Strategic Moves - Regional Environmental Center for Central and ...
Strategic Moves - Regional Environmental Center for Central and ... Strategic Moves - Regional Environmental Center for Central and ...
The candidate countries and potential candidates are working to align their policies with EU environmental norms and standards in preparation for their future membership of the EU. Meeting EU environmental standards poses a major challenge for the countries including, inter alia, the need to conduct policy reforms, develop appropriate environment infrastructure and build up administrative capacity. The preparation of environment infrastructure projects is especially challenging as it requires specialist skills, knowledge and experience, financial and human resources and the effective coordination of many stakeholders. Therefore I welcome this publication, as a very comprehensive analysis of the challenges and progress achieved in financing environment infrastructure projects. The Priority Environmental Investment Programme provided strategic advice to the countries on how to plan and prepare environment investment projects. The lessons learnt from the implementation of the programme will be taken into account in the activities of the future Regional Environmental Network for Accession (RENA) which is the initiative being established to continue, along with other elements, the collaboration initiated under this programme. Foreword from the European Commission Timo Makela Director International Affairs and LIFE Environment Directorate-General European Commission S T R AT E G I C M O V E S 11
12 Foreword from the Regional Environmental Center S T R AT E G I C M O V E S The development and approval of the Priority Environmental Investment Programme for South Eastern Europe (PEIP) was one of the milestones in the process of environmental reconstruction and EU approximation in South Eastern Europe (SEE). In the period 2001 to 2009, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) was deeply engaged in assisting the region to identify and prioritise environmental infrastructure projects; building capacity at local, national and regional level; facilitating dialogue between project proponents and financing organisations; and transferring best practices from the new EU member states. This book presents national policy development, national environmental institutions, environmental infrastructure investments, water and waste utility companies, lists of priority projects and their development dynamics, key constraints and challenges to investments and possible actions to address them, and other investment-related issues in SEE. The publication targets both REC’s beneficiaries in SEE within the national and regional administration, as well as donors, international financial institutions (IFIs) and international organisations active in the region. Building on the 2005 REC publication Targeting the Environmental Investment Challenge in SEE, the present publication attempts to capture the many positive changes that have taken place in the region since 2005. At the same time, it contains analysis of the obstacles and blockages to more active investments in quality environmental infrastructure. I would like to extend my gratitude to the European Commission for the valuable guidance provided in the implementation of the PEIP and for making possible this publication. I would also like to express my thanks to the ministries of environment in SEE, municipalities in the region, local consultants, international peer reviewers, and staff from the REC’s head office and country offices — thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the PEIP. Marta Szigeti Bonifert Executive Director Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
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12<br />
Foreword from<br />
the <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
S T R AT E G I C M O V E S<br />
The development <strong>and</strong> approval of the Priority <strong>Environmental</strong> Investment Programme<br />
<strong>for</strong> South Eastern Europe (PEIP) was one of the milestones in the process of<br />
environmental reconstruction <strong>and</strong> EU approximation in South Eastern Europe (SEE).<br />
In the period 2001 to 2009, the <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>and</strong> Eastern<br />
Europe (REC) was deeply engaged in assisting the region to identify <strong>and</strong> prioritise<br />
environmental infrastructure projects; building capacity at local, national <strong>and</strong><br />
regional level; facilitating dialogue between project proponents <strong>and</strong> financing organisations;<br />
<strong>and</strong> transferring best practices from the new EU member states.<br />
This book presents national policy development, national environmental institutions,<br />
environmental infrastructure investments, water <strong>and</strong> waste utility companies,<br />
lists of priority projects <strong>and</strong> their development dynamics, key constraints<br />
<strong>and</strong> challenges to investments <strong>and</strong> possible actions to address them, <strong>and</strong> other investment-related<br />
issues in SEE.<br />
The publication targets both REC’s beneficiaries in SEE within the national<br />
<strong>and</strong> regional administration, as well as donors, international financial institutions<br />
(IFIs) <strong>and</strong> international organisations active in the region.<br />
Building on the 2005 REC publication Targeting the <strong>Environmental</strong> Investment<br />
Challenge in SEE, the present publication attempts to capture the many positive<br />
changes that have taken place in the region since 2005. At the same time, it<br />
contains analysis of the obstacles <strong>and</strong> blockages to more active investments in quality<br />
environmental infrastructure.<br />
I would like to extend my gratitude to the European Commission <strong>for</strong> the valuable<br />
guidance provided in the implementation of the PEIP <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> making possible<br />
this publication. I would also like to express my thanks to the ministries of<br />
environment in SEE, municipalities in the region, local consultants, international<br />
peer reviewers, <strong>and</strong> staff from the REC’s head office <strong>and</strong> country offices — thank<br />
you to everyone who contributed to the success of the PEIP.<br />
Marta Szigeti Bonifert<br />
Executive Director<br />
<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>and</strong> Eastern Europe
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