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Project Title |
Summary Description |
| 1. |
Follow-up Technical Assistance & Public Awareness Campaign, Fier
City, Albania |
Technical assistance was provided for conceptual hydraulic design
and specification for a sewerage system in Fier city. An international
consultant - CH2M Hill -produced The Conceptual Design Report for the
sewerage system in Fier covering also a sewer maintenance and cleaning
programme. A Tender Document for Sewerage Upgrades was also produced
for the benefit of the local administration in Fier for the benefit of
the Fier local administration and the Ministry of Environment of
Albania. |
| 2. |
Follow-up Technical Assistance & Public Awareness Campaign
Siauliai City, Lithuania |
Under the public awareness part, three TV programmes were prepared
on the respective subjects of medical, technical hazardous and
household waste management and were broadcasted in the weekly
environmental programme “DNR” between October 2000 and January
2001 on the national TV channel. A leaflet on household hazardous
waste management was published and a workshop on waste management
issues was organized for teachers involved in the national project
School Agenda 21.A Teacher's guide on sustainable consumption and
waste management was prepared for this event. |
| 3. |
Follow-up Technical Assistance & Public Awareness Campaign,
Veles City, Macedonia |
The technical assistance on the follow-up project was supplied by
Krüger International Consult in the form of two feasibility studies
on pollution prevention/abatement by applying cleaner production
principles in the MAP/NPK plant of the fertilizer complex and the
caustic cadmium plant of the smelter complex, respectively. A two-day
workshop for 24 participants from 8 local NGOs and a series of
discussion meetings were organized for the public awareness part and
covered the topics of project planning, proposal writing and project
implementation. 6 grants were awarded in two rounds on a competitive
basis to best public awareness project proposals prepared by NGOs.
Seven TV shows, two TV spots for local TV channels, two radio spots
for local radio stations, two posters, three leaflets, a brochure and
6 issues of a bulletin all focussing on quality of environment and
environmental problems in Veles were delivered through the NGO grants
to different audiences in Veles. |
| 4. |
Strengthening Cooperation on the Environmental Management
Implementation in Bulgarian and Macedonian Industries |
Two workshops for representatives of 15 major polluting companies
from Bulgaria and South-East Macedonia were organized in order to
share experience with major EMS implementation steps, integration of
the ISO 14001 and latest/forthcoming legislative requirements as well
as approaches regarding public access to environmental information.
Support was provided to the establishment and implementation of a
corporate EMS under ISO 14001 at the Bulgarian company ELMA AD in
Trojan and basic documentation was developed. A series of meetings was
conducted between the Institute for Standardization in Skopje and
Macedonian companies regarding exchange of experience with official
adoption of ISO 14001 in Macedonia. A database of companies
introducing EMS and potentially interested in establishment of a
corporate EMS was compiled. |
| 5. |
Environmental Audit for Selected Industries, Daugavpils City, Latvia |
An introductory seminar on cleaner production, waste minimization
and environmental management systems (EMS) was followed by
environmental audits in 5 selected local enterprises and the
Daugavpils Central Hospital which identified main environmental
problems. Environmental Action Plans were developed for each of the 6
participating organizations. |
| 6. |
Capacity for Climate Change |
The project focused on work with NGOs in 6 selected countries of the
CEE region. Grants were awarded to NGOs on a competitive basis for
preparation of reports on assessment of best practices in policies and
measures in a selected sector within their respective countries to
support their national governments in the climate negotiations.
