Alignment of new bathing water EU directive and its applications to protect public health

Amaç: AB Katılım Öncesi Mali Yardım Aracı IPA I-2010 Programlaması kapsamında alınan "Yüzme Suyunun İzlenmesinde Uyum" başlıklı eşleştirme projesi, Sağlık Bakanlığı, Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Kurumu ile Fransa-İtalya konsorsiyomu işbirliğinde 2013 I. çeyreği ile 2015 II. çeyreği arasında yürütülmüştür. Projenin başlıca amaçları yeni yüzme suyu direktifi 2006/7/EC'nin uyumlaştırılarak ulusal mevzuata aktarılması ve bu yeni direktif doğrultusunda Sağlık Bakanlığı, Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Kurumu'nun yüzme suyu izleme sisteminin güçlendirilmesidir. Yöntem: Proje; yeni yüzme suyu direktifi 2006/7/ EC'nin uyumunun yapılarak Yönetmelik taslağının hazırlanması, yüzme suyunun sınıflandırılması ve kalite değerlendirmesine yönelik 76/160/EEC direktifinden 2006/7/EC direktifine geçişin aşamalı olarak pilot uygulamalar şeklinde başlayarak tüm yüzme alanlarına yaygınlaştırılması, pilot illerin seçili alanlarında deneysel profil oluşturmak üzere uygulamaların yapılması, yüzme suyu kalite veri yönetimine yönelik çalışmaların yapılması, Sağlık Bakanlığı'nın yüzme suyu kalitesi izleme sisteminin 2006/7/EC Direktifi doğrultusunda geliştirilmesi ve halk sağlığı laboratuvarlarının yeni yüzme suyu direktifi doğrultusunda yapmaları gereken analizler için teknik kapasitelerini güçlendirmek üzere tasarlanmıştır. Bulgular: 2006/7/EC Avrupa Birliği Direktifinin uyumlaştırılmasıyla "Yüzme Suyu Kalitesinin Yönetimine Dair Yönetmelik Taslağı" ilgili kurumların da katkısı ile Sağlık Bakanlığı, Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Kurumu tarafından hazırlanmıştır. Eğitimler ve çalıştaylar düzenlenmiştir. Altı Rehber Kitap hazırlanmış, bastırılmış ve dağıtılmıştır. Veri kalite değerlendirmesi ve sınıflandırma pratiği, pilot iller olan Antalya, Çanakkale ve İstanbul'da gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuç: Proje kontratında yer alan aktivitelerin tamamı başarıyla gerçekleştirilmiş ve tüm zorunlu hedeflere ulaşılmıştır. Proje ile Sağlık Bakanlığı'nın 2006/7/EC Direktifini tam olarak uygulaması için gerekli olan teknik ve kurumsal kapasite başarıyla geliştirilmiştir.

Halk sağlığının korunması için yeni yüzme suyu AB direktifinin uyumlaştırılması ve uygulamaları

Introduction: The twinning project entitled “Alignment in Bathing Water Monitoring” was implemented within the framework of EU Pre-Accession Financial Assistance IPA I-2010 Programming by the Ministry of Health, Public Health Institution of Turkey together with France-Italy consortium between the I. quarter of 2013 and II. quarter of 2015. The major aims of the project was to transpose the new bathing water Directive 2006/7/EC into the Turkish National Legislation and strengthening the bathing water quality monitoring system of Ministry of Health - Public Health Institution of Turkey within the framework of the new directive.Methods: The project was designed such as to ensure the alignment of the new bathing water Directive 2006/7/EC and preparation of the draft bylaw on bathing water quality management, transition from 76/160/EEC to 2006/7/EC Directive regarding the classification and quality assessment of bathing water starting gradually with the pilot applications and then disseminating to the whole bathing areas, the practice of establishing experimental bathing water profiles in the selected areas of the pilot provinces, compiling of sets of bathing water quality data, improvement of the bathing water quality monitoring system of the Ministry of Health in the direction of 2006/7/EC Directive, improvement of the technical capacity of the Public Health Laboratories to perform analysis according to the new bathing water directive.Results: The draft “By-law on bathing water quality management” has been prepared with the transposition of 2006/7/EC EU Directive by the Ministry of Health, Public Health Institution of Turkey with the contribution of the relevant institutions. Trainings and workshops were organized. Six guidance documents were prepared, published and distributed. Data quality assessment and classification practice were done at pilot provinces Antalya, Çanakkale and İstanbul. Conclusion: The all activities given in the project contract have been successfully completed and all project mandatory results were reached. The technical and institutional capacity for the full implementation of the 2006/7/EC Directive by the Ministry of Health was impoved successfully with the project

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