Network/Territory Representatives
Working Groups, Wed. 0915-1215* and Fri. 1430-1545**
NGO / Irena Topalli / ECO-MOVEMENT Newspaper
Govt / Edlira Myrtaj / Ministry of Environment
Media / Fabjola Cela / BIZNESI Newspaper
BiH / Fri: Evert
NGO / Viktor Bjelic / Young Researchers of Banja Luka
Govt / Ozren Laganin / Ministry of Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering & Environment
Media / Tanja Alavuk / BHT1
BULGARIA / Fri: Yordanka
NGO / Stoyan Yotov / Borrowed Nature Association
Govt / Yavor Yordanov / Ministry of Environment & Waters
Media / Elina Racholova / Bluelink Information Network
CROATIA / Fri: Absent
NGO / Kruno Kartus / Osijek Zeleni (Greens)
Media / Ljiljanka Mitos-Svoboda / Croatian Environmental Press Center
FYR MACEDONIA / Fri: Pavel
NGO / Aleksandra Dimova / Proavtika
Anita Vojnovska / EKONET
Govt / Katerina Nikolovska / Ministry of Environment & Physical Planning
ROMANIA / Fri: Gabor
NGO / Emilian Burdusel / Strawberry Net
Govt / Carol Czedly / Ministry of Environment and Water Management
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO / Fri: Ana
NGO / Nadica Nikolic/
Natasa Djereg / Volvox
Darko Sorvan / Center for Sustainable Development
Govt / Velizar Nikolic / Ministry of Science & Environmental Protection - Belgrade
Natasa Djkic / Ministry of Science & Environmental Protection - Belgrade
Nikola Pajcin / Agency for Environmental Protection - Belgrade
Dragana Bjelobrkovic / Ministry of Environment & Physical Planning - Podgorica, Montenegro
Media / Stevica Mrdja / EkoForum
Mihajlo Maricic / EkoForum
UNMIK KOSOVO/A / Fri: Jerome
NGO / Burim Leci / Environmental Electronic Network of NGOs
Govt / Tomor Cela / Ministry of Environment & Spatial Planning
Media / Arben Rashiti / RTK, Radio Television of Kosovo
REC
NGO Group: Wed / Gabor Heves / Facilitator, REC CEE
Jelena Kis / REC SCG
Evert Lammerts
(w/ Laptop) / REC CEE/Noordeljke Hogeschool Leeuwarden
Govt Group: Wed / Jerome Simpson
(w/ Laptop) / Facilitator, REC CEE
Ana Popovic / REC SCG
Yordanka Minkova / REC CEE
Media Group: Wed / Pavel Antonov
(w/ Laptop) / Facilitator, REC CEE
Karin Avila / REC CEE, University of San Francisco
*For the Wed. session (all upstairs in the workshop room), please follow the form adopted in Annex 1. Be sure to elect a rapporteur and someone from the region who will report back to the plenary. Copies of the Snapshot and Networks at Work reports will be made available also.
**For the Friday sessions (locations to be determined), a ppt. template has been prepared, online at: ftp://ftp.rec.org/Jerome/Country Report.ppt Your role REC staff is to be sure they elect a rapporteur/presenter who will report back to the plenary. This is important to engender ownership of the results. Otherwise, you simply make sure they respond to the questions. If groups are smart, they’ll take the three outputs of the first day discussions and merge the progress reports and draw national/territorial conclusions/priorities.
Both files are available in e-form from Ana or Jerome.
SEE Environmental Information Systems, Progress and Priorities/Statement
8 June 2005
REC Serbia and Montenegro Office, Primorska 31, 11000, Belgrade
Regional progress in environmental information systems, information accessibility and exchange was discussed during the Connecting Networks: Training Workshop/ Discussion Fora on 8 June, 2005 by representatives of SEE governments and territories involved in the REReP Environmental Information Systems network.
It concluded the following observations regarding progress since 2003:
Country/Territory / ProgressAlbania / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
Bosnia-Herzegovina / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
Bulgaria / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
Croatia / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
FYRo Macedonia / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
Romania / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
Serbia and Montenegro / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
Kosovo (Territory under UN Interim Administration) / · legal progress
· institutional development(s)
· ICT capacity and know-how
· environmental reporting and public access
· multi-stakeholder cooperation
· resource availability
- Complete this table before coffee, the priorities after coffee! -
Based on this progress, the similarities shared among the different countries and territories, and the opportunity for further know-how and best-practice exchange, we consider the following to be priority concerns at the regional level:
· List 5-6 key future priorities/concerns within your REReP community
The completion of GREENWARE: LOW-COST SOFTWARE ALTERNATIVES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MANAGEME (software inventory) has been a welcome response to a need identified by our network in 2003 for details on free or cheaply available open source software. It is of great value in assisting us to identify relevant software for environmental information management, and more importantly, continue development of our environmental information systems at very low cost.
However, it is one response to a broader set of needs. To address the many other priorities listed above, and indeed further progress in environmental information systems development, information accessibility and exchange, we call upon donors and international agencies supporting the region’s development, for the mobilisation of additional resources and targeted assistance to these needs.