The panel assesses applications to the Contaminated Sites and Vulnerable Landfills Fund (CSVLF).
The panel will include:
- contaminated land specialists including suitably qualified and experienced practitioners (SQEPs)
- staff from regional councils, unitary authorities and territorial authorities
- a representative from the Ministry for the Environment.
Panel members will individually review and score eligible applications to the CSVLF.
Following the individual review process, the panel will meet to discuss applications, confirm scoring and make recommendations on each application.
The Ministry will consider recommendations from the panel and make final funding decisions.
To be on the panel you must have experience in contaminated land management and remediation and/or coastal processes, and be:
- employed by a regional council, unitary authority or territorial authority, or
- a suitably qualified and experienced practitioner (SQEP).
Please note, only SQEPs will be renumerated for their time.
The panel will meet every two months, with the first meeting expected to take place in February 2025. Further meetings will take place in April, June, August, October and December.
We require each panel member to attend around two meetings per year. We will provide members with all applications and materials required to assess applications in advance of these meetings. Please let us know if you will not be available for any meeting dates.
We are seeking applications for CSVLF panel members.
We will recruit a pool of members to draw from at each panel sitting. This is because of the small number of people who meet the panel criteria and the likelihood of conflicts of interest. We expect each panel member will be involved in around two application assessments per year.
This approach means you can still be a part of the panel even if you are involved in a project that will apply to the CSVLF. We will make sure you are not included in the assessment panel meeting for your application.