Montenegro

Western Balkans Environmental Programme working on Strengthening capacities in the Western Balkans countries to address environmental problems through remediation of high priority hot spots

UNDP Montenegro coordinates implementation of a 3-year $15 million Western Balkans Environmental Hot Spots Programme www.westernbalkansenvironment.net , which is the biggest regional programme UNDP has committed to in the South Eastern Europe to date. The main goal of the Programme, funded by the Government of the Netherlands is to achieve improvement of environmental situation and quality of life for citizens through the least-cost measures, improved local and national policy dialogue and the supply of domestic professional services in the environmental management sector. Programem has three main components: i) physical works needed to mitigate the ecological problems, ii) institutional strengthening and capacity building in the Western Balkans countries to address environmental problems and iii) enhancing regional co-operation as an important prerequisite in addressing environmental issues in Western Balkans region.

The aim of this Programme, involving 6 countries/territories and eleven environmental hot spots locations, is threefold:

1. To enhance regional cooperation in Western Balkans (by showing value added influence the way people perceive and act in the regional cooperation);
2. To improve living conditions in communities around targeted environmental hot spots through progress in clean-up/remediation activities in selected locations (making progress and communicating it effectively to stakeholders);
3. To ensure control of existing pollution and prevent similar environmental mistakes happening in the future through building up knowledge and capacity in the local communities and at the national level to solve these issues.

Corporate thematic area/Relevant cross-cutting themes
Environment & Energy/Regional Programme

Project status
Continued through the EnvSec project

Location
RBEC, South-Eastern Europe
Western Balkans  - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, The FYR Macedonia and UNMIK - Kosovo

Project duration
02/10/2007 – 31/10/2010 - Continued through the EnvSec project (see link above)

UNDP Programme Officer in charge
Regional Programme Manager a.i.             
Ms. Snežana Dragojević
snezana.dragojevic@undp.org
UNDP Montenegro
Bul. Sv. Petra Cetinjskog 1A
81 000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Tel. +382 20 22 55 33; Fax +382 20 22 55 51

Donors/Major sources of financing
The Government of the Netherlands $ 14,981,220.00, with the additional 50% co-financing for remediation activities from national implementing partners through cash and in kind contribution.

Regional partners/ Interim results and evaluation reports: Pls. see next page

Delivery in previous fiscal years
Project signed on October 2nd 2007
Delivery untill Sepetmber 2010 is app. USD 13.5 million