*********************************************************** CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs NETWORK GREENWAY NEWSLETTER No.20 Oktober - November 1994 *********************************************************** I. GREENWAY...GREENWAY?...GREENWAY! New member of GREENWAY 1. HUMANITY AND HEALTH FOR ALL Humanity and Health for All is a non-governmental, non-profit organization active in the whole territory of Slovakia and cooperating with the co-partners and friends from other countries. It is representing a humanity organization and at the same time dealing with environmental education. The subject of the activities is the ecology of humankind in its full complexity. Humanity and Health for All was established on 26 September 1991. The organization has 15 clubs in Slovakia with 4.412 members and a lot of friends and supporters. The sister organisation of Humanity and Health for All was established on 17 October 1992 in Liberec, Czech Republic. Activities: The basic objective of our activities is to improve the mans relation to his own, to the other people and the environment. Further they are the activities leading to the health prevention and active life style with children and adults. We are using the holistic approach and active techniques (mainly yoga excercises, music and art therapy, drama games, eco-games, etc.). We are organizing the intensive courses with an integrated training (personality consolidation), lectures combined with practical activities and alternative methods, consultations on health conditions in different regions of the country, and other club activities and activities for wider public. The work of our organization is oriented to other NGO members, bodily or socially handicaped children, young people and adults, parents with their children, administratives from educational, pedagogical, social, environmental, cultural and other authorities, to the governmental institutions, local authorities, managers from private sector. We are cooperating with non-governmental organizations, ministries, school authorities and schools, local authorities and mass media. Grants and number of participants: In 1992 we received grants from: The Federal Committee for the Environment CSFR, The Ministry of the Environment SR, The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family SR, The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs CSFR, The Ministry of the Education and Science SR, The Slovak Humanitarian Council, Matica Slovenska. The courses were attended by 641 participants, including 23 from Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia. We invited to training courses also 19 foreign lecturers. Club activities were developed - we informed the public in the Slovak mass media means in 29 articles, interviews etc. and by personal contacts. In 1993 we have had the grants from: The Regional Environmental Centre, Budapest, from the Ministries of Slovak Republic, The Slovak Humanitarian Council. The courses were attended by 724 participants, including 234 handicaped children. Further we offered the information on our activities at the other courses and conferences (attended by 4159 participants) and in 23 articles in newspapers, journals, radio, etc. Our organization published also two issues of the healthy life style bulletin - The Happy Sun - each was issued in 10.000 copies. They were distributed to all schools, school administratives, local authorities and governments, NGOs and other organizations in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Results reached by our work - improvement of the life style of the people in terms of the positiv attitude to their own, to their health, to the other people, to the environment, active approach to the people needed help and protection of the environment. The participants which attended the 3-days course - turn of their mind was prolonged for 2 months, after one week course it was even 6 months. The participants have learned how to reach the harmony with their own, with other people on the working place, in the family and especially for the teachers runned courses were aimed to the harmonization of their relationship to the schoolchildren. For further information contact: Frantisek Kassay Humanity and Health for All Lublanska 7 010 08 Zilina 8 SLOVAKIA Tel: +42.89.522 57 Fax: +42.89.533 40 ****** 2. JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PREDNIEPROVSK REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER "ZELENY SVIT" Junior League of Prednieprovsk Regional Environmental Center was founded in 1993. About 50 young people - students, pupils are the members. The basic activities of the organization are as follows: - practical activities (planting trees, cleaning up of streets); - environmental education, participation in education programs; - environmental camps, different meetings; - environmental periodicals, preparation materials for mass media; - servicing for computer and e-mail; - translations into divers foreign languages letters, projects, working materials; - preparation video, audio, photo materials about organization activities; - cultural activities, propagation the national folks culture; - participation in environmental monitoring of the Prednieprovsk REC. The most important results from the work in 1994 so far: 1. In Crimea - cleaning up the mountains tourist roads, which is not only of ecological but also of a great political importance. 2. Planting trees and cleaning up streets are held regulary in collaboration with representatives of Municipal Green Authorities. 3. The summer environmental international camp was organized where the members of Junior League had completed their knowledge on general ecology, English language, work with computer. They also cleaned up the forest and the river nearby the camp. 4. Journalist groups are working regulary and reflect the activities of Junior League and of the center as well. 5. Divers educational programs for children, pupils, students are well under way. It was created a working group on environmental education. 6. Group of students from the University and divers institutes which are specialized on the mathemathics and informatics provide services on computer work and e-mail for the Prednieprovsk Regional Environmental Center. 7. There were held the actions in commemoration of 8th anniversary of Chernobyl's disaster - memorial gathering of the local youth group of the Medical Academy and performance - requiem of folk kapella "Prosvita", which is created by Junior League`s members . 8. The students of Junior League participated in the national environmental conferences in Kiev and Donetsk reporting on "Acide sediments and their observation". 9. It was organized a charitative performance for handicaped and disabeled children. The perspectives for the future activities of the Junior League: 1. In the collaboration with the University, pedagogical institutions and international organizations to continue and develop the work of environmental education: - to develop the methods of environmental education for kindergarten children, pupils, students; - to continue the gathering of environmental literature; - to create publishing house - to issue books, brochures with environmental topics; - to organize activities in order to protect and improve the environment; 2. To organize the youth summer camp, with the participation of members of different environmental groups from other countries. 