jerome simpson the regional environmental center for central and eastern europe jsimpson@rec
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Connecting Networks – Serbia Report on environmental information systems, access and exchange; Progress & Priorities June 10, Belgrade, SERBIA&MONTENEGRO
JEROME SIMPSONThe Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe JSimpson@rec.org
Progress
Reporting & public access: Several institutions providing their own environmental Info access, but no single portal
Legal Progress: Progress is made through the adoption of two legislations regarding the access of environmental information
Institutional Development(s): Establishment of the Agency for Environmental Protection in late 2004.
ICT Capacity & know-how: The situation has improved in the past years, but improvement is still needed
Multi-stakeholder cooperation: Little improvement, but still needs to be emphasized
Resource availability: Lack of funding; human resources are being trained, but CB is still needed
Priorities
Rep.&public access: Harmonization with EU standards of reporting
Development of unique Environmental Portal
Legal: Ratification of Aarhus Convention
Institutional Dev.: Improvement of regional cooperation and cooperation with EU Environmental Institutions
ICT Capacity and Know-how: Improvement of know-how
Cooperation: Improvement of cooperation between multi-stakeholders
Resource availability: CB of institutions, improvement of information exchange
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