Environmental Implications of EU Enlargement

The goal of this project is to use the opportunity for promoting sustainable development given by the EU integration process. The project has the following objectives: (1) to identify environmental implications of the integration process and react to potential environmental risks, (2) to keep the public and the government aware of these risks, (3) to prepare appropriate policy recommendations to assist the government in the process of integration and (4) to assist municipalities in their adaptation to the EU requirements by providing information and expertise.

Project activities have included :

• The PHARE project on Media Work, Awareness Raising and Training project implemented as a sub-contractor of Haskoning Royal Dutch Engineers. The project assisted the Ministry of Environment, as well as environmental inspectorates, with tasks related to EU accession. In the framework of the training section, a series of workshops wer organized, including: 2 courses on Environmental Communication, one workshop on Public Participation, another on Preparation and Elaboration of Local Environmental Action Plans and a symposium on European environmental legislation. The media section of the project disseminated results of the program through press releases, the Ministry newsletter, brochures, a press conference, an exhibition, and the Ministry’s homepage. As a result of the program, a large amount of useful information (such as studies, evaluation of  environmental policy and the process of legal harmonization and options for future strategies) created within the PHARE project of the Ministry of Environment became available to the general public.
• A workshop for Hungarian and Polish environmental experts on EU harmonization issues.
• Two policy reports on the tasks of environmental policy related to Hungary’s integration into the European Union.

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