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A U T H O R S A N D A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
S T R AT E G I C M O V E S
strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental financing. He has
been working for the REC for four years and is a leader of the REC’s Environmental
Assessment Topic Area. Dusan has broad experience in quality reviews of
EIA and SEA projects and the provision of training on EIA and SEA; environmental
project management; institutional strengthening; and capacity-building
activities at national and international level in all SEE countries.
Raisa Gerasina is a specialist in environmental engineering. She works as a junior
expert in environmental financing and her areas of expertise include environmental
financing, environmental information and environmental education projects
implemented in the SEE and CEE regions and Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS) countries. Raisa holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences and
policy from the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
Oreola Ivanova-Nacheva has been working for the REC for more than 13 years.
In 2000, she became head of the Environmental Policy Programme, and in parallel,
between 2003 and 2008, she was the REC’s deputy executive director for strategy
and development. Oreola contributed to the development of the Regional
Environmental Reconstruction Programme for South Eastern Europe (REReP)
and the Priority Environmental Investment Programme for South Eastern Europe
(PEIP). As project director, she provided continuous strategic leadership and guidance
throughout the implementation period. Before joining the REC, Oreola
worked for the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment. One of her major assignments
was the preparation and organisation of the 1995 Ministerial Conference “Environment
for Europe” in Sofia.
REC Country Offices
Experts from the REC’s country offices have been instrumental in implementing
the PEIP. They have been in charge of project updates, the collection of information
and liaising with relevant policy makers.
Albania
Mihallaq Qirjo, Country Office Director; Eduart Cani, Senior Project Manager;
Alken Myftiu, Senior Project Manager
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jasna Draganic, Country Office Director; Sunita Selak, Project Manager
Croatia
Irena Brnada, Country Office Director; Zeljka Medven, Project Manager;
Vjakoslav Radisic, Project Manager