CONSULTATION BRIEF
Start date: 01 September 2025
Closing date: 29 September 2025
Title of the public consultation: Public Consultation: Aarhus Convention National Implementation Report 2025
Ministry: Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness (MEEC)
Entity: Environment and Resources Authority (ERA)
- Background
The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (hereinafter referred to as the Aarhus Convention) was adopted on 25 June 1998 in Aarhus, Denmark and entered into force on 30 October 2001.
The Aarhus Convention establishes a number of participatory rights for the public with regard to the environment, categorised under three pillars: (1) access to environmental information, (2) public participation in decision making and (3) access to justice.
Malta ratified the Convention in April 2002 and currently, the Environment and Resources Authority holds the role of National Focal Point for the Aarhus Convention in Malta.
Article 10 of the Aarhus Convention requires the Meeting of the Parties to keep the implementation of the Convention under continuous review through regular reporting by the Parties. National Reports are required to be prepared through a transparent and consultative process involving the public. To this end, Parties are required to review their earlier report (submitted in 2021) and submit an updated version.
For more information on the Aarhus Convention please visit: https://era.org.mt/era-topic-categories/information-participation-justice/.
- Consultation
The draft 2025 National Implementation Report covers the period between July 2020 and June 2024.
This Report was drafted following an initial public consultation exercise conducted in December 2024/January 2025 by ERA and following consultations with various public authorities and stakeholders on how the Aarhus provisions have been implemented at national level.
The consolidated draft 2025 Report is hereby being published for the final round of public consultation. The Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness and the Environment and Resources Authority welcome any feedback on this Report which may be reflected therein.
- Documents
Aarhus Convention National Implementation Report 2025
Report on comments submitted during Intent and Objectives stage
Public Submissions and Responses
- Submission of feedback
Comments are being invited through the feedback form at publicconsultation.gov.mt or otherwise by email through [email protected].
- Further notes
Please be informed that comments submitted, together with the identity of the contributor, may be published online at the end of the public consultation, unless the contributor objects to the publication of his/her personal data. In this case, the contribution may be published in anonymous form. All comments submitted shall be duly considered.
