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PEIP helps improve water and waste laws
August 21, 2008   Environmental degradation is a global phenomenon, but concern and awareness about this problem is now growing in South-East Europe (SEE). The real question, however, is: 'How do broad environmental directives translate into meaningful environmental...

Kazakhstan hosts 5th Course for Sustainability
August 21, 2008   The Course for Sustainability: Strategies, Methodologies, Policies and Actions for Kazakhstan officially kicked off in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on April 14. Forty senior officials from Kazakhstan's government participated in the weeklong...

Public consulted on revised EBRD policies
August 21, 2008 In February the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invited civil society organisations, clients, partners and all interested citizens to participate in revising the bank's 'Environmental and Social Policy' and 'Public Information...

Brussels roundtable hailed as a success
May 21, 2008 On June 29, 2007 the European Commission adopted its first policy document, a green paper on adapting to the impacts of climate change. 'Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe: Options for EU Action' describes avenues for action at the EU level, and its...

Serb master class kicks off CSO campaign
May 21, 2008 Strengthening the Role and Function of Civil Society Organisations to Promote Change and Enable Action in the Urban Environment is the title of a series of master classes aimed at capacity building for civil society organisations (CSOs) in the West...

Top journalists honoured in Zagreb
May 21, 2008   The region's first international media awards for coverage of renewable energy and energy efficiency were presented at an official ceremony in Zagreb on March 17. First prize went to Vaida Pilibaityte and Mindaugas Nastaravicius for their report 'A...

REC hosts EECCA organisations
May 21, 2008   For one week at the beginning of February, the REC hosted 19 staff from two regional organisations from the EECCA region: the Central Asia Regional Environmental Center (CAREC) and Regional Environmental Center for the Caucasus. The visit was part of...

Green pack taken on board in Montenegro
May 21, 2008   In Montenegro, the Green Pack will be implemented as part of the West Balkan Green Pack project, a regional endeavour encompassing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. During a two-year implementation period the programme's goal has...

Lake forum achieves trust, transparency and results
May 21, 2008 For the past six years the REC has supported transboundary cooperation and dialogue between Montenegro and Albania through the Skadar/Shkodra Lake component of REReP project 4.3.23: Transboundary Cooperation through the Management of Shared Natural...

Sida and REC partner up to reduce poverty
November 21, 2008 The Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Regional Environmental Center (REC) have signed an agreement to implement a project supporting the development of local environmental action plans (LEAPs) in Bosnia and...

Hungary joins international renewables partnership
November 21, 2008   Hungary became the 36th formal partner and second Eastern European government to join the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) during a September 24, 2007 signing ceremony hosted by the UK Embassy in Budapest. The partnership...

REEEP announces media award winners
February 21, 2008   Winners of the first 'REEEP Media Awards for Excellence in Sustainable Energy Reporting in Central and Eastern Europe' have been announced. The aim of the award is to boost mass media coverage of sustainable energy alternatives in Central and Eastern...

Up to the task
February 21, 2008 In opening a ministerial plenary session on environmental finance, Brigita Schmognerova of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) stated that governments do not bear sole responsibility for carrying out such activity. Schmognerova...

Cross-border project proves successful in SEE region
November 21, 2007   Authorities and experts from public utilities from three cross-border regions of South-Eastern Europe learned to formulate and prepare environmental investment projects for financing. Participants from Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Mali...

IAIA awards REC's Dusik with top honour
November 21, 2007   In March the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) named Jiri Dusik, the REC's senior advisor for strategic environmental assessment (SEA), as the recipient of the '2007 Individual Award for Contribution to Impact Assessment.' Dusik...

Budapest hosts June meeting on sustainable transport
November 21, 2007   The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) organised the Regional Meeting of Transport Stakeholders on Sustainable Public Transport Policies in South-Eastern Europe (SEE), which took place on June 21-22 in Budapest,...

Serbian environment minister visits REC
November 21, 2007   Serbia's Minister for Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin visited the REC on July 27 as part of his official visit to Hungary. Although just recently established, the Serbian Ministry for Environmental Protection (MEP) has already committed itself to...

Elbrus inspires journalists at training workshop
November 21, 2007   Twelve Russian journalists received hands-on training on how to provide better coverage of the effects of climate change in mountain regions. Green Horizon's chief editor Pavel Antonov led the course, which took place at the foot of Mt. Elbrus,...

Stara Planina joins Association of Border Regions
November 21, 2007 Just one year after being established, Euroregion Stara Planina has been officially accepted into the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR). The AEBR executive committee accepted the Stara Planina application of June 29. Furthermore, AEBR...

REC helps organise talks on EU and sustainability
August 21, 2007   The Hungarian Embassy in the United Kingdom, together with the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), organised a May 25 discussion on the theme 'The European Union: a pilot for sustainability?' The event provided an...