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� Duration: 2010–2012 � Donor: Finland and Austria� Total budget:
EUR 3 million for activitiesof all ENVSEC partners
IN NUMBERS: � 40 activities in total
implemented by 5 ENVSEC partners
� 11 activities implementedby the REC
� Phase II expected in 2013with EUR 1 million fromAustria
Hosting of ENVSEC Regional Desk Office (RDO)for South Eastern Europe
Transforming Environment andSecurity Risks into Cooperationin South Eastern Europe
� Duration: RDO for SEEsince 2010
� ENVSEC budget:USD 40.5 million
IN NUMBERS: � ENVSEC established in
2003� REC joined in 2006� 44 ongoing projects in
the ENVSEC portfolio� 38% of projects are in
SEE portfolio
The Environment andSecurity (ENVSEC)Initiative draws onthe expertise of its partnerorganisations OSCE,REC, UNEP, UNDP,UNECE and NATO(as an associatedpartner) to providean integratedresponse toenvironment andsecurity challenges
GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE
GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE
REC IN THE ENVSEC INITIATIVE
Activities� Improving compliance with
EU standards and multilateralconventions
� Contributing to cooperationon the management of theTimok River
� Compiling regional action planto combat illegal logging in SEE
� Supporting cooperation onmanaging natural resourcesand combatingenvironmental crime
� Facilitating public participationin environmental decisionmaking and environmentalimpact assessments
Impacts� Trainings delivered on
environmental legislation and access to justice
� Awareness raised on the useof pollutant release andtransfer registers
� Consultations held on climatechange and security issues
� Guidelines produced onregional adaptation strategiesfor mountain areas
Cooperation amongneighbouringcountries onenvironmental issuescan promotedialogue and lay thefoundations foragreement ontransboundaryenvironmentalmanagement,creating thepossibility of lastingpolitical stability
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Activities� Helping reduce environment
and security risks throughstrengthened cooperation
� Acting as chair of theManagement Board in 2008and 2013
� Taking responsibility as RDOfor SEE for developing,monitoring and reporting onthe regional work programme
� Helping the secretariat tocoordinate ENVSEC activitiesalong with the CoordinationUnit and the three otherregional desk offices
Impacts� Two SEE meetings held
to set regional priorities forENVSEC programming
� Streamlined ENVSECinterventions through sub-regional coordinationmechanism
� Resources mobilised forregional activities
� Contribution to cross-regionalENVSEC platform forcooperation