3. To continue charitative activities for the children houses, boarding- schools etc. 4. To establish contacts with the youth organizations from other countries by e-mail. 5. To prepare regularly information materials for mass media. 6. To develop network of youth organizations in the region, to establish new local groups of the organization. Contact address: Pavel Khazan P.B. 273 Dniepropetrovsk, 320031 UKRAINE Tel:+7.0562.781 301 Fax:+7.0562.441 146 (Source: Letter from S. Shmeleva) ****** II. FROM GREENWAY MAIL BOX National Forum for Non-Governmental Environmental Organizations of Ukraine, Feodosia, Crimea, September 7-8, 1994 1. "BLACK SEA MISSION" M e m o r a n d u m I. Participants of the Forum declare that the environmental situation in the Black Sea basin continues to deteriorate, and in certain zones environmental catastrophes have already occured. The governments of Ukraine as well as the other Black Sea countries are not able to halt this process, and, what is the most important, they do not seriously recognise the goal of securing the sustainable development of the region. Even the concepts of sustainable development absent in all the Black Sea countries. Under such conditions the role of non-governmental environmental organisations in protecting nature in the region is quickly expanding. Thus, securing the participation of NGOs in the decision-making process and in development programmes has become a key task. It is necessary for NGOs to make efforts to attain this task realization using various means of influencing government structures. Participants of the Forum consider that the GEF Black Sea Environmental Programme (BSEP) plays an important role in facilitating international co-operation in the region aimed at environmental protection, and in encouraging the Black Sea countries to change policies in the direction of sustainable development. II. Participants of the Forum have decided to create the Black Sea Project within the framework of the EcoMission, Ukrainian environmental NGOs network. The following is the main goals of the Black Sea Project and forms of action to be taken: 1) to maintain continous information exchange with BSEP; 2) to create a database covering the state of the environment in the region as well as organisations capable of solving the environmental problems and environmental sound technologies; 3) to maintain continous information exchange between participants of the Project and NGOs in the other countries of the region; 4) to lobby on the local and national levels concerning important environmental decisions; 5) to provide assistance to participants of the Project in solving local problems; 6) to develop direct contacts between the participant NGOs and donor organisations. In order to support the activities of the Black Sea Project it has been decided to create two information centres: one at the Odessa branch of the Socio-Ecological Union, and the second at the Simferopol-based Crimean Association "Ecology and Peace". III. The priorities of the Black Sea Project are the following: 1) environmental education; 2) gathering and distributing needed information; 3) proposing alternatives to the creation of a sea-based oil transportation infrastructure in the region; 4) proposing alternatives to the development of nuclear energetics in the region; 5) developing solutions for the effective treatment of both fresh and sea water, as well as efficient water use; 6) supporting the conversion from military to environmental production; 7) monitoring and control of investments in the region; 8) developing environmental programmes for improving the situation on the local and regional levels. IV. On the Forum participants opinion, the fact that BSEP is based primarily on governmental structures is a considerable shortcoming. The participants believe that BSEP's goals can be fully attained only if NGO representatives obtain equal participation in BSEP's co-ordinating structures. The Forum participants propose to the Program Coordination Unit, the Steering Committee and BSEP donors the following: - to grant the participation of six NGO representatives (one from each Black Sea country) in the BSEP Steering Committee with full membership rights, including taking part in decision-making and voting; - to maintain establishing Black Sea countries environmental NGO network; - to consider NGO pilot projects for financing subsequently. (list of such projects of the participant NGOs was enclosed). Participants of the Forum believe that it is absolutely necessary to urgently create an international Emergency Response Service (to quickly respond to environmental disasters in the Black Sea region) under aegis of BSEP. Participants of the Black Sea Project are ready to take part in the creation of such a Service. V. Participants of the Forum support the idea of holding the International Forum of NGOs of the Black Sea Countries second meeting. We propose the following topics for discussion: 1) establish an NGO action network based upon information centres located in each of the Black Sea countries; 2) organizing joint activities of NGOs in the region; 3) creation of a standing Advisory Board (Public Parliament) consisting of representatives of NGOs of the Black Sea countries. The main tasks of the Advisory Board should be to promote development of fundamental principles of international environmental policy, sustainable development concepts for the region, international legislation on the environment, to favour NGO participation in decision-making process on international level beginning with the stage of task determination. ***** 2. THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES - ICLEI ICLEI is a membership organization of more than 140 local authorities and associations of local government. In Europe has ICLEI 63 member cities and counties and eight member associations. The Council is formally associated with the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA). ICLEI`s European Secretariat serves the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) as its partner environmental agency. ICLEI's purposes are: * To serve as an international clearinghouse on sustainable development and environmental protection policies, programmes, and techniques being implemented at the local level by local institutions; * To initiate joint projects or campaigns among groups of local governments to research and develop new approaches to address pressing environment and development problems; * To organise training programmes and publish reports, technical manuals, and case studies on state-of-the-art environmental management practices; * To serve as advocate for local government before governments, agencies, and organisations to increase their understanding and support of local environmental protection and sustainable development acitivities. Primary programme areas: 1. The capacity programme The purpose of this programme is to increase the capacity of local authorities to manage development and resource use within their jurisdictions in a manner that is both ecologically beneficial and sustainable over the long term. Global environmental change, economic restructuring, urbanisation, mass migration, impoverishment, and rapid changes in values and social structures each confront local governments with challenges that traditional political jurisdictions, institutional structures, and public management approaches are ill-suited to address. With communication, information, and training services ICLEI assists local elected officials and management professionals to establish new procedures, tools, and financing mechanisms for addressing environmental issues in today's changing world. 