Within the project Capacity Building on Obsolete and POPs Pesticides in Eastern European Caucasus and Central Asian Countries a Training of Trainers on Obsolete Pesticides Inventory, Environmental Risk Assessment and Safeguarding will be organised in Minsk, from 18-19 January 2010. Milieukontakt is a partner within this GEF FAO project, as well as IHPA, Green Cross [...]
Read Full PostPartnerships for sustainable development in CEE
Aim: The aim of this long-term program is to ensure that regional development policy in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe is based on the principles of sustainability. This is done by building close ties between authorities and NGOs which are able to make effective and transparant use [...]
Read Full PostMilieukontakt International recently started its new four-year programme in the Western Balkans called “Joining Forces for a Sustainable Future in the Western Balkans”, in short Green Agenda in the Western Balkans. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina , the programme will be implemented in Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. The project started on 9 February 2007 [...]
Read Full PostAt this moment Milieukontakt is looking for CSOs that are interested in setting up a Green Agenda process in their community (or a (nearby) community with which they already have good contacts). Milieukontakt will offer support and advice on how to set up a Green Agenda in close cooperation with a team of trainers and [...]
Read Full PostMilieukontakt International recently started its new four-year programme in the Western Balkans called “Joining Forces for a Sustainable Future in the Western Balkans”, in short Green Agenda in the Western Balkans. Besides Albania, the programme will be implemented in Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. The project started on 9 February 2007 and will end [...]
Read Full PostMilieukontakt International recently started its new four-year programme in the Western Balkans called “Joining Forces for a Sustainable Future in the Western Balkans”, in short Green Agenda in the Western Balkans. Besides Macedonia, the programme will be implemented in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. The project started on 9 February 2007 and will end [...]
Read Full PostAt the end of April Milieukontakt Oost-Europa organised a study visit for its representatives from Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. The study visit lasted from the 23rd till the 28th of April and it was organized in two parts. The first part was devoted to visiting the EU institutions in Brussels, understanding the way they work [...]
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2005-2008 Bulgaria and Romania regional development
Public participation in sustainable regional development in EU-accession countries Bulgaria and Romania
Aim: Ensure effective use of European Funds for regional development and promote regional development in line with the principles of sustainability and the public interest.
Global Scope: Bulgaria and Romania
Period: from 2005-10-01 till 2007-03-31 (59)
Funder: Matra Programme, Dutch Ministry of Foreign [...]
2004-2006 Moldova: environmental NGO comm.
Positioning of the environmental NGO community in Moldovan civil society
Aim: To strengthen environmental grassroots NGOs and supporting structures, and enable these NGOs to position themselves within Moldovan civil society.
Global Scope: Moldova
Period: from 2004-01-01 till 2006-12-31 (42)
Funder: Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS), Netherlands
Partners: The Trainers Association, OrangeNet (electronic network for environmental NGOs)
AVI-MD [...]
2005-2006 Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap in public participation
Aim: The project aims to improve communication between international representatives of the environmental movement and their supporters on national and grass root level. This concerns NGOs in the EECCA countries as well as the ones operating on the EU-level.
Global Scope: EECCA countries: Russia, Ukraine, Molodova, Georgia, Armenia, [...]
With a fruitful training seminar in Sofia last January, the project about public participation is really launched. Twenty NGOs, from Romania and Bulgaria, participated together with Milieukontakt. The activities and results were promising; information and earlier experiences about EU funding were presented, brainstorming sessions led to concrete work plans for Romania and Bulgaria.
The [...]
2005-2005 Moldova Green Agenda
Green Agenda in Moldova
Aim: The project aims at setting up Green Agenda’s in different communities of Moldova. Green Agenda is a process to develop local sustainable development strategies on environmental issues.
Global Scope: Moldova
Period: from 2005-01-01 till 2005-12-31 (51)
Funder: Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Partners: Moldova: Ecolex, environmental public advocacy centre; OrangeNet, group of Moldovan NGOs on [...]
2002-2005 Croatia Green Agenda
Green Agenda in Croatia Improvement of local democracy and applying sustainability in practice
Aim: To improve communication and cooperation between civil organisations, municipalities and other stakeholders in eight communities in Croatia by development of Green Agenda’s, which improve environmental and nature conditions locally.
Global Scope: Croatia
Period: from 2002-12-01 till 2005-09-30 (35)
Funder: Matra programm of the [...]
2003-2004 EU law in CE
Improving access to information and enforcement of environmental legislation in Eastern Europe
Aim: This project focuses on two components. The first is monitoring and making a start with the use of the environmental acquis by a Central European Network of organisations specialised in environmental law. The second is the improvement of access [...]
2003-2003 Moldova ICT
Moldovan NGOs getting connected
Aim: Building ICT infrastructure for Moldovan environmental community
Global Scope: Moldova
Period: from 2003-01-01 till 2003-11-30 (36)
Funder: Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
Partners: OrangeNet
Themes: Networking, information and communication technology (ICT)
Aim
The aim of the project is to build infrastructure for the Moldovan environmental community and to support NGOs to develop their electronic communication network.
The short term aims [...]
2002-2003 Partnerships for SD
Partnerships for sustainable development
Aim: Establish effective partnerships between environmental NGOs from Central Europe and their governments to ensure sustainable and regional development policies.
Global Scope: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria
Period: from 2002-07-01 till 2003-08-30 (29)
Funder: Netherlands Ministry of Environment (VROM)
Partners: • Environmental Law Centre (CPE, Poland),
• Centre [...]
2001-2003 Romania Rural Development
Rural development in Romania
Aim: Improvement of the local living circumstances in rural areas by rural development programmes in which local stakeholders, NGOs and authorities cooperate.
Global Scope: Romania
Period: from 2001-03-01 till 2003-06-30 (15)
Funder: Matra Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Partners: Focus Eco Centre
Themes: Rural development, networking and cooperation, Green Agenda
Aim
The long [...]
1999-2001 Ukraine
Raising public support in Ukraine
Aim: Mobilize citizens and strengthen environmental NGOs to improve their capacity to develop strategic action plans to fight environmental problems and to build a dialogue with local governments.
Global Scope: Ukraine
Period: from 1999-10-01 till 2001-12-31 (6)
Funder: Matra Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Partners: Dnipropetrovsk province: Youth Environmental League Pridniprovya,
Donetsk province: [...]
2001-2001 EU Strategy
Towards an EU Sustainable Development Strategy – the perspective of CEE NGOs
Aim: Raise awareness among Central and East European NGOs about 6th Environmental Action Programme of the EU and the EU’s Sustainable Development Strategy.
Global Scope: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Period: from 2001-01-01 till 2001-12-31 (20)
Funder: [...]
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