What Do Industry Associations Need For Environmental Protection?

This news is refreshing and inspiring.

The author believes that the implementation of trade associations' participation in environmental management in Wenzhou is not only innovative in form but also close to reality, and its demonstration effect is worth looking forward to.

First of all, with the pformation of government functions, the social management mode is gradually changing to the direction of "small government" and "big society". It is the general trend to let industry associations undertake part of the functions of local governments.

The implementation of trade associations' participation in environmental management in Wenzhou is conducive to straightening out the relationship between local governments and industry associations, fostering and developing trade associations, and promoting the healthy development of market economy.

Secondly, in terms of environmental governance, administrative and legal means are indispensable, but they can not be fully absorbed.

Facts show that the strength of the environmental protection department is limited.

At present, the industry associations have gathered many private enterprises, joint ventures, foreign-funded enterprises and other enterprises of different ownership and scale, and their coverage is also increasingly widespread.

The environmental protection department of Wenzhou is in the right direction. The implementation of trade associations' participation in environmental protection management can not only reduce the source environmental pollution, improve the regional environmental quality through industry coordination and industry self-discipline, but also solve some problems by using the strength of trade associations, which is also an effective supplement to legal and administrative means.

Thirdly, it is beneficial to the benign interaction between the functional departments of enterprises and local governments.

Trade associations can not only promote self-discipline, but also rely on the "bridge" of trade associations to promote positive interaction between enterprises and local governments, strengthen cooperation between enterprises and functional departments, and promote healthy development of enterprises.

Although the industry associations have many advantages in environmental protection, objectively speaking, the industry associations are in the process of growing up, and their operation mechanism is still not mature enough.

Against this background, if the trade associations participate in environmental management to achieve the desired results, we need to consider the following issues:

First of all, under the circumstances of trade associations' participation in environmental management, how to coordinate and coordinate environmental protection departments and trade associations to promote environmental management is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

A large number of facts have proved that many good initiatives have been vigorous at the beginning, but because there is no system to follow up, the long time has become a mere formality and ended in nothing.

Only by establishing a complete system and implementing it fully can we produce positive effects.

Although the Wenzhou Environmental Protection Bureau has formulated the implementation plan of the trade associations participating in the pilot project of environmental protection management, at present, the trade associations' participation in the environmental management is highly general and operational. The plan is likely to be discounted in the actual implementation process.

A few industry associations may think that participating in environmental management is doing their work for the environmental protection department. They are "learning Lei Feng". They take environmental management as a "human relationship" and even do not want to cooperate.

In this regard, the author hopes that Wenzhou will actively explore and further improve the operation rules of trade associations participating in environmental management, and plug possible loopholes in management.

Secondly, we should incorporate the performance of environmental management into the comprehensive assessment system of trade associations, and enhance the sense of responsibility of trade associations and staff.

First, we should formulate corresponding incentives and give recognition to the trade associations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions or significant achievements in the process of participating in environmental management.

The establishment of appropriate incentives can encourage staff of relevant industry associations to form a strong "magnetic field effect".

The two is to establish accountability system.

A few industry associations and individuals who are involved in environmental management work and dereliction of duty should be strictly investigated for their responsibilities.

Otherwise, even if there is strong determination, a sword without sword will not have any power.

Only by rewards and punishments can all associations and their staff strengthen their sense of crisis, enhance their sense of responsibility, try every means to tap potential, and strive to improve the efficiency of participating in environmental management work and form a virtuous circle.

Finally, we should innovate and strengthen the guidance and supervision of trade associations.

How can the industry associations grasp environmental protection and environmental protection departments? How can they be supervised and managed? At present, there are no mature standards to refer to, and no suitable indicators can be found to quantify them.

However, it is certain that relying solely on "consultation" is not enough. Under the protection of the system, the environmental protection department should be the main body, making more efforts in public participation, and making more articles in expert argumentation, so as to satisfy the masses and enterprises.

I believe that funding is a good "starting point".

We note that in view of the financial problems encountered by industry associations in the process of participating in environmental management pilot projects, the Wenzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has actively communicated with the municipal development and Reform Commission to win the support of the "comprehensive pilot reform of private economy in Wenzhou."

But how to regulate this expenditure and how to maximize its efficiency is still lacking in corresponding procedures and maneuverability.

The author suggests that we can learn from the successful experience of developed countries and assume the role of the local government as the main body of funds management by the environmental protection department. By signing contracts with the trade associations, we should clarify the rights, obligations and responsibilities, and urge all trade associations to strengthen self-discipline in accordance with the contract law and other legal provisions and stipulations, so as to prevent such problems as "money coming clearly, getting confused", "spending a lot of money", but "things are not well done".

In any case, the direction of trade associations' participation in environmental management is correct.

Giving full play to the role of trade associations and promoting environmental governance is worth applauding.

As long as the environmental protection departments and trade associations can firmly establish political awareness, overall awareness and sense of responsibility, use their brains, reform and innovate, strengthen cooperation, organize meticulously and implement them, all problems can be solved.

The author hopes that the participation of Wenzhou trade associations in environmental management can be perfected in practice, and it will produce an exemplary role in promoting the development of environmental protection, trade association construction and pformation of government functions and so on, making positive contributions to the construction of a harmonious society.