2. The solutions programme The ecological development of our cities and towns requires the establishment of systems that maximise the efficient use of resources and minimise the export of wastes into the environment. The purpose of the Solutions Programme is to establish research and development consortia, joint projects, and work groups to create comprehensive solutions to the major environmental problems facing municipalities and the world. These projects bring together expertise from cities and communities that are pioneers in a field to create new policy frameworks, management instruments, and financing mechanisms. 3. The strategy programme The purpose of the Strategy Programme is to integrate the efforts of municipalities to projects their local ecosystems with global efforts of international institutions and agencies to protect the global ecosystem. This requires constant advocacy on behalf of local governments to increase the resources and authority available for local sustainable development and environmental protection activities. Training and assistance, both professional and technical, for local environmental officials are two of the main tasks of ICLEI. They are designed and coordinated by ICLEI's International Training Centre (ITC). The ITC * elaborates handbooks, planning aides, and guidelines * offers training and education courses * organises the exchange of information and experience * brings together people to debate and brainstorm about new, innovative problem-solving approaches The points of emphasis are directed toward subject areas appropriate for transnational discussion (areas not dependent on national guidelines) and toward areas related to ICLEI's work, in particular its political campaigns. ICLEI's ITC is located at the European Secretariat in Freiburg, Germany, where a number of the planned events will be taking place. The ITC also organises congresses, seminars, and exchanges in other locations upon request, whether they are for ICLEI projects or organised on behalf of municipalities, governments, or other organisations. Cooperation with municipalities, governments offices, international organisations, and scientific institutes is one of the ITC's work. For more information please contact: ICLEI International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives European Secretariat Eschholzstrasse 86 D-79115 Freiburg GERMANY Tel: +49.761.368 92-0 Fax: +49.761.362 60 ICLEI International Training Centre (ITC) European Secretariat Eschholzstrasse 86 D-79115 Freiburg GERMANY Tel: +49.761.368 92-15 Fax: +49.761.362 66 ***** 3. THE NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL CENTRE OF UKRAINE "People should know the nature of their native land. If they know it, they will love it; if they love it, they will save it for the future." The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (EcoCentre) is an independent non-governmental public organization registred by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on August 30, 1991, one week after the declaration of Ukrainian independence. By uniting well-known scientists with young energetic professionals, the organization provides scientific expertise for environmental activity and methodological support for other environmental organizations in Ukraine. Currently there are 15 EcoCentre branches throughout Ukraine. Purpose: Ukraine, being located in the center of Europe, can easily affect the rest of the continent by causing environmental damage as a result of human actions. Due to rapid industrialization and poor resource management, the environment, the people, and the country's future development have suffered. EcoCentre realizes the responsibility of Ukraine to its own people and the people of neighboring countries to prevent further environmental degradation. Therefore, it works to achieve adequate understanding of the country's environmental problems and solutions, as well as to change human attitudes and feelings towards environmental protection. Programmes: One of Ecocentre's conservation programs is entitled "Double Green Ellipse." Its goals are: - to promote international cooperation in the field of nature protection and environmental education. - to study the protected areas in Ukraine and compare the degree to which various species and landscapes are protected and biological diversity is supported - to examine environmental policy in Eastern European countries and compare the effectiveness of different approaches to nature conservation - to develop intergrated environmental education and ecotourism models. Joining the Global ReLeaf program of American Forests in October 1991, EcoCentre has been involved in numerous tree-planting projects with local communities. One such program this partnership has made possible is called "The Green Halo of Ukraine", which promotes community involvement in planting and caring for trees. Ukrainian Heritage Park This park symbolizes the independence and cultural/ecological renaissance of Ukraine. Ukrainian traditions, people's historical memory, and the continuos and uninterrupted relations between different generations and human communities will be embodied through tree and landscape compositions. Trees with historical and cultural significance are planted in the park. The Ukrainian Heritage Park will represent man's mission to be a keeper of his native land and the protector of its environment. Environmental Education Realizing the need for education in any successful venture, EcoCentre promotes awareness through the following methods; - interdisciplinary discussions on environmental problems through the organization of workshops, roundtables, and seminars. - lectures at the meetings of local and regional environmental groups, local teams, and schools - writing and distributing leaflets outlining the ideology and goals of Ukrainian ReLeaf and "The Green Halo of Ukraine" - translating English language educational literature into Ukrainian - Participating in the publication of Oykumena (the Ukrainian Ecological Review, which is the first independent scientific and public environmental magazine in Ukraine) - promoting children's awareness of environmental activity within the framework of interest groups, environmental societies, etc. - cooperating with foreign environmental non-governmental organizations for the exchange of educational materials. Environmental Policy EcoCentre maintains this with both local NGO's and governmental leaders at all levels, faciliting communication between organizations involved in environmental issues. EcoCentre considers public opinion and scientific expertise in the development of environmental policy. The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine Volodymyrska 54 252030 Kiev UKRAINE Tel: +7.044.228 1086 Fax: +7.044.228 1564 or +7.044.228 2922 4. GLOBAL ASSIST AVAILABLE THROUGH E-MAIL European Research and Training Centre on