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Current
Projects REC Field Office Kosovo/a:
Project
name: Introducing Strategic Community Development Principles in Kosovo/a
Duration: April 2004 - April 2005
Budget: 47,737 EUR
Funded by: Balkan Trust Fund for Democracy
The main goal of the project “Introducing Strategic Community Development
Principles in Kosovo/a” is to introduce the concept of integrated
policy development and responsible citizen and responsible government
that would lead to the embracement of the sustainable development principles
in Kosovo/a. Activities to be performed are:
1. Workshop
for local authorities and NGOs;
2. Three Municipal Strategic Development Plans;
3. Workshop for policy makers;
4. Publication introducing the Strategic Community Development principles;
and
5. Study tours in cooperation with East East Initiative for policy makers
in countries of the region.
Project name: Developing Strategy for Environment and Sustainable Development
for Kosovo/a in partnership with Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
Duration: November 2003 - April 2004
Budget: 22,389 EUR
Funded by: Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The overall project objective is to develop an Environmental Strategy
(ES) for Kosovo/a and provide supporting capacity in order for Kosovo/a
to effectively protect human health and the environment, ensuring the
conditions for economic development, based on sustainable principles Within
its objective it includes developing of a participatory process for identifying
environmental and health problems and formulating a basic elements of
ES thereby strengthen national capacity and enhance knowledge and understanding;
achieve a high level of awareness amongst decision-makers, managers, industry,
and the public at large on environmental issues and strengthening regional
institutional and technical capacity as required to undertake implementation
of the Environmental Implementation Plan (EIP).
Project
name: Accessing Environmental Information as a Tool for Solving Environmental
Problems
Duration: September 2003 - October 2004
Budget: 29,805 EUR
Funded by: British Office Prishtina from the British Environmental Project
Fund
Accessing Environmental Information as a Tool for Solving Environmental
Problems - Introducing the Access to Information Principle of the Aarhus
Principle and Environmental Protection Law to influenced public and implementing
the same in cooperation with key stakeholders in the case of pollution
caused by KEK (Kosovo/a Power Corporation). The overall goal of Accessing
Environmental Information as a Tool for Solving Environmental problems,
is to increase the environmental awareness of the influenced public in
the case of KEK pollution by providing information combined with public
debates with key stakeholders (influenced citizens, NGOs, KEK officials
and local authorities). Outcomes of the project are:
1. Printing a leaflet about Aarhus Convention principles and the Environmental
Protection Law.
2. Printing a Directory containing all the information related to governmental
focal points that have environmental information.
3. Organize public debates with all stakeholders involved in the pollution
caused by KEK and broadcasted through local radios.
4. Quarterly Environmental Bulletin (Albanian, English & Serbian)
containing a series of articles about Aarhus Convention, pollution caused
by KEK and Environmental Protection Law.
5. Weekly electronic newsletter.
Closed
projects REC Field Office Kosovo/a:
Project
name: Promoting Networking and Cooperation of Environmental NGOs: Establishment
of Electronic Computer Networks on a National and Regional Level
Duration: March 2001 - December 2003
Budget: Approximately 700,000 EUR for the whole South Eastern European
Region (SEE)
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Environment, Dutch Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Italian Ministry of Environment
A large project for all SEE countries managed by REC Headquarters in Hungary.
The project aims at providing hardware, software, training and management
tools to the environmental movement of all SEE countries including Kosovo/a
for the development of functional electronic computer networks so that
environmental information can be shared fast, efficient and effective
throughout SEE. For Kosovo/a the REC Field Office plays the coordinating
role and a range of local environmental NGOs are included in the project
and future electronic computer network.
