latlab.jpg (71280 bytes)

 

Municipalities support programme
 

 1. Local Environmental Action Planning

REC Country Office Latvia has been participating in the project " Local Environmental Action Planning" since project was launched in 1997. Its initial role was to provide information to REC HQ about national and local level policies and experiences in Latvia regarding environmental management; to identify needs of local specialists and community leaders in the field.
Throughout the project REC Latvia office grew up and became recognizable experts in LEAP methodologies in Latvia and CEE region as well.

Project has 2 dimensions:

1) Central Eastern European what consists of sharing knowledge among LEAP practitioners in different REC beneficiary countries in CEE;
2) National what means promoting of the LEAP approach and assisting to municipalities in developing LEAP on national-Latvian-scale.

2. EU Life Ziemelsuseja project, 2002-2005

 

REC Country Office Latvia is participating in the project "Elaboration of new comprehensive Ziemelsuseja River Basin Management System based on ecosystem approach and wide stakeholders involvement into decision making process at local level" as partner. 

 

Information available here and in project homepage: http://www.suseja.lv

 

3. Daugavpils Environmental project

 

4. Developing new opportunities for municipal waste management in three Baltic States (pdf)