The findings of the Regional Report on the Level of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in the BERCEN Member Countries emphasise that the first step in developing a better understanding of enforcement and compliance should be an exchange of information on the inspection systems presently in use. The main objective of the exchange programme is therefore to further develop the capacity of the enforcement agencies through the exchange of experience among the merged IMPEL member countries and the BERCEN member countries. The specific objectives are: to bring together environmental inspectors to exchange experience on environmental enforcement and regulatory compliance; to collect information for the case studies on how the BERCEN member countries carry out inspections and to see how the exchange of information could improve those inspections; to provide a forum for regional exchange of experience and information among the stabilisation and association process countries and the European Union accession countries; to help BERCEN member countries reach a level of proficiency that will allow them to actively participate in, and contribute to, IMPEL projects; and to improve bilateral cooperation between enforcement agencies in the region and beyond. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway is funding two exchange programmes: First exchange programme on November 27 - 30, 2002, in Brijuni, Croatia Second exchange programme on April 8-12, 2003, in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Funded under the Programme for Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDS): Third exchange programme on October 19-22, 2004, in Prague, Czech Republic

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