Project name: Environmental Awareness & Education in Kosovo/a
Duration: April 2002 - December 2003
Budget: 174,939 EUR
Funded by: Sida, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The main goal of the project is to increase the environmental awareness
of the Kosovars by providing environmental education material to primary
schools, developing and providing an environmental course for secondary
school students, establishing a School Activity Fund for small environmental
education projects by schools all over Kosovo/a, increase the capacity
of 8 environmental NGOs and further develop the aluminium collection and
recycling center into a re-use and recycling educational center. More
specific objectives and tasks are to:
1. Increase the effectiveness of the environmental education textbook
prepared by the Department of Environmental Protection for the younger
classes (1,2,3) of primary schools in Prishtina (as a pilot).
2. Increase the environmental awareness of pupils and students, and through
them their parents through effective environmental education material
and courses.
3. Increase the knowledge and understanding of environmental issues of
leading teenagers in Prishtina.
4. Allow schools/school classes to get funding for environmental activities,
small projects and/or actions.
5. Strengthen the capacity of the REC Field Office Kosovo/a staff plus
2-3 individual environmentalists to effectively coach environmental NGOs
in both Albanian and Serbian communities.
6. Strengthen the organizational capacity of existing and already active
environmental NGOs in Kosovo/a through an intensive and interactive coaching
program.
7. Increase the awareness of the general population concerning prevention,
re-use and recycling of household waste through awareness campaigns, the
recycling center and bi-monthly open days for the public.
8. Prolong the activity and increase the impact of the aluminium collection
and recycling center.
9. Enlarge the scope of activity of the aluminium collection and recycling
center by increasing the type of material collected and including educational
activities for primary and secondary school classes.
Project name: 'National' Grants Program Kosovo/a
Duration: May 2002 - December 2003
Budget: Around 25,000 EUR for Kosovo/a, total project SEE 1,177,946 EUR
Funded by: Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DANCEE)
As part of a SEE wide large grants program the REC FO Kosovo/a runs a
'National' Grants program in which 2-3 larger grants (up to 10,000 EUR)
will be awarded to environmental NGOs cooperating with local/national
authorities and each other in a network aiming at solving Kosovo-wide
environmental problems.
Project name: Sustainable Rural development and Eco-agriculture in
Kosovo/a - Year III
Duration: March 2003 - December 2003
Budget: 25,451 EUR
Funded by: Avalon Foundation
This project is a part of Balkan wide initiative of the Dutch Avalon Foundation
for promoting the sustainable rural development and eco-agriculture in
the South Eastern European Countries. Project will last 4,5 years and
this is going to be the third year. Kosovo/a is going to be part of this
overall project.
1. Brochure on composting.
2. Brochure on eco-vegetable green house production.
3. Leaflet for promotion of the Organic Agriculture stand in the green
market.
4. Video on organic market corner and eco brunch.
Project name: Solving household waste problems through local initiatives
and public information in Kosovo/a
Duration: July 2001 - November 2003
Budget: 232,423 EUR
Funded by: European Agency for Reconstruction
The project for assisting in solving solid waste problems in Kosovo/a
consists of two different, but interlinked components:
1. Ensure the implementation of local initiatives and small projects for
solving solid waste problems, by providing small project funding, training
and information to local environmental grassroots NGOs in Kosovo/a, so
that they can multiply the awareness of the local population concerning
solid waste issues and how to solve them,
2. Providing alternatives for villages and rural areas to solve their
solid waste problems via awareness raising, local initiatives and a widely
distributed publication on rural waste alternatives to all citizens of
the villages participating in the WHO's Healthy Village project.
Project name: Attention to Environment - Bringing Media and the Environmental
Movement Together in Raising the Environmental Awareness in Kosovo/a
Duration: September 2002 - October 2003
Budget: 24,150 EUR
Funded by: British Office Prishtina from the British Environmental Project
Fund
'Attention to Environment' intends to use public communication through
the Kosovar mass media in combination with increasing the capacity of
environmental NGOs for getting media attention and opening the possibility
of direct participation by citizens. 'Attention to Environment' consists
of the following components:
1. 2,5 day workshop for journalists, combined with monthly environmental
page in the newspaper.
2. 3 day media training environmental NGOs.