Environmental Education (ERTCEE)- University of Bradford, U.K.,launched a new system of advice and assistance on environmental education. To catalyse speedy contacts among specialists and practioners interested in receiving support to environmental education, the Centre created a 24- hour e-mail link. Available through the main international networks, this system can be used by everyone who wishes to use the service. This new scheme is part of GLOBAL ASSIST, Bradford`s unique system of advice on environmental education. For details on the system, contact through on e-mail on: ERTCEE@bradford.ac.uk. ***** 5. TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE As part of the colloquium "Environmental Education in Europe" the document "Trends in Environmental Education in Europe" was produced. It contains the abstracts of the presentations made by speakers as well as the key note paper "Trends in Environmental Education in Europe" presented by W. Leal Filho. It also contains the summaries of the plenary and group sessions during which discussions on environmental education in European nations were held. Copies are available from: ERTCEE Department of Environmental Science University of Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 1DP UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44.274.385 259 Fax: +44.274.384 231 (Source: ERTCEE NEWSletter, University of Bradford, No.9,1994) ***** III. CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, EVENTS 1. DANUBE ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM A resolution to establish the DANUBE ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM , a consultative network of environmental NGOs was drafted and accepted by representatives of 24 NGOs from 9 Danube basin countries which met on 1-3 October 1994 in Mikulov, Czech Republic. Agreement was reached on electing three Danube Environmental Forum representatives to the Danube Task Force, to serve through 1995. Interim NGOs Task Force representatives Jana Hajduchova and Boris Traunsek were re-elected for the upper and middle basin. Catalin Gheorghe Radu was newly elected for the lower basin. The Danube Environmental Forum will be governed by a Board whose membership will consist of 11 national representatives and the three regional Task Force representatives. National Board Members will be selected during the next round of national meetings, regional representatives at general (region-wide) assemblies, to be held annually. National meetings should be organized in participating basin countries by the end of January 1995. The focus of these meetings will be nongovernmental and public participation in the review and implementation of National Action Plans within the context of the Danube Environmental Programme (DEP) Strategic Action Plan. A circular containing the quarterly report of the DEP with an explanation and highlighted points of interset for the NGO community should be produced by the Danube Environmental Forum and distributed through national organizations in the network. RESOLUTION of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations Assembled in Mikulov, Czech Republic, 1-3 October 1994. NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS from nine Danube River basin countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine) ASSEMBLED at the Danube NGO International Meeting on 1-3 of October 1994, in Mikulov, Czech republic, WORRIED by the continuous degradation of the environmental conditions of the Danube basin by its inhabitants` activities, AWARE of the need for joint action of the Danube basin countries to ensure and enhance sustainable development and living in the region, EMPHASIZING the repeated efforts of NGOs to express constructive comments and to form a NGO network for the Danube Environmental Programme process since the Sofia Meeting in 1991, COMMITED to act towards achieving the maximum direct public participation aimed at improving the environmental conditions of the Danube basin, AWARE of the importance of NGOs active participation in environmental policy making of the Danube basin Governments and International Organizations, RECOGNIZING the need for the wide involvement of the NGOs from the Danube basin countries for enhancing the environmental performance of the Danube Environmental Programme through their active participation in the decision making process at all levels, and NOTING the previous initiatives for joining the energies of NGOs to generate, coordinate and focus the response to regional environmental threats as well as policy developments, Have Agreed To FORM and EXPAND a network of nongovernmental organizations operating within the Danube River basin area, to be called the DANUBE ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM with the AIM OF FULFILLING the needs for active involvement of the NGOs in the Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin. WISHING to carry out the following FUNCTIONS: 1. To ensure two-way open information flow among Danube NGOs and between NGOs and government institutions (Danube Environmental Programme Task Force and Coordination Unit, Country Programme Coordinators and National Focal Points). 2. To constructively comment upon Danube Environmental Programme implementation of all levels. 3. To facilitate opinion and decision making by Danube basin NGOs on a national and regional scale. 4. To ensure the implementation of active involvement of the NGOs in the Programme process at the regional level and facilitate involvement at the national level, as well as to ensure that independent information is provided to the process. 5. To secure and monitor the financing of the NGO involvement. 6. To highlight the importance of NGO project areas and needs. 7. To initiate and organize regional and national NGO meetings. BASED UPON the following PRINCIPLES: 1. Active involvement 2. Proactive communication 3. Resource allocation according to the needs of the basin environment 4. Free acces to information 5. Genuine involvement of NGOs in the decision making process 6. Fair representation of all Danube basin countries 7. Consensus building 8. Principle of rotation 9. Sustainable development 10. Preservation of natural resources 11. Rehabilitation of damaged resources. Contact: Jana Hajduchova Prostredni 41 681 00 Uherske Hradiste CZECH REPUBLIC Tel: +42.632.40 663 Fax: +42.632.62 509 (Source: Summary of main points agreed at the Mikulov Meeting) ***** 2. EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TOUR 1995 Brussels - Paris - London - Nijmegen - Frankfurt Praha - Wien - Bratislava - Kiev - Minsk - Moscow SNORE (Support Network on Renewable Energy) and FOR MOTHER EARTH are organizing a mobile exhibition on renewable energy and energy saving from January 12 until October 12, 1995. The exhibition will travel across Europe as part of the "Walk Across Europe for a Nuclear-Free World 1995". The exhibition will be set up in market squares in villages and towns along the route of the 5500 km walk. The 50 m2 exhibition trailer will be used for exhibitions, a library, workshops, meetings, press conferences, and an office for the Walk. We will also bring along different energy systems that will supply the Walk with energy. Photovoltaics and a wind generator will provide electricity for the Walk office and kitchen, as well as lighting for the exhibits