REC - EMTC: Insight 1/2: ETP Slovakia Foundation

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ETP Slovakia Foundation

Environmental Training Project (ETP) Slovakia Foundation is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization founded in Bratislava as a follow-up of the Environmental Training Project for Central and Eastern Europe. It was established in February 1995 as a result of a two-year discussion among Slovak environmental professionals and activists concerned with the state of environmental affairs in Slovakia. The Foundation responds to urgent needs in Slovakia for more intensive communication about environmental issues.

The mission of the ETP Slovakia Foundation is to contribute to sustainable development and civil society in Slovakia through searching for their mutual connections, improving the decisionmaking process and cross-sector approach in solving social, economic and environmental problems.

The Foundation's goals are:

To strengthen the cross-sector and participatory approaches in environmental problem solving.
To develop the skills necessary for environmental improvements.
To create space for discussion about environmental and social issues and for solutions to problems.
To support public participation in the decisionmaking process and collaborative approaches in solving problems.

Main activities:

Education, trainings, workshops in environmental and public sector management
Technical assistance and consultations to community-based projects and initiatives
Publishing of brochures and manuals
Management of research projects
Grant administration

Target audience:

Nongovernmental organizations
Self-government
State government
Businesses
Universities

The Foundation's main programs are:

Environmental management training programs
- Environmental Training Project for Central and Eastern Europe. This five-year USAID funded project based on a partnership of the Foundation with the University of Minnesota, was launched in 1992 and is directed by a Consortium Council. Its main goal is to strengthen the environmental management capacity through short term interactive management training for environmental professionals and activists.
- Environmental Management Training Centers Network (EMTC-N). The Foundation is a member of an informal and free network of environmental management training institutions from CEE, with whom the Foundation participates in delivery of environmental management trainings.
- ETP International (ETP-I). ETP-S Foundation is the founding member as well as the host of a newly established informal non-profit international association.
Community programs
- Community Projects Support Program. In consortium with the Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia, the Foundation participates in a program whose goal is to assist community-based civic initiatives.
- Limitations and Opportunities for Environmental Management at local level: "Developing a Mechanism of Institutional Cooperation in Air Quality Management in Upper-Nitra" (World Resources Institute, Washington D.C.)
Research programs
- Strengthening contribution to sustainable development in Central and Eastern Europe - policy research project (Center for Nations in Transition - Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, Minneapolis).

PROFILE
Name: Environmental Training Project (ETP) Slovakia Foundation Established: February 1995 Type of organization: Non-profit, nongovernmental Staff: Boris Strecansky, Executive Director; Andrej Steiner, Program Manager, Kosice; Ludmila Majlathova, Program Manager in Kosice; Alena Bradiakova, Project Manager; Andre Ansevin-Allen, US Peace Corps volunteer; Stefan Forrc, Financial Manager; Martina Vagacova, ETP International Coordinator Contact address: Hanulova 5/b, 840 02 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Tel/Fax: (421-7) 785-180 E-mail: Boris@etp.sanet.sk List of trainings delivered in 1992-1996: Environmental Auditing I. Environmental Auditing II. Industrial Application Environmental Auditing III. Application in Agriculture Using Information for Effective Environmental Management Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement on Local and Regional Level Environmental Impact Assessment Pollution Prevention in Eastern Slovakia: Building Human and Institutional Resources Effective Local and Regional Legal Procedures for More Effective Environmental Protection Business Plan and Financing Proposal Environmental Liability in Privatization Financial Management for Small Environmental Businesses Strategic Environmental Management Developing a Marketing Plan for Environmental Business Principles of Market Dynamics, Competitive Analysis and Strategy Development Intensive Training on Strategic Planning for Environmental Managers of Small Companies Developing a Community Environmental Action Plan Strategic Planning and Fundraising for Environmental NGOs Law and Environment for NGOs How to Organize an Environmental Campaign Communication in an Environmental NGO Public Relations for Environmental NGOs Possibilities for Using Electronic Media for Communication among Environmental NGOs Heavy Metals and Health Impact on People Public Participation in EIA How to Succeed at EIA Public Hearing Building a Strong Environmental NGO Economic Issues of Environmental NGOs Improving Environmental Information Flow in Kosice as a Tool for Strengthening the Public Environmental Awareness Water and Energy Conservation Alternative Forms of Environmental Education Developing Environmental Curricula at Universities Building Regional Capacity for Solving Environmental Problems Waste Management and Environment Strategies for Municipal Waste Minimization in Kosice Effective Negotiation, Assertiveness and Conflict Resolution in Environmental Protection

PROFILE

Name: Environmental Training Project (ETP) Slovakia Foundation
Established: February 1995
Type of organization: Non-profit, nongovernmental
Staff:: Boris Strecansky, Executive Director;; Andrej Steiner, Program Manager, Kosice;; Ludmila Majlathova, Program Manager in Kosice;; Alena Bradiakova, Project Manager;; Andre Ansevin-Allen, US Peace Corps volunteer;; Stefan Forrc, Financial Manager;; Martina Vagacova, ETP International Coordinator
Contact address: Hanulova 5/b, 840 02 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel/Fax: (421-7) 785-180
E-mail: Boris@etp.sanet.sk
List of trainings delivered in 1992-1996:

Environmental Auditing I.
Environmental Auditing II. Industrial Application
Environmental Auditing III. Application in Agriculture
Using Information for Effective Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement on Local and Regional Level
Environmental Impact Assessment
Pollution Prevention in Eastern Slovakia: Building Human and Institutional Resources
Effective Local and Regional Legal Procedures for More Effective Environmental Protection
Business Plan and Financing Proposal
Environmental Liability in Privatization
Financial Management for Small Environmental Businesses
Strategic Environmental Management
Developing a Marketing Plan for Environmental Business
Principles of Market Dynamics, Competitive Analysis and Strategy Development
Intensive Training on Strategic Planning for Environmental Managers of Small Companies
Developing a Community Environmental Action Plan
Strategic Planning and Fundraising for Environmental NGOs
Law and Environment for NGOs
How to Organize an Environmental Campaign
Communication in an Environmental NGO
Public Relations for Environmental NGOs
Possibilities for Using Electronic Media for Communication among Environmental NGOs
Heavy Metals and Health Impact on People
Public Participation in EIA
How to Succeed at EIA Public Hearing
Building a Strong Environmental NGO
Economic Issues of Environmental NGOs
Improving Environmental Information Flow in Kosice as a Tool for Strengthening the Public Environmental Awareness
Water and Energy Conservation
Alternative Forms of Environmental Education
Developing Environmental Curricula at Universities
Building Regional Capacity for Solving Environmental Problems
Waste Management and Environment
Strategies for Municipal Waste Minimization in Kosice
Effective Negotiation, Assertiveness and Conflict Resolution in Environmental Protection

REC * EMTC * PUBLICATIONS * INSIGHT * AUTUMN 1996