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 28/05/2008

Delegation of members from Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia (FYROM) participate in capacity building study tour in Belgium and Germany

Representatives of NGOs and business participated in a series of seminars on various environmental management approaches between may 5th and may 10th, 2008. The study tour took place in the framework of the EuropeAid Phare project “Developing the capacity of environmental NGOs, through transfer of best practices from NGOs in the EU25”. The participants represented TIME Foundation (Bulgaria), Ruse Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bulgaria), Kaolin (Bulgaria), Mare Nostrum (Romania), SME Association of Constanta (Romania) and Proaktiva (Macedonia), as well as hosts Groupe One and Eco-Conseil Enterprise (both form Belgium).

The study tour was part of a larger capacity building project aiming to improve the individual and collective capacity of non-governmental and business organizations to participate in the implementation of the EU environmental policy, strengthen the capacity of businesses, remain competitive in the EU market, and achievement of sustainable regional development,

During the 5 days, members of the delegation were introduced to public administration activities towards enterprises, such as, Eco-tips for SMEs, Environmental footprint and CO2calculations for enterprises, toolkits and checklists for SMEs, Eco-dynamic enterprise labeling system etc. The study progamme further included sustainable development indicators, CSR approaches, meetings with top European experts in environmental management systems and approaches, representatives of the European Commission, Wallonian Union of Enterprises and Liege Chamber of Commerce, The Saar-lor Lux Umweltzentrum (part of the Saarbrucken Chamber of Handicraft).

Further workshops in Romania and Bulgaria are being planned for the month of june where the partners will work on future strategies for cooperation and application of environmental management approaches, such as EMASeasy in the partner countries


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