1. 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

2. www.rec.org 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

3. www.rec.org 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.

4. www.rec.org 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.

5. www.rec.org 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)