3. Quarterly Environmental Bulletin (Albanian, English & Serbian).
Project name: Pilot project on household waste separation
Duration: September 2002 - July 2003
Budget: 58,269 EUR
Funded by: Japanese Special Fund
With this pilot project would be developed and assigned the appropriate
locations for separate household waste collection, because so far there
is no proper system for separation of waste in any town of Kosovo/a. This
would be the first step towards a better waste management by the PU companies.
The outcomes of the pilot project include:
1. Good possibilities for household waste separation and recycling in
the Sunny Hill district of Prishtina on an estimated 25 waste separation
stations constructed and equipped as part of the project,
2. Increased awareness of the citizens and pupils of schools in the Sunny
Hill district on household waste prevention, re-use, separation and recycling,
3. Improved household waste management on the new waste separation stations
by both the citizens and Higjienateknika,
4. Increased satisfaction of the citizens with Higjienateknika shown by
higher fee collection rates,
5. Less household waste flying around in Sunny Hill, less burning, broken
or overfull containers.
Project name: Feasibility study on recycling in Kosovo/a
Duration: September 2002 - February 2003
Budget: 16,365 EUR
Funded by: European Agency for Reconstruction
The feasibility study purpose is to investigate the recycling potentials
in Kosovo/a. This would result on a report that will help in designing
bigger projects and investment plans in the field of recycling in Kosovo/a.
The outcome will be the final report produced in 5-fold in English, printed
in 250 copies and distributed by the REC office in Kosovo/a.. The executive
summary and scenarios will be translated into Albanian and made available
to the relevant local and national authorities, public utility service
providers, environmental NGOs, recycling companies, etc. Attached to the
A5 booklet will be a directory of all waste collection and recycling companies
in Kosovo/a.
Project name: Capacity building of the environmental civil society
in Albanian and Serbian communities in Kosovo/a - Through training, small
projects & coaching
Duration: January 2002 - December 2002
Budget: 48,931 EUR
Funded by: ICCO Netherlands
The project consists of three separate but interlinked activities, which
are:
1. Two rounds of a four-day training workshop for Serbian communities
in order to provide the same training/Fellowship program to Serbian Kosovar
NGOs, as we did already for the Kosovar Albanian NGOs. The training program
consists of organizational development as well as the role of NGOs, local
government bodies and the public in (environmental) decision-making. Issues
like fundraising and public relations will be covered also.
2. Four rounds of a two-day training workshop for the Albanian communities,
designed as a follow-up-training to the previous Environmental Fellowship
Program. The content of this training will be project identification,
fundraising and financial management.
3. Funding for a number of small projects, which will give the participants
of the training, and also members of other local environmental NGOs, the
chance to use their new knowledge by working on solving small and local
environmental problems. The REC has a open, fair and transparent competitive
system for distribution of small project funds in place. Also we provide
training-on-the-job and coaching during the implementation of the small
NGO projects.
Project name: Eco Agriculture & Sustainable Rural Development in
Kosovo/a - Year II
Duration: January 2002 - December 2002
Budget: 28,121 EUR
Funded by: Avalon Foundation
This is the second year of a four-year Balkan wide ecological agriculture
project, which is being implemented by a network of local organizations
in 6 SEE countries. The goal of the sub-project for Kosovo/a is to introduce
and promote sustainable rural development and eco-agriculture in Kosovo/a.
The main activities in year II include:
1. 4 field trials with winter wheat in cooperation with the Faculty of
Agriculture of the University of Prishtina and several farmer's organisations.
2. 3-5 field trials with organic sprays on vegetables.
3. Organization of an awareness campaign on ecological food and its advantages
for the consumer, including an eco-breakfast for VIPs, leaflets widely
distributed and lectures at the University of Prishtina.
4. Introduction of the concepts of eco-agriculture at the agricultural
high-school in Leposavic through a series of lectures from year II onwards
two Kosovars and the project manager participate twice per year on an
international Training-of-Trainers session organized by the Avalon specialists.
