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Environmental Assistance to Eastern Europe - Annual Report 2000

8. Advisory Committee

List of members of the Committee
The Committee's work           

Members of the Advisory Committee to the Danish Environmental Support Fund for Eastern Europe as of 1 June 2001

Chairman Erik Hoffmeyer, former Governor of the Danish Central Bank
                 
The Economic Council of the Labour Movement
              		Martin Windelin, MA (Econ.)
Danish Society for the Conservation of Nature
              		Gunver Bennekou, Director
Confederation of Danish Industry Anders Holbech Jespersen, Consultant
                
The Danish Chamber of Commerce
                		Mette Herget, MSc (pharmacology)
Danish Agency for the Development of Industry and Trade
                    		Kristian Birk, Head of Division
Danish Association of Consulting Engineers
                 		John Cederberg, Director General
The Outdoor Council Jane Lund Henriksen, Deputy Chairman
                   
The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anne-Marie Esper Larsen, Head of Division
                
National Environmental Research Institute
              		Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen, Deputy Director
Danish Energy Agency Morten Palle Hansen, Head of Division
             
Danish Forest and Nature Agency
               		Peter Pouplier, Head of Division
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
               		Karsten Skov, Deputy Director General
Provision of secretariat services to the Committee:
  
Danish Environmental Agency Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen, Head of Division


The Committee's Work

In 2000, the Advisory Committee held meetings in March, June, September and December and made an inspection trip to Romania from September 4 to 8. In 2000, an important activity for the Committee has been to discuss the new strategy for environmental support for Eastern Europe for 2001 to 2006. Various drafts for a strategy and a model for country programming were thus discussed at the meetings in March, June and at an extraordinary committee meeting in September.

At the meeting in March, DEPA presented the annual report for 1999, and the Committee discussed the breakdown of the environmental assistance into investment projects and technical assistance projects as well as the breakdown into countries and activity areas. Also the status of sector-integrated environmental assistance was presented by DEPA and discussed by the Committee.

At the meeting in June, the Committee discussed the new strategy and the status of the EU enlargement process and Danish bilateral support in relation to EU approximation in the environmental field. An overview of environmental assistance to the Balkans was presented by DEPA, and past as well as future assistance was discussed by the Committee.

The Advisory Committee made a study tour to Romania in the period September 4 to 8. The programme for the study tour included meetings with the Ministry of Environment in Bucharest and with the EU Commission, which is the most important international partner of co-operation for Danish environmental support to Romania. The Committee also visited projects in the vicinity of Bucharest. A prolonged visit to Neamt County, where the Danish environmental support has been concentrated since 1996, gave the Committee insight into DEPA's co-operation with this county. The Committee visited projects within most of the main activity areas covered by the environmental support programme: waste water, solid waste, cleaner technology in industry, energy supply, nature projects and capcity-building projects with local environmental authorities in Neamt in the field of local environmental plans, supervision and control.

At the meeting in September, the Committee discussed the latest edition of the new strategy before it was circulated for comment.

At the meeting in December, the Committee discussed the status of sector-integrated environmental assistance. Representatives from the participating ministries took part in this meeting, and the focus of attention was the environmental effects achieved and the plans for future support. The Committee also discussed the status of environmental assistance to Eastern Europe for 2000. Finally, DEPA presented drafts for the country programmes for Lithuania and Moldova.

 

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