1. EEA support to West Balkan countries Milan Chrenko, NFP/Eionet Coordinator European Environment Agency

2. The European Environment Agency: - is established by EEC regulation - is an independent information provider - is an analyst and assessor - is building bridges between science and policy - is dependent upon strong networks to carry out its work … to support policy processes and inform the public European Environment Agency

3. Eionet’s role Coordinating national data/information flows Providing country-level expertise and advice Linking EEA to member country sources and vice versa Promoting EEA activities and outputs at national level Cooperating with EEA to provide sound, independent information on the environment.

4. * Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 EEA - geographical coverage

5. Overview of IPA Project Long-term Goal Objective Duration Budget P articipation in EEA Work Programme Extension of the participation of the WB countries in the activities of EEA 24 months (2010-2011) 1.2 meuro Successor to PHARE, CARDS and EuropeAid Programme support for West Balkan

6. IPA Objectives Support for inclusion in regular assessment reports (SOER2010, Horizon2020) – Session 2 Development of a regular indicator reporting system (EEA Core set indicators) – Session 3 Extension of main EEA topic areas to the West Balkan countries - Session 4 -Water -Air and Climate Change -Biological Diversity -Sustainable consumption and production

7. IPA Objectives (cont.) Networking Development of the Eionet network and participation of NRCs/country experts in major EEA meetings and events Capacity development Overall EEA Project Coordination and Technical support

8. IPA in numbers > 50 (in 2010) and ~ 80 (in 2011) experts participated at Eionet workshops > 200 WB experts participated at > 30 meetings in 2011 6 NFP Assistants 2 regional workshops country visits to all WB countries

9. Participation at Eionet meetings 2010-2011

10. Thank you!

11. Useful links EEA web site - www.eea.europa.euwww.eea.europa.eu Eionet portal - eionet.europa.eu EEA data products - www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps Reportnet - www.eionet.europa.eu/reportnet Priority data flows - www.eionet.europa.eu/dataflows