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No. (1)
The
Ministry of Environment in Jordan: the required legal
and administrative framework for the establishment of
a ministry of environment
During the last two decades, Jordan has witnessed a
great interest in all aspects of environment protection
issue. This is due to the increasing pressure of the
environmental problems, as well as the increasing environmental
awareness. Therefore, Since he ascended to the throne,
His Highness King Abdullah II has showed an apparent
interest in environment.
His Highness called upon establishing a ministry of
environment, since environment and its issues are not
luxuries anymore, yet they become international concerns.
According to the sublime royal directions issued in
the charging book of engineer Ali Abu Al-Ragheb government,
the Prime Minister has committed to this direction by
ratifying on the environmental ministry in Jordan, in
his ministerial statement for the Lower House. A competent
committee was established by the chairmanship of the
prime minister deputy Dr. Mohammad Al-Halayqah, to study
the environmental legislations and to attain the legislative
and administrative vision appropriate to the desired
ministry. This committee appealed to the interested
people to present their views about the pursued ministry.
As a response to this appeal, the Environment watch
program held a seminar about the Legislative and Administrative
Framework Requested to the Environment Ministry. A number
of environmental experts were invited and a number of
recommendations were resulted and presented to the competent
committee. Some of the recommendations are:
Establishing the ministry becomes the request of all the
workers of the environment field in Jordan.
The ministry is the desired mean of managing a successful
environment.
The ministry must have a modern administrative style that
is free of bureaucratic restrictions.
Decentralization in the work of the desired ministry is
the best administrative method.
The ministry must have an efficient observational roll
in developmental factories and plants.
It is important to deal quickly and efficiently with the
international donor institutions.
The necessity of providing systems and mechanisms for
an efficient and flexible settlement and observation in
the new ministry.
The necessity of providing a real cooperation between
the ministry and the Civil Society organizations.
The necessity of amending the law of environment protection
No. 12 for the year 1995, to be in harmony with the coming
era.
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