EEPP   Program Support Unit 

Functions and Team Building for the PFTC Department, EEAA 

Attachment 20   Role of the Environmental Affairs Agency Mandated under Law No. 4, 1994 

Explicit Tasks and Implied Outputs given in Law # 4 

Category Task

2

 Outputs 

Information gathering, processing and dissemination 

Preparation of studies related to the state of the environment of the country, and 

State of Environment Report; 

the formulation of the national plan for the protection of the environment

3

. This 

NEAP; 

would include environmental protection projects and their estimated budgets, as 

Blue Book; 

well as environmental maps of urban areas and areas planned to be developed

4

. 

Environmental maps (GIS outputs) 

Collection and publication of national and international information related to 

Environmental Library and Archive; 

the environment on a periodical basis in co operation with information centres 

Common Information System; 

of other agencies

5

. It shall evaluate and utilise this updated information in 

Environmental Information Newsletter; 

environmental management and planning. 

Environmental planning and management 

initiatives to be included in the NEAP 

and Agency FYP. 

Preparation of reports on the main environmental indicators and publication of 

Environmental Indicators Guidelines; 

these (the state of these) indicators on a periodical basis. 

State of Environmental indicators to be 

published in State of Environment Report 

and Annual Report of the Agency. 

2

 Have these specific tasks been allocated to specific departments within the Agency? 

3

 The National Environmental Action Plan? 

4

 Land use maps, planning and zoning? 

5

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