SISBON (Information system of the territorial areas interested by environmental recovering)
About this good practice
Purposes: move on the web all the necessary procedures for the start-up of a reclamation process (communications, documents, forms, authorizations); have a single information flow and an “easy to use” tool for public administrations, companies, institutions (territorial, health and environmental) involved in the proceedings, as well as citizens; simplify the environmental monitoring actions of the territory, maintaining a historical archive; make “transparent” the status of ongoing procedures from a bureaucratic, technical and regulatory point of view.
Through SISBON it is possible having a constantly updated view of the areas subjected to remediation processes, as well as a trace of the lands and the entities involved, causes of pollution, methodologies, administrative and bureaucratic state of the procedures. Nowadays SISBON is an informative and procedural reference point for companies, institutions, professionals and public administrations regarding environmental remediation.
Expert opinion
Pollution harms our health and our environment. It is the largest environmental cause of multiple mental and physical diseases and of premature deaths. In addition to affecting people’s health, pollution is one of the main reasons for the loss of biodiversity. It reduces the ability of ecosystems to provide services such as carbon sequestration and decontamination. This good practice is in line with the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan, which aims to reduce air, water and soil pollution to levels no longer considered harmful to health and natural ecosystems, that respect the boundaries with which our planet can cope, thereby creating a toxic-free environment. The good practice is an example of a innovative online one stop-shop registry of polluted sites needing remediation. Simplicity of the registry, clarity of purpose and stakeholder involvement in the process of building the tool were pre-conditions for its success. The tool improves the integration of considerations about polluted sites in other sectoral policies. It can be inspirational to other regions with fragmented administrative management of polluted sites.
Resources needed
Evidence of success
Local Authorities (190);
Regional Departments of ARPAT (13);
Local Health Authorities (AUSL) (26);
Prefectures (12); Tuscany Region,
Users not belonging to public authorities (professionals, freelance, environmental consultancies with particular reference to geologists, chemists engineers etc.): 1500 approx
Potential for learning or transfer
-Involve the higher regional decision makers for two reasons: A) defining a shared definition of the tool regarding (1) roles of the users and to what (2) purposes it will be implemented B) it would entail a quicker process of transfer as well as a clearer definition of costs of the system in its different phases of implementation
- Involve Stakeholders and Users: from one side they can provide their feedback while it’s being developed and from the other side they can be trained in the proper way this should be used. It would make the transfer process further quicker.
- Define the types of data: simplify as much as you can the type and number of the data collected: the more quantity of data you collect, the more complex as well as expensive SISBON becomes. It depends also on the different data needed. On the basis of this would be also more predictable the initial and maintenance costs.
Further information
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Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
ARPAT (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Tuscany)