Themes of Co-operation
Most international projects executed by the DCMR are focused on specific themes.
Projects
Our projects are aimed at the institutional strengthening of environmental administrations at central and regional levels in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. We provide extensive training to the staff members of the environmental administration to prepare them for accession to the European Union. The projects include workshops and study tours to the Netherlands in order to get acquainted with the Dutch system.
The main themes are:
- Institutional Strengthening
- EU Admission
- IPPC implementation
- Inspection and Enforcement
- Industry-Environment communication
- EU Approximation
- Relation environment
- Spatial planning
- Environmental information centres
Assistance
We give assistance to the Czech Republic and Poland on implementation of integrated permit directives by means of extensive training programmes on all administration levels. In the Czech Republic the new EU directives LCP and VOC have been taken up in the existing IPPC procedures. In Poland assistance is given to improve the information exchange between industry and environmental authorities to improve the quality of environmental policy and the success of the implementation of this policy. This is called “Environmental Platforms”.
Russian Federation
EU approximation projects are executed in the Russian Federation. These projects are aimed at instititutional strengthening in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast and also on spatial plan developments in these regions. We give advise in integrated inspection and enforcement procedures in line with European approaches.
Furthermore, we have set up an environmental information and education centre in Russia and in the Czech Republic.
