The REC's mission is to promote cooperation among diverse environmental groups and interests in Central and Eastern Europe; to act as a catalyst for developing solutions to environmental problems in this region; and to promote the development of a civil society. Beneficiary countries are Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia. In these countries REC primarily supports environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs), but also cooperates with local authorities, national governments, academic institutions, and the private sector.

In addition to its head office and local office in Budapest, the REC has local offices in Warsaw, Bratislava (serving both the Czech and Slovak Republics), Bucharest, Sofia, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Skopje. There are local coordinators in Lithuania and Latvia.

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A report from the REC Initiative:
"Status of Public Participation Practices in Environmental Decisionmaking in Central and Eastern Europe
Case studies of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia"
September 1995

ISBN: 963 8454 27 X

Published by:
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, 2000 Szentendre, Ady Endre út 9-11, Hungary

This report was sponsored by the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and the Environment of The Netherlands under grant number 95.32.0095 as part of the Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking in Central and Eastern Europe project.