With assistance from the Regional Environmental Center (REC) for Central and Eastern Europe, six States in South Eastern Europe developed national strategies for implementing the Aarhus Convention. The six States were Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, FYR of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro; UN-administered Kosovo also participated.
A broad range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders participated in the development of the national strategies. This transparent and participatory process built broad ownership of the strategy, as well as capacity to implement the Aarhus Convention.
The project activities also included capacity building workshops, local pilot projects on practical implementation of the Aarhus Convention, and preparation of guidance materials and manuals for officials and NGOs. The project was funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
For more information, see http://www.rec.org/
REC/Programs/PublicParticipation.html or contact Ms. Magdolna Toth Nagy tmagdi@rec.org