Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

 11.5.1.  Discussion and approval of the environmental 
policy vision 
To initiate an integrated environ mental assess ment and the 
necessary  management  process,  first  of  all  there  must  be  such  a 
desire. It can be expressed by state and local government leaders, 
deputies, non-governmental organisations, citizens groups, environ-
mental protection enthusiasts or business representatives. Regardless 
of what caused the initial impetus, leaders must be ready to listen 
and to prepare adequate documentation for starting the process 
to resolve issues relating to financial resources and administrative 
involvement. Since most government institutions, municipalities and 
other organisations have already been integrated into the processes 
associated with the use of the environ ment for rendering services or 
the environ mental impact assessment, the deputies must be ready to 
listen to their voters’ wishes and put them into practice. 
After the initial steps of the process, an in creased interest should 
be  awaked  on  national  or  community  levels.  Also,  the  necessity 
of various acti vities or campaigns should be carefully studied by 
interviewing  people.  However,  it  is  quite  difficult  to  evaluate  the 
need for comprehensive long-term planning. Various communication 
methods can be used, giving priority to those which have already 
been successful in cooperation with public groups. Interest groups 
may already exist, but in many cases they come into being when 
there is an increase in public interest about environ mental issues.
The next task is to prepare a statement of reasons for the entire 
action. It should include public participation principles and vision 
of the future that could be acceptable to a wide range of re pre sen-
tatives of public groups and even those who have different opinions.
To initiate such a process, it is useful to review society’s 
environ mental values and to draw the participants’ attention to the