and Walk campsites. Solar heaters will produce hot water for the kitchen and for showers. SUPPORT NEEDED SNORE and FOR MOTHER EARTH are looking for help to organize this tour. Although we already have many contacts along the route, we are looking for national coordinators and local contacts who are willing to focus their attention on this renewable energy tour. We are also looking for financial contributions. Send donations to FOR MOTHER EARTH, postal account 000-1618561-19, Zilverhof 19, 9000 Gent, Belgium. And let's not forget, people who want to walk 25 kilometers a day for one day or more ...you are welcome! New electronic conference!!! You can find out more about the Walk Across Europe for a Nuclear Free World 1995 on the new APC conference "motherearth" [motherearth@gn.apc.org]. The exact route with timeline, registration forms, statement of pupose, advisory council, updates, and a lot of other useful information is posted for anybody who is interested. PLAN OF THE TOUR SLOVAKIA MAY Fri.26 BRATISLAVA Sat.27 DEMO at Slovakian Energy Utilities, arrive in Senec Sun.28 Trnava Mon.29 Malzenice Tue.30 Bohunice NPP Wed.31 ACTION/RESTDAY JUNE Thu.1 Risnovce Fri.2 Lapas Sat.3 Tlmace Sun.4 Banska Stiavnica Mon.5 ACTION Mochovce NPP Tue.6 town unknown Wed.7 Krivan Thu.8 town unknown Fri.9 Hnusta Sat.10 Sirk Sun.11 town unknown Mon.12 Soroska Tue.13 Drienovec Wed.14 RESTDAY Thu.15 Kosice Fri.16 Kosicky Klecenov Sat.17 Pozdisovce Sun.18 Tibava UKRAINE Mon.19 Uzhorod Tue.20 RESTDAY Wed.21 Rokosyn Thu.22 Suskove Fri.23 Latorishja Sat.24 Lvivska oblast Sun.25 Orjava Mon.26 Skole Tue.27 RESTDAY Wed.28 Grime Thu.29 Lijatichi Fri.30 Sjirova JULY Sat. 1 Zalchsjeja Sun.2 Kurjany Mon.3 Kozova Tue.4 Lochaminsh Wed.5 RESTDAY Thu.6 Vismnevesh Fri.7 Shumsi Sat.8 Ostrog Sun.9 ACTION NPP Mon.10 Slavuta Tue.11 Sudikiv Wed.12 Polonne Thu.13 RESTDAY Fri.14 Romanivka Sat.15 Driglov Sun.16 Denishi Mon.17 Sjitomir Tue.18 RESTDAY Wed.19 Korostishiv Thu.20 town unknown Fri.21 Sitnjaki Sat.22 Gurivshina Sun.23 KIEV Mon.24 RESTDAY Tue.25 Zazimija Wed.26 Litky Thu.27 Jevminka Fri.28 Koropja Sat.29 Maxim Sun.30 Kozhergy Mon.31 Kyinka AUGUST Tue.1 Michaljokotsj Wed.2 Slavutch Thu.3 (possibility to visit CHERNOBYL NPP) Fri.4 Michaljokotsj Sat.5 Cemigov Sun.6 Cemigov Mon.7 Chmelnitsja Tue.8 Ripky International Office: Zilverhof 19, 9000 Gent BELGIUM Tel: +32.9.233 3268 Fax: +32.9.233 4924 e-mail: motherearth@gn.apc.org East European Office: Bubenska 6 170 00 Praha 7 CZECH REPUBLIC Tel/Fax: +42.2.66 71 03 66 e-mail: ckane@ecn.gn.apc.org ***** IV. IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING/USEFUL TO KNOW 1. CHARITY KNOW HOW Charity Know How is the joint iniciative of a group of British Trusts and the Joint Assistance Unit of the Eastern European Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Its purpose is to provide assistance and support to the re-emerging voluntary sector in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, the Republics of the former Soviet Union, Albania and Slovenia. Funding policy Charity Know How initially provided support for Bulgaria, Czecho- Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Its coverage was extended to the Baltic States and the Republics of the former Soviet Union in January 1992 and to Albania and Slovenia in September 1992. Grants can be provided for the following: -advice on the legal, fiscal and regulatory framework necessary for voluntary organizations to operate effectivelly, -advice and support for co-ordinating bodies to promote and represent the voluntary sector, -study visits between voluntary organizations in the U.K. and their counterparts in the region, -training programmes for voluntary sector personnel, including seminars, workshops and, occasionally, conferences, -translation of training/information materials. Funding is available for travel and subsistence and for the administration costs incurred by the U.K. partner. At the request of one of the participating trusts, a proportion of the fund will be used for the support of projects involving young people under the age 26. Most grants will be small and part-funding will be considered. Special consideration will be given to applications which contain an element of co-funding in money or in kind from either the receiving organization or its U.K. partner. Follow-up applications will be welcomed subject to satisfactory reports on progress. Special Project Grants Larger grants (10.000-25.000 GBP) will be considered for model projects which can be adapted or replicated by others and whose main purpose is to develop the voluntary sector either as a whole or in particular field. Capital projects will not be eligible for consideration and long term core funding is excluded. Further deatils may be obtained from the Charity Know How office. Applications for Special Project Grants will be subject to rigorous screening which may include referal to independent referees and an evaluation process. Special Project Grants will be made at only two meetings each year, in March and September. Exploratory Grants A limited number of small (up to 500 GBP) can also be made to pay the travel costs of an exploratory visit to facilitate a link where all the background work has been done and personal contact is required to complete preparations. Further details may be obtained from the Charity Know How office. Exclusions Grants will not normally be available for the following: - the teaching of English as a Foreign Language, - the administration of schemes for U.K. volunteers (eg working holidays) - activities considered by the Committee to be for personal rather than institutional development, - core funding in the region or the U.K. - attendance at conferences where the benefit to institutional development is not clearly demonstrated, - the provision of offices or equipment (including fax machines and other communications equipment), - full professional fees for any consultancy. Applications Applications will be only accepted from voluntary organisations in the region with established contacts in the U.K., or from British voluntary organizations with established contacts in the region. ( Organizations in the region seeking U.K. contacts are welcome to contact us for help under the East-West Link scheme). Applications should contain a detailed breakdown of proposed expenditure and an outline of any longer-term plans of which the project to be supported is a part. Wherever possible, applications should be accompanied by the latest annual report and accounts of all parties to the project. Prospective applicants are welcome to discuss their projects over the telephone prior to submitting an application. Applicants should complete all sections of the standard application form and enclose any relevant supporting information. Application forms are available from: Charity Know How Charities Aid Foundation 114/118 Southampton Row London WC1B 5AA UNITED KINGDOM tel: +44.71.831 7798 fax: +44.71.831 0134 ***** 2. EAST-WEST LINK A service for charities working in Central and Eastern Europe. In November 1992, Charity Know-How launched its new service to link voluntary organizations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union with suitable counterparts in the U.K. Its purpose is to enable organizations to find partners to help in their growth and development. Partners may