Project name: Knowledge is Power: Information for Environmental Actions
in Kosovo/a II
Duration: July 2001 - September 2002
Budget: 21,701 EUR
Funded by: British Office Prishtina from the British Environmental Project
Fund
This project aims to fill the environmental information gap in Kosovo/a
from every direction, by reaching out to a wide range of stakeholders
and citizens. 'Knowledge is Power consists of four different but interlinked
components:
1. Continue the publication of our environmental REC Bulletin in English,
Albanian and Serbian. The quarterly REC Bulletin environmental magazine
contains information on environmental issues in Kosovo/a, REC's activities
in Kosovo/a and in other parts of the CEE region, developments in environmental
policy-making and contact information for other environmental organizations.
2. Enlargement and maintenance of an environmental website providing databases
with environmental contacts, the Strategic Environmental Assessments on
Kosovo/a, announcements for training programs and REC's small grant program,
as well as direct links to local and international environmental websites.
3. Facilitation of networking among local environmentalists by inviting
all Kosovar environmental NGOs to quarterly roundtable meetings.
4. Further develop our public environmental library at the Field Office,
which offers reports, leaflets, books, videos and CD ROMs concerning environmental
issues in Kosovo/a, the South Eastern European region, and ultimately,
the world.
Project name: Environmental Policy Course
Duration: April 2002 - September 2002
Budget: 10,271 EUR
Funded by: Dutch Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
The goal of the project is to strengthen the environmental movement in
Kosovo/a by teaching NGO members, interested students and local policy
makers on university level on sustainable development and environmental
policy concepts. The more specific objectives and tasks include:
1. Announce the 'Environmental Policy Course' on relevant university faculties,
in the REC Kosovo/a quarterly Bulletin and through our network with environmental
NGOs and policy makers in Kosovo/a.
2. Organise a one-week university course on environmental policy making
introducing concepts, tools and techniques used in the Netherlands.
3. Evaluate and follow-up the one-week course through other REC Kosovo/a
projects and active following the participants of the one-week program
in their work & NGO activities.
4. Prepare an Albanian language guide on environmental policy practices,
concepts and cases, which is distributed to all relevant university faculties,
all environmental NGOs and relevant 'national' and municipal officers.
Project name: Aluminium Collection and Recycling as Sustainable NGO
Financing Mechanism
Duration: January 2001- March 2002
Budget: 30,308 EUR
Funded by: Sida, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Set up of a collection center where people can bring cans and get paid
for them. The center will be run by a local environmental NGO (Group of
Young Ecologists) and the aluminium will be sold to a local smelter. Also
schools will be involved in the can collection. A part of the project
is to provide organizational and financial management training to participating
NGOs. A public awareness campaign for improving diminishing and recycling
of household waste is scheduled as part of the project.
Project name: Eco Agriculture & Sustainable Rural Development in
Kosovo/a - Year I
Duration: January 2001 - December 2001
Budget: 11,413 EUR
Funded by: Avalon Foundation
This was the first year of a four-year Balkan wide ecological agriculture
project, which is being implemented by a network of local organizations
in 6 SEE countries. The goal of the sub-project for Kosovo/a is to introduce
and promote sustainable rural development and eco-agriculture in Kosovo/a.
The main activity is to introduce the concept of eco-agriculture and its
possibilities for Kosovo/a as broad as possible via trainings, active
information campaigns, field trials and the production and distribution
of a local hand-guide on the subjects. In the first year two workshops
for farmers and farmer organizations have been organized, while the project
manager has participated in a Training of Trainers session in Albania.
Finally a booklet introducing the concepts, tools and practical possibilities
of eco-agriculture for the Kosovar market has been prepared, printed and
distributed.
Project name: Small grants for Environmental NGOs in Kosovo/a
Duration: December 2000 - November 2001
Budget: 27,054 EUR
Funded by: Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
A small grants program for environmental NGOs in Kosovo/a. One Small Grants
cycle financed by the Dutch Ministry of Environment. A total of 30,000
DEM is committed to 7 small local projects implemented by environmental
NGOs in Kosovo/a. While announcing and implementing the grants program
3 training sessions on proposal writing are organized, as well as one
winners meeting including a project management and reporting training.
