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Milestones – 1989…2010• 1989
• Budapest, July 12 – the historical speech of President Bush at the Marx University
• 1990• The REC’s Foundation Charter is signed by
Hungary, the EC, the US and the Netherlands on June 20.
• 1993• Japan special Fund
• 1995• International status in Hungary
• 2000• 10th Anniversary and The Regional Environmental
Reconstruction Program for South Eastern Europe, brokered with REC assistance, is endorsed by the Stability Pact.
• 2001• Italian Trust Fund
• 2005• Declaration of the Signatories to the Charter of the REC
on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary • 2009-2010
• The REC today and the story goes on…
The Climate Project discussions for regional cooperation
A Salute to President George BushREC founding father
Royal visit for the 20th anniversary
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Regional Environmental Center (REC)• “… is an international organisation
with a mission to assist in solving environmental problems (…)”
• The REC is legally based on a charter signed by the governments of 31 countries (from June 2010 - Sweden and UK) and the EC
• Multi-stakeholder International Board
• 190 staff (some 30 nationalities)• 100% project based organization
(over 300 running projects/year)• 10 – 12 million Euro annual
turnover• Offices in 17 countries• Population served ~ 200+ million • Operations beyond Central and
Eastern Europe
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Board of Directors•Jaakko Henttonen Director of the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership Support Fund, EBRDChairman of the Board of the REC
•Ferruh ErtürkProfessorYildiz University, Turkey
•Andrzej Kassenberg President, Institute for Sustainable Development, Poland
•Melinda L. KimbleSenior Vice PresidentUN Foundation, US
•Adriaan Oudeman, Coordinator, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, the Netherlands
•Jin SatoAssociate Professor;University of Tokyo, Japan
•Sinisa StankovicDeputy MinisterMinistry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning, Montenegro
•Istvan TeplánDirector GeneralGovernment Centre for Public Administration and Human Resource Services, Hungary
•Timo MakelaDirectorDG EnvironmentEuropean Commission
Ex officio:
•Corrado CliniDirector GeneralMinistry for the Environment Land and Sea, ItalyPresident of the General Assembly of the REC
•Marta Szigeti BonifertExecutive DirectorREC
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Asia
Pacifi
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Coopera
tion
EU Countries
Countries in Transition
Inte
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Inst
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• Signatories
PARTNERS OF THE RECN
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Institu
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Bridging
Government
LocalGovernments
Business
Citizens
NGOs
The REC
Government NGOs
LocalGovernments
Business
Citizens
Bridging – Across Borders
Sustainability,
Climate Change
SEA
Environmental Financing,
LEAPs Awareness Raising,
Green Pack
Improvement of energy efficiency
Grants, training
programmes
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Environment and Health Topic Area in the REC• Supporting cooperation between
environmental and health sector by policy integration on international/national level
• Strengthening the role of the precautionary principle in public health and environment protection, with special focus on children
• Implementation of the EU Environment and Health Action Plan/ WHO CEHAPE by active involvement in the European processes/multi-stakeholder cooperation
• Reg. participation in implementation of the CEHAPE Priority Goal 3: SEARCH project
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Legal instruments and policy tools (1) • The legal and policy instruments in some
pilot, CEE, NIS and SEE countries were assessed and specifically addressed to the four Regional Priority Goals of the CEHAPE
•RPG I: Water and sanitation•RPG II: Transport safety and accidents•RPG III: In door and outdoor air quality •RPG IV: Chemicals safety
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Legal instruments and policy tools (2)• REC developed a consultative framework
for national experts in the line of the Establishment of E&H Information System 2 project
• Guiding questions:•Existing national legislation and policies,
specifically address to children’s H&E and the Regional Priority Goals
•Responsible authorities: who is in charge, national, regional, local authorities?
• Implementation and enforcement to prevent/reduce children’s environmental risks
•Gaps and deficiencies and good practices
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European cooperation on in-door air quality in schools
• In-door air quality project in
•8 countries in 2006-2010
•Austria, Italy, Norway-Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
• reporting: E&H Ministerial conference in 2010
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Perspectives towards Healthy Europe• Cooperation in Europe in E&H process
• Parma Declaration for intensification of the E&H process
• E&H Research and project implementation with partners in the whole WHO Europe region
• Sub-regional assessment of the progress in E&H
• Reducing E&H vulnerability
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I. Green transport
• Topic Area has become increasingly involved in the field of sustainable urban mobility in recent years, implementing projects focused on the large-scale dissemination of information and the take-up and exploitation of the results of research and demonstration projects
• The flagship activity of the topic area is its four-year support to the European Commission’s CIVITAS Initiative though the CIVITAS Plus phase of the initiative.
• Other assignments• AENEAS – related to elderly persons’ sustainable mobility • SPICYCLES – where the team helped promote cycling as a more
popular means of urban transport
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II. Green Pack
• 2001 with the support of Toyota Motor Corporation, the REC developed a comprehensive environmental education programme in Central and Eastern Europe (Green Pack)
• The REC and respective local partners developed a comprehensive environmental education programme special for each country.
• A multi-media environmental education curriculum kit
• Primarily intended for secondary school teachers and their students
• Focus on particular aspects of environmental protection and sustainable development
• 30.000+ teachers• 3.500.000+ students
In 15 countries….
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III. Zero Emission Conference Center
THE BIGGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT IN HUNGARY – connected to the grid!
•Photovoltaic• The PV system generates close to
30 kilowatt hours •High efficiency envelope
• minimise heat loss in winter, prevent heat gains in summer and maximise the exploitation of natural lighting
•Lighting system• a „light shelf” diffuses natural light
throughout the interior•Heating ventilating and air-conditioning
• Ground source heat pumps •Architecture
• Energy systems and architecture have been designed in a modern and integrated approach
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SINPHONIE Project
• I wish you a successful implementation to this breakthrough project!