eea support to west balkan countries milan chrenko, nfp/eionet coordinator european environment...
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EEA support to West Balkan countries
Milan Chrenko, NFP/Eionet CoordinatorEuropean Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency:
- is established by EEC regulation
- is an independent information provider
- is an analyst and assessor
- is building bridges between science and policy
- is dependent upon strong networks to carry out its work
… to support policy processes and inform the
public
European Environment Agency
Eionet’s role
• Coordinating national data/information flows
• Providing country-level expertise and advice
• Linking EEA to member country sourcesand vice versa
• Promoting EEA activities and outputs at national level
Cooperating with EEA to provide sound, independent information on the environment.
Overview of IPA Project
Long-term Goal
Objective
Duration
Budget
Participation in EEA Work Programme
Extension of the participation of the WB countries in the activities of EEA
24 months (2010-2011)
1.2 meuro
Successor to PHARE, CARDS and EuropeAid Programme support for West Balkan
IPA Objectives
• Support for inclusion in regular assessment reports
(SOER2010, Horizon2020) – Session 2
• Development of a regular indicator reporting system (EEA Core set indicators) – Session 3
• Extension of main EEA topic areas to the West Balkan countries - Session 4
- Water- Air and Climate Change- Biological Diversity- Sustainable consumption and production
IPA Objectives (cont.)
• Networking• Development of the Eionet network and participation
of NRCs/country experts in major EEA meetings and events
• Capacity development• Overall EEA Project Coordination and Technical
support
IPA in numbers
• > 50 (in 2010) and ~ 80 (in 2011) experts participated at Eionet workshops
• > 200 WB experts participated at > 30 meetings in 2011
• 6 NFP Assistants
• 2 regional workshops
• country visits to all WB countries
Useful links
• EEA web site - www.eea.europa.eu
• Eionet portal - eionet.europa.eu
• EEA data products - www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps
• Reportnet - www.eionet.europa.eu/reportnet
• Priority data flows - www.eionet.europa.eu/dataflows