offer anything from technical advice to moral support and the link may be informal and occasional, or may develop into a close long-term relationship. Assistance under the scheme often takes the form of finding a voluntary organization in the U.K. which shares similar aims to a non-governmental organization in the region covered by the scheme, and which can offer advice, expertise and training. Other requests received by East-West Link are for appropriate volunteers for a particular project, information about companies which can provide support, the funding policies of U.K. Foundations, and contact points for those in the U.K. seeking advice on working in the region. Exploratory grants may be available for travel costs up to 500 GBP to foster initial contacts. Details of this schemne are available from the London Office (see below). In some cases, joint projects decided upon by voluntary organizations in both countries may be eligible for a grant from Charity Know How. Eligible organizations in the region both registered NGOs and organizations undertaking work which, in the U.K., would be regarded as part of the voluntary sector. East-West Link cannot help students or academics seeking scholarships or academics seeking exchanges, who must continue to apply the British Council. The countries covered by these schemes are: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Republics of Former Soviet Union, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia. For further information contact: EAST-WEST LINK 114/118 Southampton Row London WC1B 5AA UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +4471.831 7798 Fax: +4471.831 0134 ***** 3. PHARE PROJECTS The PHARE Partnership and Institution Building Programme of the European Commission provides grant finance to help the establishment or strengthening of partnerships between non-profit making organizations in the Member States of the European Union and similar organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. The programme supports projects in a range of areas of activity which address national or local institutional weaknesses. The programme is open to both public and private sector non profit making organizations and EC would welcome applications from partners that have identified innovative projects which enhance cooperation across a number of European Union and Central and Eastern European countries and which complement ongoing assistance to the region. The projects must first be selected by a Member State Designated Authority before projects can be passed on for final selection by the Commission. One of these Authorities is based in each of the Member States of the European Union (in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom) and you should contact them directly and not the European Commission for clarification regarding your application. All project applications must be received by one of these Authorities in five copies by 30 December 1994. The projects chosen by these Authorities will then be forwarded to the Commission in February and the Commission will make a final selection of eligible projects which focus on areas and issues where support is most needed, which are high quality and which correspond to the objectives of the programme. (Source: European Commission - DG/I) ***** 4. TELEVISION TRUST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (TVE) TVE was set up in 1984 by the United Environment Programme (UNEP), Central Television and the World Wide Found for Nature (WWF) to act as a catalyst for the production and distribution of programmes on environment, development, health and human rights issues. The MOVING PICTURES service was launched in 1987 to provide a wide range of high quality films and videos to TV Stations, non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and other educational agencies in Low and Middle Income Countries. In seven years of operation, MOVING PICTURES has enabled over 128 countries, to broadcast over 5000 films one or more times and sent out over 16,000 videos to NGOs. The service is made possible through generous support from sponsors and through income from commercial sales of TVE co-productions. While TVE would be unable to operate without the support of sponsors, the selection of films in catalogues is entirely independent. MOVING PICTURES 5, the fifth distribution catalogue, is designed to build on that success - by offering a new selection of outstanding films and television programmes on environment, development, health and human rights issues. As with previous catalogues, are here selected some of the best environmental films from around the world: programmes which reflect a diversity of viewpoints and cultures on the linked issues of development, poverty, inequality and environmental destruction: award-winning programmes from leading broadcast companies such as the BBC and Central TV in the UK, the National Film Board of Canada or NRK in Norway as well as films from some of the top independent film-makers from both the developed and the developing world. All the 218 productions listed and divided in 52 themes - like Agriculture, Climate, Community Development, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Energy, Forests, Health, Pollution, Water, etc, - are avalaible to TV stations, non - governmental organisations (NGOs) and other educational organisations in developing countries, and to many environment and development NGOs and educational agencies elsewhere in the world. For more details on TVE, please write to: Television Trust for the Environment The Centre for Environmental Communications Prince Albert Road London NW1 4RZ UNITED KINGDOM Tel: 071. 586 5526 Fax: 071. 586 4866 Distribution of videos and films : TVE Distribution and Training Centre Postbus 7 3700 AA Zeist The NETHERLANDS Tel: +31.3404.204 99 Fax: +31.3404.224 84 E-mail: geo.net.tve.nl ****** Some parts from the book " THE HORIZONS OF SURVIVAL - WAR DESTRUCTIONS OF ENVIRONMENT IN CROATIA" - to think about the damages of war to man, culture, environment, economy ... Because the war is still here and very closed to our countries. 5. WHAT TO DO NEXT AND HOW TO GO ON? The aggressor's intention was to conquer territories, cause painful casualties and inflict mental sufferings. The destroyer wanted to demolish cultural and historical traces, exterminate identification signs, impoverish people of Croatia by destroying natural and spiritual treasures. The destruction of economic facilities and resources aimed at undermining energies and potentials of Croatia. At the end of May and at the beginning of June 1992 we are about to restore peace, the war and conflicts on the whole territory of Croatia are about to stop. What to do next and how to go on? War is death and evil that destroys life and good things and demolishes the goods - material, spiritual and natural treasures. REBUILDING means the rebuilding of the GOOD, rebuilding of all mentioned treasures, restarting of life and creativity. Money will be mentioned in the first place in all the activities connected with rebuilding. But it won't be a sufficient, it will be only a necessary condition for effective rebuilding. We think besides finance the basic resource of rebuilding is human will, struggle for children and their tomorrow, belief that diligent hands and common sence can do something for