Assisting Local Communities in Three Municipalities in Serbia in Solving Environmental Problems

Assisting Local Communities in solving environmental problems

Regional component

LEAP on the regional level

Common objectives in the region of Western Balkan countries

The Sida supported projects for development of Local Environmental Action Plans in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro try to address similar issues that are common for all three countries and therefore the regional context is foreseen.
The common overall objectives of all three projects are:

To initiate the process of preparation of LEAP in WB countries through mobilization of relevant local stakeholders to take an active part and thus give their contribution to the democratic process of decentralisation,

Capacity building of local stakeholders for advancement of efficiency and quality of environmental decision-making also taking into account gender equality principles;

Promotion activities and informing interested public on importance of coordinated action in addressing major environmental problems through local action plans;

To create the LEAP for selected municipalities in all three countries, that will develop strategies and activities for decreasing of the environmental risks in these municipalities;

Promotion of positive practices on implementation of LEAPs through implementation of priority local environmental projects.

1.2. Long-term impact in the region of WB countries

The long-term impact of this project in all three countries is:

To strengthen the ability of the local government units, business sector and community NGOs in addressing and management of environmental problems, as well as in finding investors for such programs.

To increase the capacity of local government units for medium and long term financial planning and budgeting.

Below you can see the plan of regional activities/workshops by countries involved in this Project:

Country	Topics	Year
Albania	"LEAP Development"	Nov 2004
BIH	"LEAP Finalization Lessons learned"	May-June 2005
MAC	"Implementation of priority actions and financial schemes"	October 2005
SCG	"LEAP follow-up tools"	March 2006

About Project

First regional conference on LEAP in SEE was held from 29 till 30 October in Albania
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Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

FYR Macedonia

National component