The improvement of an Environmental Protection System (EPS) for the Russian Arctic will follow on from the SAP and will constitute the first stage of its implementation. The EPS will embody revisions and improvements in the legislative, administrative, institutional and technical sectors and these will be implemented as a means of ensuring the implementation of the SAP. The EPS represents a third major deliverable from the Project but has additional importance, as it will provide the basis for federal and on-the-ground implementation of the SAP.
