Improving the Practices of Public Participation:

Next Steps in Implementing
the Aarhus Convention

Pilot projects

At the local level, 12 local pilot projects addressed specific problems related to land use, waste management, and other issues. They also promoted public participation and the Aarhus Convention through capacity building and training on topics related to it, and public participation in specific or strategic decision making.

Each pilot was about six months long and was implemented by local NGOs. Most involve building relationships between the public, civil society, and local administrators so as to facilitate public participation in specific cases and build best practices which can be translated across counties.

Increasing Public Participation for the Purpose of Reducing Industrial Pollution in Elbasan
Ecology Club in Elbasan, Albania

• Project in progress (PDF - 18 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 41 KB)

Creating a Public Participation Strategy for Kolonja Commune
Institute for Justice and Home Affairs, Albania

• Project in progress (PDF - 18 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 18 KB)

The Citizens of Tuzla have a Right to Know!
The Center for Ecology and Energy (CEETZ), Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Project in progress (PDF - 17 KB)
• Final report (PDF - 48 KB)

Aarhus in Practice
Eco-Logic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Project in progress (PDF - 16 KB)
• Final report (PDF - 52 KB)

Together with Less Litter
“Fokus”, Serbia

• Project in progress (PDF - 19 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 58 KB)

Improving Public Participation Relative to Belgrade’s Urban Planning
Belgrade Town Planners’ Association, Serbia

• Project in progress (PDF - 18 KB)
• Final report (PDF - 25 KB)

Public Participation in the Planning Process for New Mining
Areas in Obliq Municipality
Ekoklina, Kosovo (Territory under Interim UN Administration), Obiliq Municipality

• Project in progress (PDF - 20 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 73 KB)

Let’s Make the First Step
Vision Towards Future, Kosovo (Territory under Interim UN Administration), Shtime

• Project in progress (PDF - 15 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 41 KB)

System for Environmental Decision-Making
ORT - Training for Sustainable Development, Macedonia (Municipalities of Centar, Gazi Baba, and Zelenikovo)

• Project in progress (PDF - 19 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 94 KB)

Together for a Clean Environment
Permaculture and Peacebuilding Center (PPC), Macedonia

• Project in progress (PDF - 20 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 57 KB)

Participate! Decide! Win!
Green Home - Zeleni dom, Serbia and Montenegro, municipality of Danilovgrad

• Project in progress (PDF - 17 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 38 KB)

Public Awareness-Raising and Joint Activity of Stakeholders
in Decision-Making Process Aiming to Find the Best Solution
for Port Milena Lagune Ecological “Black Point” for Municipality of Ulcinj
Greens of Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
(Municipality of Ulcinj)

• Project in progress (PDF - 22 KB)
• Final riport (PDF - 83 KB)
  

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