1. Western Balkans Environmental Programme working on Strengthening Capacities in the Western Balkans to mitigate environmental problems through remediation of high priority hot spots Sanja Bojanić, MBA Programme Manager UNDP Montenegro

2. Programme facts  3 years, 15 million USD, 9 env. hot spot locations  Programme covers Western Balkans - Albania, B&Hgovina, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and UNATSCR 1244 Kosovo  Funding - Government of Netherlands and up to 50% of matching funds from participating countries/territories  Biggest UNDP regional environmental programme in SEE

3. Programme Goals  Enhance regional cooperation in Western Balkans  Improve living conditions in communities around environmental hot spots through progress in clean-up/remediation activities  Reduce/limit existing pollution and prevent similar environmental issues occurring in the future

4. Programme activities  Clean-up works (assessment, remediation, evaluation, monitoring)  Raising awareness (media campaign, seminars)  Mobilizing and enhancing capacity at the national local level (needs assessment, grants, seminars)

5. Programme sites map

6. Albania - Bajza

7. B & H – Ugljevik, Tuzla

8. FYROM Macedonia – Lojane, Bucim

9. Montenegro - Mojkovac

10. Serbia, Backa Kanal

11. UNTASCR 1244 Kosovo, Artana, Stari trg

12. Regional activities  Western Balkans Ministerial Conference – 13 th and 14 th November  Regional study tours – in September, October  Database of practitioners in the Region  Web site, Documentary

13. Goals of the Conference  Developing shared agenda for CoP in Poznan, Poland  Initiating dialogue for development of common regional platform for post Kyoto negotiations  Framework for dialogue on mitigation and adaptation activities in the Region

14. Web sites/contacts  More info about Western Balkans Environmental Programme can be found on:  http://www.westernbalkansenvironment.net/  http://www2.undp.org.yu/montenegro/rep/index.html  sanja.bojanic@undp.org

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