Simon
Parrock - 26-Oct-2006 - Do you want to play an
active role in your local community and help improve
the environment where you live?
The Environment Agency is looking
for people from all backgrounds and walks of life
to join their Regional Advisory Committees in
the North West.
Meeting four times a year, members
bring their ideas to the table, helping to shape
and influence the Environment Agency’s policies.
They will also have a role in providing suggestions
and advice on how these polices will work in practice
- protecting and improving the environment in
local communities.
The Environment Agency is looking
for new members to join one of two committees:
The Regional Environment Protection
Advisory Committee (REPAC) focuses on how the
Environment Agency protects the environment. Committee
members have an important role in looking at how
the Environment Agency is doing, the direction
they should be going and what their priorities
should be;
The waterways of England and
Wales are a crucial resource where many people
live work and play. The Regional Fisheries, Ecology
& Recreation Advisory Committee (RFERAC) looks
at how the Environment Agency improves and develops
fisheries, ecology and recreation. The committee
has an important role in conserving and improving
this vital part of our environment.
The Environment Agency wants committee members
to act as:
Advisors – provide informed
advice, from those that are regulated and from
independent experts;
Networkers – help the Environment Agency form
new partnerships and influence key agendas;
Critical friends – constructively challenge the
Environment Agency’s approach and monitor and
advise on its achievements.
Committee member roles are non-salaried but members
are entitled to claim travel expenses and, in
some cases, subsistence and financial loss allowance
may also be payable.
The new terms begin on 1 April
2007 and appointments will be made for up to three
years. Committee meetings are held four times
a year during office hours, usually at the Environment
Agency’s regional head office in Warrington.
Anyone interested in applying
or nominating someone else should contact Helen
Leyland on 020 7863 8769, email helen.leyland@environment-agency.gov.uk
or by writing to Helen at: Environment Agency,
Millbank Tower, 25th Floor, 21-24 Millbank, London
SW1P 4XL. The closing date is 31 January 2007.
