World Bank work in ECENA member countries focused on Environmental Institutions

First ECENA Plenary MeetingJanuary 19-20, 2006- Zagreb

Karin Shepardson, Sr. Operations Officer/Environment Staff based in Zagreb

Overview

Who we Are

Type of Work in Region

Short Introduction to REC work with the Bank focused on this region

ECA Environment Staff- Local Country Staff- First points of

contactSerbia / Montenegro (Belgrade)-

Nikola IleMacedonia (Skopje)- Bekim ImeriAlbania (Tirana)- Drita DadeBulgaria (Sofia)- Anna GeorgeivaRomania (Bucharest) Doina Petrescu

and Nadia Badea

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Mirjana Karahsanovic

Turkey (Ankara) – Halil AghaCroatia (Zagreb) – Karin Shepardson

(Int.) and Vera Dugandzic

Training and Work Experience:Environmental Management; Economics;

Environmental Economics; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Public Policy; Biology; Forestry; Energy Policy; Regional Development; Rural Development; Agriculture

International Staff you may know- working in this Region

Marjory Anne BromheadTijen ArinAgi KissRita KleesRita CesttiFrank Von WoerdenKatelijn Van den BergEmelia BattagliniRonald HofferJulian LampiettiDavid BontempoPeter DeweesPeter JohansenChristian PeterGeorge AnjaparidzeGrzegorz Pezko

Type of Work in the Region

RANGE OF CLIENT SUPPORT

-Loans Related to the Environment-Imp. Agency for GEF Grants-Carbon Finance-Technical Assistance on

Environment Issues-Economic and Sector Work/

Environmental Policy Studies-Environment and Social

Safeguards-Support Env. Aspects of Other

Sector’s Work-Learning Exchanges among client

countries

LINKS WITH ENV. INSTITUTIONS

-“Components” of Loans to help Strengthen Env. Agencies

-Stand-Alone Bank or Donor support (IDF, Carbon, etc) for institutional strengthening

-Work with Macro/Public Finance Teams on Env. Expenditure Reviews

-Publication of Annual “Green” Data (Development Indicators)

-Work with clients on governance, public administration, and other areas of policy reform with environment links (ie. privatization)

Focus of Work in this Region

EU Accesssion! This is the main focus of our clients- and we gear our programs to help complement this process

We seek to facilitate inter-regional and international learning and exchange, and dissemination of best practices

We promote good tools for economic development Capacity and development of institutions is fundamental

to growth and development Strong Environmental Institutions are critical for

Sustainable Development Environment Institutions are usually younger and

weaker than others and we seek to advocate for their needs.

Strengthening Environ. Institutions and Cooperation with ECENA

Study/program contracted to the REC to build from historic involvement in accession states; presence in ECENA countries and new/recent member states; and leadership role w/ ReRep and ECENA

Aimed to fill in gaps in knowledge and introduce new practices

We want to know more about your challenges to be able to assist in the best possible way

Joint learning and work with our clients is the best way