Priority Environmental Investment Programme (PEIP) – CARDS Regional Regional Meeting for Senior Officials from SEE and Donors’ Community 26th November, Brussels, Belgium Objectives of the meeting Marta Szigeti-Bonifert REC, Executive Director

Introduction First regional meeting under the new PEIP contract; The last regional PEIP meeting (September 2005 Belgium) followed by extraordinary REReP meeting on investments (June 2006); The current PEIP activities timeline May 2007 – May 2009

Objectives of the meeting To review the progress achieved in financing and/or preparing priority environmental investment projects from the PEIP list; (updated PEIP lists); To discuss the overall progress in legislative and organizational framework since January 2006; To present key challenges of the countries for the upcoming six months.

Objectives of the meeting To present developments on project preparation facilities; To present results of relevant technical assistance projects in the region; To stimulate discussions of the SEE countries and donors’ community on financing priority projects.

Sessions of the meeting Introductory session (new initiatives and experiences of project preparation facilities) Candidate countries session; Potential candidate countries session; Concluding session (work plan for 2008)