REC Powerpoint template

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Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme
for South Eastern Europe (REReP) Five years of
reconstruction and EU approximation
Yordanka Minkova REReP Project Manager
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New REReP publication

• Five major sections
• History of REReP
• Project implementation cover the period 2003
  2005
• Institution building
• Support to environmental civil society
• Support to environmental regional cooperation
  mechanisms and cross-border projects
• Reducing environmental health threats and the
  loss of biodiversity.

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• History of REReP
• Skopje meeting in March, 2000
• REReP mechanism revised and linked to SAP
• REReP Task Force
• Secretariat of REReP Task Force
• REReP Stakeholders and partners
• Donor support mechanism

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REReP Stakeholders and Partners

• The countries of the region
• European Union member states and the European
  Commission
• Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
• EEA and EAR
• Other donor countries Norway, Switzerland,
  United States, Japan
• International organisations UNEP, OSCE, World
  Conservation Union, UNDP, UESCO
• Nongovernmental organisations
• International financial institutions World Bank,
  EBRD, EIB, Council of Europe Development Bank

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• Recent developments
• Political context
• REReP Independent External Review
• REReP Future Paper The way forward

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Institution Building

• The Priority Environmental Investment Programme
  (PEIP) for SEE supports national environmental
  investment planning
• Assistance in Environmental Law Drafting in
  South Eastern Europe
• Strengthening Environmental Implementation and
  Enforcement in SEE Countries within the SAP.
  ECENA (former BERCEN)
• Support for Acceptance and Implementation of
  Multilateral Environmental Agreements in South
  and Eastern Europe

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Institution Building

• Promotion of integration of environmental
  concerns into sectoral policies in South Eastern
  Europe
• Local Environmental Action Plans in the Western
  Balkans
• Capacity Building for Implementation of UNECE SEA
  Protocol in SEE Countries

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Support to environmental civil society

• Regional Initiatives for Sustainable Development
  in the Western Balkans
• Support to the Environmental Non-governmental
  Organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Trust Fund for Locally Initiated Environmental
  Projects - Albania
• Danube Regional Project
• Small Grants component
• Access to Information and Public Participation
  component

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Support to environmental civil society

• Balkan Bytes Environmental NGO Electronic
  Networking in South Eastern Europe
• Connecting Networks
• Raising Environmental Consciousness through
  Environmental Education and Information Programme
• Networking of SEE environmental NGOs

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Support to environmental regional cooperation
mechanisms and cross-border projects

• Facilitation of Cross-Border Cooperation in SEE
• Promotion of Cross-Border Cooperation, Networking
  and Exchanges in South Eastern Europe
• Cross-border Municipal Environmental Cooperation
  in the Drina River Basin
• Balkan Plant Conservation Network
• Sava River Commission Technical, Legal,
  Stakeholder, and Secretariat

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Reducing environmental health threats and the
loss of biodiversity

• Balkan Biodiversity Conservation Forum
• Environment and Security (EnvSec) Initiative in
  South-Eastern Europe
• IUCN Office in Belgrade