Partner NGOs also elaborated outreach strategies and completed surveys
on the capacity needs related to the national systems in their
countries. Two meetings of the Advisory Committee were organized as
well as regional workshops for partner NGOs. |
| 7. |
Development of Environmental Law and Policy in BiH |
A manual for development of Local Environmental Action Plans (LEAP)
based on internationally adopted methodology and recommended by the
Institute for Sustainable Communities was modified in order to reflect
the specific B&H circumstances and translated into the local
language. Based on the manual, three LEAP workshops were organized in
three B&H municipalities for representatives of local government,
public services, main industries, educational institutions, local NGOs
and media. Due to delays in implementation, the project has been
extended into the next fiscal year. |
| 8. |
Public Support for Water Conservation in Fieri, Albania |
The project aimed at raising the awareness of general public and
local government for conservation of water resources. A public
awareness campaign on wise use of drinking water was supported through
announcement of NGO grants on a competitive basis The implementation
of the NGO projects continues into the next fiscal year. |
| 9. |
Environmental Headline Indicators for Economies in Transition - A
Case Study for Three Baltic States |
A case study was drafted for testing a set of headline indicators
with the relevant data from the CEE. The study was reviewed during an
assessment workshop by about 50 participating experts from the three
Baltic states as well as from international organizations. A set of
limited and therefore manageable headline indicators was proposed
based on the case study and reviewed by the same workshop. It was
concluded that the headline indicator approach is an important tool
for communication vital information about the environment to
politicians as well as to general public. |
| 10. |
Early Implementation of Aarhus Convention in Lithuania |
Two workshops were organized in order to teach Lithuanian NGOs how
to access and actively request environmental information in the
framework of the Aarhus Convention. An official translation of the
text of the Convention was provided as well as several leaflets on
relevant topics. Two roundtable discussions were organized involving
representatives of the Government, the Parliament, NGOs and
municipalities. Typical register of environmental information
available at municipality was developed as well as environmental
business database and database of informational resources of main
ecological organizations in Lithuania. A social survey for more than
3,000 respondents was carried out in 3 major towns on public awareness
of the waste management problems. |
| 11. |
Improving Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency in Macedonia |
A four-day “Training of Trainers” seminar for 14 representatives
of the Macedonian industry, governmental agencies and energy utilities
was designed and delivered by an expert from the Czech republic. The
seminar participants received information about energy use, energy
efficiency and energy savings in different economic sectors and about
technical measures and policy instruments available in this field.
Furthermore, a 45 minutes radio programme was broadcasted on
Macedonian national radio station discussing project objectives and
benefits of the project for the Macedonian economy. Grants were
awarded on a competitive basis to energy saving/efficiency projects
carried out by environmental NGOs. The project has been continued into
the next fiscal year. |
| 12. |
Training of Young Environmental Leaders in Central and Eastern
Europe |
In the time frame of the project, 33 fellows graduated from the
training programme and out of those 18fellows from 14 different
countries were financed from this grant. For each session, there was a
three-week training period that included workshops on the REC's
activities, the role of NGOs in civil society, environmental
management, international NGO cooperation, proposal writing, project
management, and computer applications. During this period the fellows
also participated in field visits to well-established NGOs. |
| 13. |
SOS - Strengthening the Information Society |
A position paper advocating benefits of electronic tools for
enhancing access to environmental information was prepared and
presented to the meeting of the Aarhus Convention Signatories. A Task
Force was established on this issue and REC played a leading role in
identifying future priorities at its meeting in Arendal, Norway. A
survey on use of electronic tools was carried out in 16 countries of
Europe and CIS which identified 35 case studies on this topic. A
compendium of case studies was printed in 200 copies and distributed
throughout the UNECE region. |
| 14. |
Environmental Media Service |
11 issues of the Green Horizon sheet were published and distributed
electronically to more than 500 subscribers and posted at the REC web
site. Each issue highlighted unique events or general activities of
different environmental stakeholders. The project staff provided
critical information in real time to journalists from the region free
of charge in order to strengthen the environmental component of their
reporting. A Media Source database of environmental journalists and
news organizations from the CEE region was compiled containing more
than 1000 English speaking environmental experts from the region. A
directory of more than 500 governmental institutions with
environmental responsibilities in 15 CEE countries was compiled. |
| 15. |
The CEE Envirnmental Progress Report |
The project aimed to produce a report evaluating the effectiveness
and impact of environmental policies in CEE over the past 10 years. A
tailor-made methodology was selected using both standard and new
