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Establishment 
Staff
Budget Achievements
Projects
Expertise
Donors
Contact address
Year of
Establishment:
1992
Current
Staff:
Vladimir Hudek, Country Office Director
Zuzana Hudekova, Project Manager
Zuzana Butasova, Project Manager
Lenka Holecova, Financial Manager
Alexandra Dubnickova, Project Sssistant
Viera Mihaldova, External Accountant
Peter Mederly, External Expoert
Hana Ovesna, volunteer
Operational
Budget in 2007:
EUR 110,000
Major
Achievements:
REC Country Office Slovakia has established an excellent level of cooperation
with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), ministries, local municipalities,
academic institutions and businesses alike.
REC Slovakia
has step by step build up its own expertise and cooperates with many experts
on realisation of projects focused on sustainable development on national,
regional and local level, projects of nature protection, landscape and
settlements biodiversity conservation, projects focused on sustainable
tourism and on environmental education projects focused on participation
of public in the assesment and decision processes.
Projects
Sustainable Development
of Cities and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change on the Quality of
Life and the Environment in Urban Areas – UrbEco Footprint, LIFE
III – Environment:
REC Slovakia published methodological Handbook for Elaboration of Programs
of Economic and Social Development for a City/Town with Application of
Strategic Environmental Assessment in Slovak and English language with
French and German summary. The handbook is intended to municipalities,
local and national authorities, civic organizations concerned with development
planning. Another publication under final preparation is dealing with
innovative calculation of ecological footprint and ecological integrity
with respect to climate changes has been finalized within the project.
The innovative method is reflecting the experiences from ECI, TASUS, ISSUE
and Thematic Strategy on Urban Environment.
PolyDev
REC Slovakia elaborated the special territorial analyses focusing on the
gaps and opportunities towards European Spatial Development Perspective
in the pilot Zilina region and prepared conclusions of 4 other European
regions: Veneto and Marche Regions in Italy, Ftiotida Region in Greece
and (South) Primorska Planning Region in Slovenia. Result of Pilot animation
of territorial analyses were presented in conference in Zilina where participated
almost 200 participants..REC Slovakia as work package Leader prepared
and coordinated principles and patterns of sustainable spatial development
identification and its application within above mentioned pilot areas.
The application works with the aid of GIS module has been prepared using
innovative STeMA model suggested by University of Roma..
Strategies for Sustainable Development on the
Local Level in the Slovak Rural Area of Slovensky kras: Regions 21+
REC Slovakia completed the booklet demonstrating experiences and lessons
learned from pilot project implementing sustainable development strategies
in selected towns of the Microregion Domica in Eastern Slovakia. With
this project REC Slovakia further strengthened the experiences in implementing
Local Agenda 21 in Slovakia.
Protection and Sustainable Development of Carpathians
within the trans-national network
The project is assisting all Carpathian countries with the implementation
of the Carpathian Convention and contributing to better management of
development strategies within the Carpathian Mountain Range. REC Slovakia
is the leader of the Work Package 4 (WP4) in the project. In March 2007
the REC team organized the WP4 Project partners meeting in Bratislava
and in April 2007 three days long all project partners meeting in Bratislava
as well. Both meetings were very important milestones and turning points
in the project implementation.
Parks and Economy
REC Slovakia implemented the detailed SWOT analyses of the Kysuce region
following the model of Austrian Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics.
The SWOT analyses has been incorporated into DEMAP (Development Management
Plan of Kysuce region). Dissemination activities on sustainable rural
development were ongoing and marking local products activity has started
during the stakeholders meeting In Cadca in April 3, 2007.
Green Belt
REC Slovakia as the WP3 leader prepared the educational material „From
Iron Curtain to Green Belt“ together with the educational study
trips for teachers. The aim of the study trips is to provide information
to the teachers about the history and preserved natural values of the
„Iron Curtain“. Works on the 2 feasibility studies about sustainable
transport and involvement of local inhabitants in the sustainable tourism
are under final implementation.
Country
Office Expertise:
Sustainable development
EU-related issues
Environmental policy
Urban greenery management
Environmental Education
Public participation
Donors
for Projects:
European Commission - DG Environment
Slovak Ministry of Environment
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Matra Programme)
NPOA - Civil Society Development Foundation
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Contact
address:
Vysoka 18
811 06 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel.: (421-2) 5263-2942
Fax.: (421-2) 5296-4208
E-mail: rec@changenet.sk
Web: http://www.rec.sk/
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