Project name: Participation of Kosovo/a in the Regional Environmental
Reconstruction Program (REReP) for South Eastern Europe
Duration: March 2001 - September 2001
Budget: 9,719 EUR
Funded by: UNDP
The goal of the project is to support the UNMIK Department of Environmental
Protection with project development and proposal writing in order to fully
participate on behalf of Kosovo/a in the REReP Program, and especially
at the REReP Task Force meeting in Sarajevo in early summer 2001.
Project name: Strategic Environmental Analysis for Kosovo/a 2001
Duration: April 2001 - July 2001
Budget: 14,791 EUR
Funded by: Sida, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The goal of the project is to ensure a common understanding of the environmental
situation and priorities for relevant international and local donor organizations,
institutions, NGOs and companies. The more specific objectives and tasks
include:
1. Research and analysis of as many as possible reports developed in the
field of environment during the period July 2000 - April 2001.
2. Interviews of local and international key-players in the environmental
field concerning the current environmental situation in Kosovo/a.
3. Preparation of a comprehensive report based upon the Strategic Environmental
Analysis 2000 and the newly gathered data.
4. Distribution of the English full report and the Albanian and Serbian
booklets with the summary of the Strategic Environmental Analysis for
Kosovo/a 2001.
Project name: Capacity Building of the environmental civil society
in Kosovo/a
Duration: October 2000 - June 2001
Budget: 46,386 EUR
Funded by: ICCO Netherlands
The goal of strengthening the environmental civil society in Kosovo/a
is reached by providing a balanced training program for a group of environmentalists
active in a NGO, local authority or national environmental institute.
The one-week training program is provided over four different sessions
in three towns; Prizren, Gjakova and two rounds in Prishtina. A total
of over 40 people have participated. Trainers came from the REC Country
Office Albania and our project partner the Macedonian Center for International
Cooperation.
Project name: Knowledge is Power: Information for Environmental Action
in Kosovo/a I
Duration: January 2001 - June 2001
Budget: 2,553 EUR
Funded by: Kosova Foundation for an Open Society (KFOS)
The Knowledge is Power project will empower Kosovar citizens to improve
their quality of life by providing them with access to environmental information
and to channels of communication with environmental authorities. The Kosovo/a
Field Office of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern
Europe will undertake the following activities:
1. Publish a quarterly environmental Bulletin.
2. Host an environmental website.
3. Open an environmental library.
Project name: Support to environmental consultancy company on landfill
research in Kosovo/a
Duration: October 2000 - November 2000
Budget: 1,176 EUR
Funded by: DHV Consultants
Logistic and administrative support to DHV Consultants BV on the Waste
Management Project of the European Agency for Reconstruction in the South
and West of Kosovo/a.
Project
name: Strategic Environmental Analysis for Kosovo/a 2000
Duration: April 2000 - June 2000
Budget: 17,165 EUR
Funded by: Sida, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The
Strategic Environmental Analysis for Kosovo/a 2000 was part of an overview
of the environmental reality on the West Balkans on behalf of the Sida
staff in Stockholm. The environmental situation, driving forces and responses
of donors and governments were analyzed. Specific tasks included:
1. Research and analysis of as many as possible reports developed related
to environment during the period June 1999 - May 2000.
2. Interviews of local and international key-players in the environmental
field concerning the environmental situation in Kosovo/a.
3. Preparation of a comprehensive report in line with the framework for
the SEA in other SEE countries.
For
further information contact us at:
The Regional Environmental Center - Field Office Kosovo/a
PO BOX 160, Kodra e Diellit, Rruga III, Lamela 26,
Prishtina, Kosovo/a - UNMIK
Tel/fax: (+381 38) 552-123
E-mail: info@kos.rec.org
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