Denmark's environmental assistance to Eastern Europe 1991 -1996

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Preface

1. Principles for environmental assistance 1991-1996
1.1. The legislative framework for environmental assistance
1.2. Priorities and efforts 1991-93
1.3. The EDRF framework: new priorities and organisational structure from 1994 to 1996
1.4. Recommendations from the Audit Department
1.5. Administrative reorganization of DESF in 1995-1996
1.6. Methodology of the assessment

2. Description and assessment of DESF projects
2.1. The distribution of support on recipient countries and sectors
2.2. The distribution of support on types of project contractors and patterns of cooperation
2.3. Financing and co-financing of projects
2.4. The implementation of projects
2.4.1. Assessment of implementation by project contractors
2.4.2. Assessment of the implementation of 47 selected projects
2.5. Environmental effects
2.6. Commercial effects

3. Cooperation with the countries in Eastern Europe
3.1. Principles and methods for cooperation
3.2. General problems in the recipient countries
3.3. Summarising description of the situation, the cooperation and the accomplishments in 8 selected CEECs 48
3.3.1. Poland
3.3.2. Estonia
3.3.3. Lithuania
3.3.4. The Russian Federation
3.3.5. The Czech Republic
3.3.6. Slovakia
3.3.7. Romania
3.3.8. Ukraine

4. Assessment of key issues and problems
4.1. The need for and role of foreign assistance
4.2. Project identification
4.3. Project assessments
4.4. Fields of activity
4.5. Financing and the role of various partners
4.6. Monitoring of on-going projects and documentation of effects and outcomes

5. Concluding assessment of DESF activities 1991-1996
5.1. Assessment of the achieved results
5.1.1. The project portfolio
5.1.2. Results of the project review
5.1.3. Results of the country review
5.1.4. Environmental effects of DESF activities
5.2. Summarising conclusions
5.3. Recommendations

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