indicators allowing for presentation of information from each country
in a uniform way. The project team decided to prepare a new concept
assessing deeper environmental performance of individual sectors and
tied closer with economic development patterns. Instead, relevant
portions of the speech of the REC Chairman of the Board given at the
10th Anniversary of
the REC in June 2000 was spiral bound. |
| 16. |
CEE Environment Report |
Two issues of the REC quarterly Bulletin were produced and
distributed to nearly 5,000 stakeholders and to many more through the
freely accessible REC website. The information covered latest
environmental issues, developments, emerging trends, policies,
processes, stakeholders and information sources. The recipients were
governments, NGOs, international organizations and businesses, media
and general public in the CEE region. |
| 17. |
On-line Information Module on Sustainable Cities/CEE |
An on-line information module primarily for environmental decision
makers working for municipalities was prepared. The module is
structured into 64 web pages (around 90 A4 pages in printed form)
covering a wide range of issues in an easy-to-understand language. A
printed promotional brochure containing a summary of the module
content was produced in 3,000 copies and distributed to local
governments, funders, project partners and other stakeholders in the
CEE region. |
| 18. |
Waste Water Management for Fieri District, Albania |
Grants were awarded on a competitive basis to four NGO projects in
Fieri facilitating involvement of local communities in monitoring of
illegal discharges into the sewage system, raising public awareness on
health effects of water pollution as well as on conservation of
drinking water. Implementation of the NGO projects goes into the next
fiscal year. |
| 19. |
Low Cost Waste Water Technologies in CEE |
A survey on cleaner production, pollution prevention, waste
minimization and EMS activities was performed in galvanic industries
in four countries in Central Europe (so called Visegrad 4). Another
survey focused on reed bed wastewater treatment installations and
suppliers. Further activities encompassed preparation of an initial
environmental review in two selected galvanic workshops in Hungary,
preparation of relevant feasibility studies for new (additional)
wastewater treatment as well as investigation of financial conditions
for investment including a survey among potential credit institutions. |
| 20. |
Meeting of High Level Officials on “Transport Sustainable for
Environment and Health”, CEE |
The workshop brought together officials from the ministries of
transport, environment and health from 14 CEE and three CIS countries
as well as representatives of international organizations. The
countries involved identified a number of common needs and priorities
and put special emphasis on support for the public transport in CEE.
The officials also supported the idea of negotiation of a Framework
Convention on Transport Sustainable for Environment and Health which
would establish sustainable transport as a pan-European priority. |
| 21. |
Approaches to Strategic Environmental Assessment in Central and
Eastern Europe |
A workshop for representatives of 15 CEE/CIS governments as well as
observers from UN ECE and UNDP was organized. Participants presented
case studies that indicated a set of common priorities in the
development of the national SEA systems. Furthermore, the participants
discussed and adopted a work programme for the Sofia EIA Initiative
for 2001-2003 based on three components: i) regional SEA workshops,
ii) informal CEE consultations on the future SEA Protocol to the Espoo
Convention, and iii) support to pilot SEA projects. The workshop
highlighted importance of environmental assessment of Trans-European
Transport Networks. |
| 22. |
Regional Workshop/Pilot Testing Urban Environmental Management EMS
“Train-the Trainers” Resource Kit |
A regional workshop addressed the development and implementation of
an Environmental Management System (EMS) in local authorities and
municipalities. The workshop provided the forum for the further
improvement of the training materials and for discussion on the
wide-scale EMS methodology dissemination in the world, including
Central and Eastern Europe. It also focused on a role of the REC and
its Country Offices in the EMS training programme. |
| 23. |
Environmental TV Commercials, Hungary |
A 26-second animated TV spot was produced on the topic of waste
management which is to be shown on Hungarian national TV channel
during peak viewing times. The spot raises awareness of “average”
citizens about their possible contribution to the solution of communal
waste generation problem. Copies of the spot will be sent to local TV
channels throughout Hungary for further broadcasting. Intentional use
of minimum text in the spot will facilitate distribution to other REC
target countries as well. |
| 24. |
Emergency Programme for Aukstrakiai Hazardous Waste Dumpsite,
Lithuania |
A technical/detailed design and a tender documentation for the
management of Austrakiai leather industry waste landfill were
prepared. The implementation goes into the next fiscal year. |
| 25. |
CEE/Skillshare Workshop Municipal Waste Management, Poland |
A workshop for 13 NGO representatives, local authority officials as
well as local leaders motivated to work in and with their local
communities was organized. The participants got acquainted with „The
Tidy Town Programme” - a model of community action plan successfully
tested in Poland. The workshop facilitated sharing of information on
problems related to public involvement in waste management in 13 CEE
countries. |
| 26. |
Tisza Grants |
Grants were awared for Hungarian environmental NGOs for activities
related to public awareness raising and mitigation of the Tisza River
cyanide spill. |
