hosting of envsec transforming environment and regional...

� Duration: 2010–2012 � Donor: Finland and Austria� Total budget:

EUR 3 million for activitiesof all ENVSEC partners

IN NUMBERS: � 40 activities in total

implemented by 5 ENVSEC partners

� 11 activities implementedby the REC

� Phase II expected in 2013with EUR 1 million fromAustria

Hosting of ENVSEC Regional Desk Office (RDO)for South Eastern Europe

Transforming Environment andSecurity Risks into Cooperationin South Eastern Europe

� Duration: RDO for SEEsince 2010

� ENVSEC budget:USD 40.5 million

IN NUMBERS: � ENVSEC established in

2003� REC joined in 2006� 44 ongoing projects in

the ENVSEC portfolio� 38% of projects are in

SEE portfolio

The Environment andSecurity (ENVSEC)Initiative draws onthe expertise of its partnerorganisations OSCE,REC, UNEP, UNDP,UNECE and NATO(as an associatedpartner) to providean integratedresponse toenvironment andsecurity challenges

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

REC IN THE ENVSEC INITIATIVE

Activities� Improving compliance with

EU standards and multilateralconventions

� Contributing to cooperationon the management of theTimok River

� Compiling regional action planto combat illegal logging in SEE

� Supporting cooperation onmanaging natural resourcesand combatingenvironmental crime

� Facilitating public participationin environmental decisionmaking and environmentalimpact assessments

Impacts� Trainings delivered on

environmental legislation and access to justice

� Awareness raised on the useof pollutant release andtransfer registers

� Consultations held on climatechange and security issues

� Guidelines produced onregional adaptation strategiesfor mountain areas

Cooperation amongneighbouringcountries onenvironmental issuescan promotedialogue and lay thefoundations foragreement ontransboundaryenvironmentalmanagement,creating thepossibility of lastingpolitical stability

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Activities� Helping reduce environment

and security risks throughstrengthened cooperation

� Acting as chair of theManagement Board in 2008and 2013

� Taking responsibility as RDOfor SEE for developing,monitoring and reporting onthe regional work programme

� Helping the secretariat tocoordinate ENVSEC activitiesalong with the CoordinationUnit and the three otherregional desk offices

Impacts� Two SEE meetings held

to set regional priorities forENVSEC programming

� Streamlined ENVSECinterventions through sub-regional coordinationmechanism

� Resources mobilised forregional activities

� Contribution to cross-regionalENVSEC platform forcooperation