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Project Management
The current project management arrangements for WDF are set out below.
This consists of the Project Management Board, the Operational Group and the User
Group. To contact your User Group rep with any comments or suggestions about
WasteDataFlow that you would like to contribute to the User Group meetings, please
contact the helpdesk and ask for your user group rep contact details.
Current Management Arrangements
WasteDataFlow was originally developed under the guidance of the Chartered
Institution of Wastes Management Environmental Body - CIWM (EB) (Now CIWM Research and Project Management (RPM)), with funding
from Biffaward and the Defra Landfill Tax Credit Scheme SWM Legacy Fund.
Responsibility for co-ordinating the system in the UK has now passed to the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
For further information on the origins of WasteDataFlow please
see below
WasteDataFlow currently has the following management structure:
Project Management Board
The current Project Management Board is made up of the following organisations,
which oversee the management and development of WDF. The members of the project board include:
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - overall responsibility for
co-ordinating WDF in the UK. Responsible for implementation of the Waste Strategy
for England, reporting on national waste recycling, reuse and composting targets.
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Scottish Environmental Protection Agency – monitoring authority for the Landfill
Allowance Trading Scheme in Scotland.
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Welsh Assembly Government – responsible for implementation of the Waste Strategy
for Wales, and reporting on national waste recycling, reuse and composting targets.
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Natural Resources Wales - monitoring authority for the Landfill
Allowance Trading Scheme in Wales.
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Environment Agency (England) - monitoring authority for the Landfill
Allowance Trading Scheme in England.
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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) - responsible for the
implementation of waste management policy in Northern Ireland to meet UK
and EU obligations.
WDF Operation Group
There is a WasteDataFlow Operational Group who is responsible
for monitoring performance and operation of WasteDataFlow and for identifying
and making proposals for enhancements. This includes representatives from:
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Local authorities (Hampshire);
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra);
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Welsh Assembly Government (WAG);
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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland (DAERA);
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Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA);
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Environment Agency (EA);
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW);
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Jacobs - WasteDataFlow managing agent for Defra.
WDF User Group – England
A WasteDataFlow User Group for local authorities in England has
been established. The overall aim of this group is to make WasteDataFlow a
successful data capture system with a high level of timely good quality data
returns. The Group will achieve this by:
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Identifying barriers to the effective use of the WDF system by Local
Authorities.
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Proposing practical solutions to these barriers. For example through specific
proposals on contents of on-line help, Guidance Manual, revisions to questions,
adjustments to web-based data screens, reporting functionality.
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Identifying and sharing good practices in waste data management.
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Facilitating communication within the WasteDataFlow community.
Terms of Reference for the group are given here
User Group ToR
Members of the User Group
Local authority representatives have been selected from a range of
volunteers such that a good range of different types of authority from all
government regions are represented. Also represented on the group are Defra’s
Waste Statistics team, the Environment Agency’s LATS team and SKM Enviros
(as Defra’s appointed agents to operate WasteDataFlow).
To contact your User group rep with any comments or suggestions about
WasteDataFlow that you would like to contribute to the User Group meetings, please
contact the helpdesk and ask for your user group rep contact details. UG meetings
are usually held twice a year.
England User Group Meetings
For the most recent User Group meeting details and minutes please head over to the News Page.
Archived meeting minutes can be found below.
WDF UG 5th July 2012
WDF UG 1st March 2011
If you have any comments or ideas you want to contribute to the next User Group meeting, please
contact the helpdesk for the details of your local rep.
The date of next meeting is - to be confirmed....
Previous user group documents
Origins of WasteDataFlow
WasteDataFlow was originally developed over ten years ago, under the guidance of the Chartered Institution
of Wastes Management Environmental Body - CIWM (EB), with funding from Biffaward and the
Defra Landfill Tax Credit Scheme SWM Legacy Fund. Responsibility for co-ordinating the
system in the UK sits with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra).
The WasteDataFlow project was originally co-ordinated and managed by CIWM
(EB), the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Environmental Body. CIWM
(EB), (CIWM Research and Project management (RPM) since 2009), is a registered charity
and company limited by guarantee. Its objectives
include “research, development, education and the collection and dissemination
of information about waste management generally for the purposes of encouraging
the use of more sustainable waste management practices”.
The following organisations/agencies have expressed their
support for the project.
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