REC Albania starts park project based on trilateral agreement
The Regional Environmental Center Albania (REC Albania) has officially begun implementation of a project titled "Dajti National Park: An Accessible and Attractive Touristic Destination". This is the first project to be set in motion based on the trilateral Austerlitz-Slavkov cooperation agreement between Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In early 2015, the...
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WATER CRIMES project holds kick-off meeting
New project sets the stage for strategic analysis of water-related crimes in Europe
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Netherlands delegation, REC meet to discuss EU presidency
On February 10, 2016, a delegation from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Hungary, led by Elzo Molenberg, Deputy Head of Mission, met with REC Executive Director Marta Szigeti Bonifert and senior experts from the REC to enhance cooperation as part of an effort to reinforce priorities of the Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The...
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SEEDLING project team visits Montenegro
Within the scope of planned country visits, the SEEDLING Team visited Podgorica, Montenegro on February 11-12, 2016 for some important meetings with beneficiaries and stakeholders. The team also met the newly appointed contact person from the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism of Montenegro, Admir Sahmanovic, Advisor in the Division for EU Pre-Accession...
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Vienna hosts 3rd ICPDR Ministerial Meeting
The 3rd International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) Ministerial Meeting took place on February 9, 2016, in Vienna, Austria, at the ARES Tower. During the meeting, ministers and high-level representatives responsible for water management from the Danube River Basin countries and the European Commission endorsed two management plans and adopted a...
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Putting SDGs into action
SEEDLING project holds First Project Team Meeting
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Ukraine cities commit to LINK goals
All five of the LINK project's beneficiary municipalities have made progress towards institutionalising cooperation with the REC. Three municipalities have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) (Cherkasy, Ivano Frankivsk, Lubny), and two more (Poltava and Berdychiv) plan to sign in the near future. The LINK team visited all five municipalities between January...
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REC travel plan greens commutes
A raft of measures to encourage greener transport among staff has helped cut the REC's carbon footprint, and increase healthy means of travel. The combined initiatives of the REC's sustainable mobility plan have helped cut single-occupancy car commuting by 8 percent and boosted shared mobility and other sustainable travel significantly. The REC's plan...
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