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Detail of GEF Project #806
| GEF Project ID | 806 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 1268 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Building Environmental Citizenship to Support Transboundary Pollution Reduction in the Danube: A Pilot Project |
| Country | Regional |
| Region | Europe and Central Asia |
| Focal Area | International Waters |
| Operational Program | 8 |
| Approval Date | 2000-02-24 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2000-04-17 |
| Project Completion Date | 2002-03-31 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe |
| Description | The project will be designed to help countries operationalize information access and public participation in a manner that advances the goals of reducing toxics and nutrients discharges to the Danube River Basin. As such, the activities conducted in Hungary and Slovenia will serve as a pilot for future efforts to operationalize public involvement in support of pollution reduction in the Danube in other countries in the Danube River basin. |
| Implementation Status | The project was completed both operationally (2001) and financially (2003). The submission of the signed Terminal Project report remains outstanding. Following regional initiatives for its continuation in the South-Eastern European region, the implementing organizations of the project (i.e. REC, New York University-School of Law and Resources for the Future) .did already submit a project proposal for GEF funding. The second phase of the project will use experiences of the first phase, this time covering Bulgaria, Romania and some former Yugoslav countries. |
| GEF Project Grant | 750,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 750,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 832,995 USD |
| Project Cost | 1,583,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 146,000 USD |
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