU ETV pilot programme that was officially launched in December 2011. Furthermore, the results of ADVANCEETV supported the work of the IWG-ETV on harmonising the different international ETV systems. Important input was given to the determination of the necessary quality assurance aspects of ETV, which were also the basis for the development of a proposal for a new ISO-ETV standard with an accreditation framework.
The GVP is the background document of the EU ETV pilot programme. The ADVANCEETV report concerning 'Recommendations on ensuring best practice of European ETV' as contribution to the international mutual recognition development has become the corner stone for drafting the GVP protocol of the EU ETV pilot programme by the EC and the ETV steering group who jointly coordinate the EU ETV pilot programme.
General verification protocol describes the principles, the general ETV procedure to be followed when verifying an individual environmental technology and the main actors of the system including their roles and responsibilities. The document is accompanied by a set of appendices which include templates of other ETV documents to be used in individual verifications. Provisions laid down in the GVP ensure that the individual technology verifications ware performed according to procedures which are robust, transparent and harmonised across technology areas and that the main outputs of the verification process statements of verification are recognised in the EU. The principles and procedures included in the GVP are considered subject to harmonisation and recognition by other ETV systems operating in the world. They also constitute the basis for setting up a cooperation framework principles for verification bodies from two or more different ETV systems undertaking a co- or joint verification to ensure that the results of this effort are mutually recognised.
To achieve these aims, ADVANCEETV supported the development of the EU ETV pilot programme by drafting the general verification protocol (GVP) based on the analysis of former EU Six Framework Programme (FP6) projects dealing with ETV. The GVP is the main technical reference for the implementation of ETV procedures and coordination at the European level. In order to show how ETV could be used as a supportive tool for other policies, regulations and voluntary schemes potential complementarities were assessed in the framework of the project.
ADVANCEETV has also helped develop a framework for international mutual recognition on ETV, in particular by drafting a framework for joint and co-verification at international level tested on real verifications with US, Canada and EU. Several ADVANCEETV partners contributed to the work of the IWG-ETV by the preparation of requirements for an ETV programme laid down in the documents 'ETV framework and policy' and 'ETV procedure', which are used for the development of a new ISO-ETV standard.
In several conferences and workshops, ADVANCEETV informed the stakeholders (technology providers, technology purchasers / users, policy makers) about the principles of ETV and the current status of ETV in Europe and internationally. More information on ADVANCEETV and reports addressing the achievements of the project are available at http://www.eu-etv-strategy.eu(si apre in una nuova finestra).
ADVANCEETV gained several results (e.g. the drafting of the GVP) that contributed to the development of the EU ETV pilot programme that was officially launched in December 2011. Furthermore, the results of ADVANCEETV supported the work of the IWG-ETV on harmonising the different international ETV systems. Important input was given to the determination of the necessary quality assurance aspects of ETV, which were also the basis for the development of a proposal for a new ISO-ETV standard with an accreditation framework.
The GVP is the background document of the EU ETV pilot programme. The ADVANCEETV report concerning 'Recommendations on ensuring best practice of European ETV' as contribution to the international mutual recognition development has become the corner stone for drafting the GVP protocol of the EU ETV pilot programme by the EC and the ETV steering group who jointly coordinate the EU ETV pilot programme.
General verification protocol describes the principles, the general ETV procedure to be followed when verifying an individual environmental technology and the main actors of the system including their roles and responsibilities. The document is accompanied by a set of appendices which include templates of other ETV documents to be used in individual verifications. Provisions laid down in the GVP ensure that the individual technology verifications ware performed according to procedures which are robust, transparent and harmonised across technology areas and that the main outputs of the verification process statements of verification are recognised in the EU. The principles and procedures included in the GVP are considered subject to harmonisation and recognition by other ETV systems operating in the world. They also constitute the basis for setting up a cooperation framework principles for verification bodies from two or more different ETV systems undertaking a co- or joint verification to ensure that the results of this effort are mutually recognised.