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Presently Serbia and Montenegro are working with UNDP to set up environmental programs
and policies while international partnerships are beginning to formulate.
Recently, together with a support from Sweden, a dialogue was facilitated between a
variety of partners and in particular the Minister of Science and Environment and the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in Serbia in order to activate work on developing a
Strategy for Sustainable Development for Serbia, thus ensuring attention at the highest
level and coordination with the EU integration strategy, the PRS and the MDGs.
ENERGY FSSD*
PORTFOLIO
Ratislav Vrbensky, Resident Representative
The Energy and Environment Umbrella Framework supported by UNDP promotes good environmental governance. The GEF funded
NCSA project will determine priority needs for capacity development. UNDP in partnership with Finland, is establishing a Geographic
Information System that will help in identifying environmental issues in a quantifiable manner. A project funded by GEF, UNESCO, and
UNDP aims at strengthening urban planning governance systems. While the Rockefeller Brothers Fund with UNDP is assisting in facilitating
sustainable tourism entrepreneurship in Durmitor and prepareing a hydropower plant strategy.
Through the Climate Change Enabling Activity Self Assessment the Government is undertaking a stocktaking exercise in order to
form a basis for the first national communication support. With the publication “Stuck in the Past” on Energy Environment Poverty
linkages in SCG provided socially sensitive energy policy advice with minimal environmental degradation to harmonize energy market
prices with social and ecological endurance. The results facilitated public discussion on these issues including contributing to the
PRSP process in Serbia and Montenegro.
CONTACTS
Ms. Saba Nordstrom – saba.nordstrom@undp.org
Mr. Radomir Buric – radomir.buric@undp.org
Tel. 381-11-344-4400, 41, 42
Fax 381-11-344-4300
http://www.undp.org.yu/tareas/projects.cfmproject=21
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in
Serbia and Montenergo
SIDA
UNESCO
Government of Finland
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Government of The Netherlands
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UNDP Serbia and Montenegro Document: http://www.undp.org.yu/tareas/factsheets.cfmproject=26; GEF Online database: http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfmprojID=2211; *Frameworks
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