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Bridging Partners, Regions, and Concepts…
ECENA
September 2007
Marta Szigeti Bonifert
Executive Director
Bridging Stakeholders
• The REC is an international
organisation with a mission to
assist in solving environmental
problems……
• The REC is legally based on a
charter signed by the governments
of 29 countries and the European
Commission
• Multi-stakeholder International
Board
• 190 staff (some 30 nationalities)
• 100% project based organization
(over 300 running projects)
• 10 million Euro annual turnover
• Offices in 17 countries
• Population served ~ 200 million
• Operations beyond Central and
Eastern Europe
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Board of Directors
Corrado Clini - Chairman of the
Board Director General
Ministry for the Environment Land and
Sea, Italy
Nadya Boneva
Director
Prome Consulting, Bulgaria
Ferruh Ertürk
Professor, Yildiz University, Turkey
Tom Harvey
Global Environment & Technology
Foundation, Founder and Chairman of
the Board, USA
Jon Opem
Senior Advisor
Ministry of the Environment, Norway
Adriaan Oudeman
Coordinator
Ministry of Housing
Spatial Planning and Environment,
Netherlands
Istvan Pomazi
Chief Advisor
Ministry of Environment and Water,
Hungary
Claude Rouam
Head of Unit
European Commission
Yukio Yanagisawa
Professor of Environment Systems
University of Tokyo, Japan
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REC: expansion of the beneficiary region
• 1990 – Hungary
• 1991 – Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Romania,
Yugoslavia
• 1992 – Albania
• 1995 – Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania
• 2003 – Turkey
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REC: access to different frames
• New EU Members
• Accession
Countries
• Pre-Accession
Countries/
Stabilization and
Association
Programs
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Implementation – “ REC a think- and do-tank”
• REC carried out more than 3500 projects since
1990… – with the support of the country and field
office network – with programmes, topic areas and
funds
• TAs were introduced in 2004 as a tool to better organise and
manage the existing expertise and knowledge within the network
• The topic areas are managed by REC experts based in different
countries
• This development is a direct result of the continuous efforts over
the last years to strengthen the synergies within the organisation,
to build on the accumulated experience and knowledge and fully
use the available in-house expertise
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Bridging – Across Borders
Sustainability,
Climate
Change
SEA
Government
Government
Grants,
training
programmes
NGOs
NGOs
Improvement
of energy
efficiency
The REC
Local
Local
Governments
Governments
Environmental
Financing,
LEAPs
Business
Business
Citizens
Citizens
Awareness
Raising,
Green Pack
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Partnerships
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EEA – Several topic centers of the European Environment Agency
EC - Environmental Experts Group on Structural Funds (DG Env.)
OECD - EAP Task Force, Development Assistance Committee Working
G. on SEA
UNDP - Danube and Black Sea Task Force
UNEP - Finance Initiative Task Force, Joint work on the Carpathians
Convention, Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles
CSD – Commission on Sustainable Development
UNECE - Cooperation with UNECE on the implementation of the Aarhus
Convention, the Espoo Convention, the International Water Convention,
the International Accidents Convention and related protocols
ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube
River
MEDREP – Mediterranean Renewable Energy Programme Initiative
E3G, HBLF, VIU, CEU, Agroinnova, ICLEI, IUCN, EPE, AMCHAM
TOYOTA, JIBIC, Philips, GE, ITDH, USAID
EECCA RECs
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Donor Contributions 1990-2005
5% 4%
6%
European Countries
30%
7%
European Union
Japan (JSF)
USA
Italy (ITF)
12%
Others
UN Agencies
12%
CEE Countries
24%
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Donors
• RECENT DONORS:
• European Commission
• The governments of Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the
United States
• Other inter-governmental and private institutions
THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OF DONORS
GIVEN TO CEE THROUGH THE REC
EXCEEDED
100 MILLION EUROS!
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REC – Transfer of Lessons Learned
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The REC bridges – donors and
beneficiaries
• The REC serves as a unique mechanism for
implementing political decisions
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NGO Support
Strategic Environmental Assessments
Implementation of the Aarhus Convention
Public Transport
Biodiversity Projects
Education for Sustainable Development
Renewable/Sustainable Energy
Climate Change
Legal support – EU harmonisation
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Main directions of work following the
strategy 2006-2010
• Strengthening institutions
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Sustainable development strategies and plans
LEAP Development and implementation
Environmental law, national, EU and international
Environmental financing
Environmental enforcement and compliance
• Capacity building of stakeholders and assisting
partnerships
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Education for sustainable development
Capacity building
NGO financing
Providing environmental information
Assisting the practical implementation of the Aarhus Convention
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Main directions of work following the
strategy 2006-2010
• Sustainable management and use of natural
resources
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Biodiversity, agriculture and rural development
Water management
Resource and waste management
Environment and security
Sustainable enterprise
• Sectoral integration
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Environmental assessment
Climate change and sustainable energy
Sustainable transport
Health and environment
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Major environmental Initiative under the
Stability Pact for SEE – “REReP”
• Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme
for South Eastern Europe
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Launched in 2000 in the frame of Stability Pact for
South Eastern Europe
• Task Force comprising of ministers of Environment,
EC, donors and NGOs guides its implementation
• Since the very beginning the REC plays a role of
Secretariat of REReP
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Major environmental Initiative under the
Stability Pact for SEE – “REReP”
• Since launch of REReP growing efforts for
• strengthening environmental institutions, policy
reform and civil society building
• transfer of best practices, exchange of
experience, established networks
• Increasing
• number of cross-border agreements and
initiatives
• mutual trust and long-term horizon for European
integration
• political support from the countries
• A great need for further environmental
assistance
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Donor contribution to REReP projects
60,000,000
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9,400,000
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35,200,000
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49,800,000
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ECENA
• ECENA (former BERCEN) is one of success
stories of SEE
• Became a successful mechanism for regional
cooperation in improving implementation and
enforcement of EU legislation
• Supports environmental agencies
and inspectorates to address current
challenges in improving their
capacities and the exchange of
experience and best practices
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ECENA MAP
• ECENA Multi-Annual work Programme 20072010
• Summarizes the ECENA priorities and activities for
the given period
• Developed taking into consideration the EU accession
priorities of the potential candidate and pre-candidate
countries
• Builds upon the achievements of the previous
BERCEN/ECENA MAP 2003-2006, as well
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ECENA MAP
• We hope that
• the ECENA MAP will be regarded as an evolving document,
subject to change as new priorities arise for which additional
funding is obtained
• different financial arrangements ( CARDS and PHARE) will not
slow down the implementation of the programme
• We are convinced that
• Commitment of the beneficiaries to work together on the MAP
implementation is strong
The REC is proud to work as secretariat and
implementing agency with high commitment to
achieve concrete and measurable results with visible
impact in the region
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Sustainable Development: An Issue of
Carrying Capacity
If we go on with current production and consumption patterns,
Two planets needed by 2050
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2050
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Based on "Beyond the Limits", D.H. Meadows, D. L. Meadows, and J. Randers 1992;
Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction VT.
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Thank you for your attention!