the better and nicer future, struggle for regaining at least a part of what was built and achieved during the whole life and what was lost in a moment during this war. A PROPOSAL Bearing all this in mind and with the wish to contribute to the planning of rebuilding and to the rebuilding itself we suggest: be careful with people, with their suggestions and plans which are swelling from day to day, wisely and thoughtfully with huge psychological and social energies of (a large number of) people who can do miracles, unmeasurably precious people. It is important to feel and hear ideas and suggestions, demands and requests which burst from the "entrails" of the society, from the inhabitants of towns and villages of destroyed parts of Croatia. REBUILDING OF PEOPLE The most serious and the truest is the fact that money isn't a sufficient but a necessary condition of rebuilding of people. The killed are not here any more and this loss can't be compensated, but their children could be helped to live safely and with dignity with their mothers -widows, less often fathers - widowers. Many wounded - especially disabled persons - will need a long-range and often continous help to live normal life in both inside and outside their homes; compassion is neither sufficient nor helpful. Rebuilding of people is rebuilding of physical and spiritual health, rebuilding of undisturbed dreams, rebuilding of aspirations against resignation, rebuilding of future orientation, not the concern for the psysical survival until tomorrow, it is rebuilding of normal life in one's own home, not somewhere where the man doesn't feel like at home in spite of everybody's help and affection. REBUILDING OF SETTLEMENTS Building and rebuilding of a house, rebuilding of towns and villages, rebuilding of homeland are one of the most urgent and important aims. But it is necessary to know that this is not only the rebuilding of the roof over one's head but also the rebuilding of "man's second skin", of the bases of identity and self-respect and many other complex emotions. Too many houses, towns and villages are destroyed, economy is impoverished by the war, so it is not possible to build everything at once or in a short time. Rebuilding will be long, somewhere it will last for weeks, somewhere for years. But before rebuilding it is necessary to restore peace in all regions of Croatia. Besides the obvious physical destruction and extirpation of material and extirpation of material and natural resources this war brings extirpation of others and of differences, destructions of that what makes differences and identity. There are many examples of deliberate and precisely aimed targets like symbolic places of identity. The most well-known examples are churches which are easily noticed from a distance, identificaions of places, centres. Destroyers fired shells directly in the heart of the church there were the tower and the "ship" are connected from about 50 metres away. The destruction of the church in Sarvas, near Osijek, from a greater distance was deliberate and directed by hatred and wish to extirpate the pride and the name of the village. The rebuilding of the symbols of identity is of special importance for the identity of people and the place of living. Elementary prerequisites of life must be rebuilt, many walls must be erected together with windows and doors, but the name must be also be rebuilt. Anonymity is equal to oblivion. REBUILDING OF NATURE Natural treasures don't have only biological importance for the present and future generations, they are treasures of the country and the bases of identity of people who live in it. It is not yet possible to analyze carefully how much nature has suffered, or to be more definite how and how much our flora and fauna have suffered, how much water, air and earth are polluted. There are two reasons for that: one is the fact that some parts of the country are still occupied or are endangered by enemy's presence and weapons, and the other is that ecological disturbances (disordered food chain, consequences of water and earth pollution on vegetation and fauna of waters will be interpreted only too late. Gabrijela Gavran writes about damages which can be noticed or expected in national parks and natural reserves. The first prerequisite of rebuilding of damaged parts of national park and natural reserves is peace and gaining of control over temporarily occupied regions. Benedik Forest near Bjelovar, a forest near Delnice, public gardens in Daruvar and many similar damaged places can start with rebuilding at once. National parks and natural reserves which are more or less damaged (Plitvice Lakes, Kopacki Marshes, Zrmanja, Krka, Lonja Field, Trsteno, Mljet...) are still, in spring 1992 in the occupied regions of Croatia or staying there isn't safe, so that rebuilding can't start now. It is well known that Plitvice Lakes together with the preservation of gypsum as the basis of waterfalls are to be managed in the most strict ecological way. But under the circumstances when the national park as a social, economical and professional mechanism, which was attended by a numerous and developed staff made up of local inhabitants and newcomers, is out of order the ecological management isn't possible. And something else: villages by Plitvice Lakes were both Croatian villages of this region. Together with rebuilding of flora and fauna we will have to rebuild interpersonal relations. Without the return of the people and without the arrival of newcomers there will be no rebuilding of this nor of other national parks. War destructions influenced the fauna of Croatia in three basic ways: deliberate killing of animals one-by-one; systematical destruction of habitats, reduction of its variety and permanent pollution and abrupt change of human influences. For rebuilding of fauna is collecting and systematization of formerly collected data, analysis of changes and observance of dynamics of subsequent events in habitats, determing the character and extent of devastation and pollution. Only after determining consequences the rebuilding will be possible, and it will last for a long time, and in systematically bombed and destroyed regions it is impossible to say how long. For the beginning it would be useful to spare the richness of our animal world from the risks and perils to which they were exposed before the war. Careful and more developed nature protection, more active and efficient environment prottection and gradual establishment of the strategy and practice of the sustainable development of our republic are of crucial importance for rebuilding and development of natural treasures of Croatia as well as of everything created by man. And we hardly think about it today. THE HORIZONS OF SURVIVAL Important elements of the horizons of survival are rebuilding of culture, rebuilding of interpersonal relations towards tolerance and dialogue and the rebuilding of the right for difference. Our cultural heritage will be impoverished by destruction of several hundreds of monuments (let's try to count to 600 and imagine only one building behind each number!), but also the entire urban and rural entities, devastation of landscapes and regions; destructions and robberies of works of art and movable property. Rebuilding of destroyed cultural heritage is a matter of rebuilding of the bases of