Project:
Cross-border LEAPs: Environmental Planning for Peace and Stability |
Project
activities
The project consists of four components:
Component
I: Project Inception
The overall purpose of this component is to set the project in motion
by identifying the key contacts and stakeholders in each community and
formalizing commitments to the project implementation. The four municipalities
will be requested to sign an "Agreement on Supporting LEAP Activities"
of both municipalities and REC, including the requirement that the municipality
co-finance the pilot environmental investment projects.
Component
II: Developing the four LEAPs
This component consists of several tasks:
· Initiate preliminary public involvement activities: raising public awareness
about the LEAP process i n each municipality will educate community members
about the purpose and benefits of the LEAP (and the overall project) and
encourage the participation of stakeholders; establishing organizational
structure of the LEAP which will guide the community through the project
· Assess environmental issues and set priorities: each community will
identify, assess, and rank its environmental situation, issues, and problems
in an open, participatory manner, with assistance from technical and scientific
experts, and with guidance and assistance provided by the REC team
· Develop an Action Plan: the Action Plan is the primary output of the
LEAP. It contains the goals, targets, and actions for addressing priority
environmental problems. The Action Plan builds upon the priority setting
process to form a multi-stakeholder agreement on the optimal way to solve
environmental problems in the community.
Component
III: Putting the LEAPs into action
According to determined priorities, local authorities and REC promote
priority environmental investment projects in their communities through
transparent international-standard tendering process.
Component
IV: Cross-Border cooperative environmental planning
This project stage provides a forum for sharing experiences and coordination
between the municipalities during the LEAP process. Also, the REC team
will prepare a short report which documents the process, including key
obstacles encountered, lessons learned, and successes.
Components I and IV represent the cross-border aspects of the project, those activities which will be implemented for all four municipalities jointly, t o foster communication and cooperation in local environmental planning, while the other two components are the local aspects of the project, covering the development of LEAPs and financing of pilot environmental projects in each of the four municipalities.
Contact persons:
Suad Hajrić /REC BiH LEAP Coordinator/;
tel/fax: 033/ 209 130
Đorđe Vojinović /Project Manager/;
tel/fax: 051/ 317 022
