"Russian Regional Environmental Centre can play an important role in raising attention towards environmental issues and strengthening environmental civil society"

Margot Wallstrцm, EU Commissioner on environment in 1999-2004




Public participation

The work within the framework of this component of the e RREC activity is aimed at facilitation of the development and strengthening of capacities of non-governmental sector for participation in environmental assessment of economic activities and protection of rights of the citizens in the course of implementation of large-scale projects.

Within this area of activity RREC:

  • Provides legal and environmental support of investment projects and legal support for the public participation procedure.
  • Organises public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures for the business projects inter alia of trans-boundary scale
  • Develops methodological guidelines on public participation in environmental impact assessment.


Projects