culture, identity and names in destroyed towns and villages. Expert and financial help from abroad will be crucial, because the destabilized economy and ordinary expenses of a sovereign state won't enable setting aside the funds for rebuilding of most of the cultural heritage as soon as the enemy leaves our country. REBUILDING OF ECONOMY The extent and types of war damages in Croatian agriculture show that the priority targets of the aggresor. Much is destroyed, especially in Slavonia, but also robbed (agricultural machinery, cattle...). Some of the consequences will be felt a long time (the loss of the mother cattle, for example), and some will be improved very quickly. A special problem is the contamination of earth by explosives and mines. It is important to approach everything that happened before a critical way and not to repeat errors. Croatia should urgently concentrate on sustainable agriculture, a biological agriculture as a part of eco-tourism and the like, since the classic agriculture gradually reaches the blind alley. A plan is needed for rebuilding. The aggressor has destroyed some industrial plants systematically and deliberately. Many people are without their jobs, and Croatian economy has susffered enormous damage. The "heroic" technique of destruction from a distance by shelling and from high by aircraft has significantly contributed to the destruction of a large number of industrial plants. Their reconstruction - if there is any, because both technology and production were old-fashioned - will last for years. According to the strategy sustainable and economically more rational criteria for economy some of the damaged plants shouldn't be rebuilt because they expand too much power (Aluminium factory in Sibenik) or techonolgy is too old and pollutes the environment (Sisak Rafinery). Rebuilding of economy will certainly be long and hard. Social power and the ability of the inhabitants and experts are the main resource of the rebuilding of economy. And secondly, everything starts in the local community. The ways of rebuilding must arise from local agreement: Slavonian villages will choose one way, small towns of Dalmatia another. The funds will be a bottleneck of rebuilding. For the support by the West it will be a necessary to give clear developmental plans and to articulate ideas for development, and state institutions will define and develop the operational structure of rebuilding. The most important point of rebuilding is whether Croatian economy will develop as a copy of the pre-war condition or will it try to eliminate the errors of the past. War destructions can be used as an incentive for restructuring of economy and realization of new quality. The Adriatic orientation which was only a letter on the paper in Yugoslav extent, must come to life in full extent in Croatia, with all the advantages of the Adriatic coast, clean environment, prestigious tourism shipbuilding, seafaring and the like. This means that industrial plants, especially polluters, are gradually replaced from the littoral region. The rebuilding of agriculture means direct, fast and efficient help to individual homesteads. The rebuilding of agribusiness conglomerates is crucial for the providing of the inhabitants of Croatia with food. Significant areas of up-to-now neglected and unused (and non-poluted) land are a special resource of the development of biodynamic agriculture which would be oriented towards the production of the so called healthy food. The possibilities of Croatian agriculture are such that food could be exported to strict European markets. By Vladimir Lay, Green Action, Zagreb, Croatia. ***** GREENWAY MEMBERS Elena Vartikova GREENWAY Head Office P.O.Box 163 814 99 Bratislava SlOVAK REPUBLIC tel/fax: +42.7.58 227 58 E-mail: greenway@ecn.gn.apc.org or vartikova@ecn.gn.apc.org ALBANIA: Leke Gjiknuri, Mehmet Meta Protection and Preservation on Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA) Rr.Luigj Gurakuqi, Pall.15/1, Shk.4,Ap.25 Tirana tel/fax:+355.42.27 048 Ali Eltari Albanian Ecological Club Ismail Quemali Albanian Radio-Television Tirana tel:+355.42.26 287 fax:+355.42.23 726 BYELORUSSIA: Byelorussian Ecological Union Lenin str. 15a 220030 Minsk CROATIA: Predrag Haramija, Inge Perko-Separovic Green Alliance of Croatia Dordiceva 7 41 000 Zagreb tel/fax: +385.41.430 119 Dubravka Bacun Green Action Radnicka cesta 22 41 000 Zagreb tel/fax:+385.41.610 951 CZECH REPUBLIC: Zbynek Hruska, Jozef Marek Brontosaurus Association Soukenicka 30 110 OO Praha 1 tel/fax: +42.2.231 3057 GEORGIA: Nino Kochishvili Georgia Youth Eco-Movement David Aghmashenebeli ave. 182 380012 Tbilisi tel:+7.8832.394 342 or 351 914 fax:+7.8832.351 674 E-mail: gyem@p3.t66.n463.z2.fidonet.org Georgia Greens David Aghmashenebeli ave. 182 380012 Tbilisi tel: +7.8832.348 068 fax: +7.8832.351 674 E-mail: gagreens@glas.apc.org Zviad Mukbaniani Human Ecology Center Kostava str, 47 (rooms 33, 34) 380060 Tbilisi tel: +7.8832.936 940 fax: +7.8832.999 594 E-mail: shery@iberiapac.ge or isargeo@glas.apc.org GERMANY: Dorothea Bogelsack, Dirk Hoffmann Green League Friedrichstrasse 165 0-1080 Berlin tel/fax: +49.30.200 2554 E-mail: gruene.liga@ipn-b.comlink.de HUNGARY: Erzsebet Schmuck, Judit Balogh National Society of Conservationists Kolto u.21 1121 Budapest tel./fax:+36.1.175 0684 E-mail: ildiko@mtvsz.zpok.hu Zsuzsa Foltanyi ELTE Club Olt u. 21 1112 Budapest tel: +36.1.115 5465 tel/fax: +36.1.136 3370 Toth Marianna Environmental Protection Society P.F.72 9200 Mosonmagyarorvar Veronika Mora EYFA - Hungary Lovohaz u.19, I/1 1024 Budapest tel: +36.1.115 2218 fax: +36.1.132 0321 E-mail: vera@eyfa.zpok.hu or vera@okosz.zpok.hu LATVIA: Iveta Taibe Children`s Environmental School P.O.Box 364 LV-1050 Riga tel: +371.2.289 318 fax: +371.2.282 393 Liga Skujina Environmental Protection Club of Latvia Smilsu str. 12 LV-1963 Riga tel/fax: +371.2.212 917 E-mail: eriks@vaknet.riga.lv Valdis Bisters University of Latvia Ecological Centre 19, Rainis blvd. LV-1586 Riga tel: +371.2.225 304 fax: +371.882 0384 E-mail: root@ekocentrs.riga.lv MACEDONIA: Josif Tanevski, Mihail Tokarev Ecological Movement of Macedonia Bul. Ilinden b.b. 91 000 Skopje tel/fax:+389.91.220 518 fax:+389.91.331 434 ROMANIA: Istvan Sido Rhododendron P.O.Box 317 4300 Tirgu Mures tel.+40.65.168 900 fax.+40.65.162 907 George Razvan Marcu, Florin Vasiliu Ecosens Str. Paul Greceanu 9,Bl.6,Ap.38 sector 2 72119 Bucharest tel: +40.1.610 4155 tel/fax: +40.1.613 2414 RUSSIA: Alexander Shishkin Ecological Club 4, Ivana Chernych st. 198095 St. Petersburg tel: +7.812.186 5640 fax: +7.812.186 8600 Nikolai Grishin Earth Friends P.O.Box 400 123423 Moscow tel: +7.095.191 2326 fax: +7.095.292 6511 box 1724 SLOVAKIA: Frantisek Kassay Humanity and Health for All Lublanska 7 010 08 Zilina tel: +42.89.522 57 fax: +42.89.532 40 Jozef Gregor, Andrej Toth Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Protectors Gorkeho 6 811 01 Bratislava tel/fax: +42.7.364 665 Mikulas Huba, Vladimir Ira Society for Sustainable Living Starotursky chodnik 1 811 01 Bratislava tel/fax: +42.7.313 968 E-mail: ira@ggu.savba.sk huba@ggu.savba.sk UKRAINE: Igor Kiriltchuk Zeleny Svit Kontraktova pl.4 252070 Kiev-70 tel: +7.044.416 5218 fax: +7.044.290 6504 Evgeni Kotsubniak, Andrij Glazovoj Unicorn P.O.Box 64 254060 Kiev - 60 2 tel/fax: +7.044.440 3017 E-mail: john@envinet.kiev.ua END