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ADRIATIC IPA project „SPEEDY“ International conference held in Italy

Representative of Aurora green participated at International conference that was held as a part of the ADRIATIC IPA project „SPEEDY“ at L’Aquila in Italy on February 12th 2015.

Serbia was represented by consultant Dmitar Zakula, Nikola Simic and Vladimir Jovanovic on behalf of Rakovica Municipality, and Slobodan Spasic, an expert of Aurora Green.

SPEEDY project (Shared Project for Environmental Evaluation with DYnamic governance) is run within IPA Adriatic Crossborder cooperation program 2007-2013.

Leading partner is Abruzzo Region, whilst other project partners are the following institutions: Italian regions Marche and Molise, D’Annunzio University from Italy, Italian Ministry of Environment, DUNEA Agency from Croatia, Center for Research and Development, and National Territorial Planning Agency from Albania, and Municipality of Rakovica and Agency for Environmental Protection from Serbia.

Purpose of SPEEDY project is to help states from Adriatic region to implement Directive 2001/42/CE on strategic environmental assessment – SEA to respect their provisions and obtain the benefits provided, as to enable them to better understand the purpose and operation of the Directive, taking into considerations implications it has on planning procedures within them.

Overall objective of the project is to foster regional transnational cooperation between public administrations with the aim of fostering an environmental assessment process efficient in the Adriatic. The synergistic actions between the various neighboring countries are linked to the consideration that environmental problems can be resolved through interventions coordinated and sharing knowledge.

This general objective is achieved through the development of web-based SEA for the promotion of knowledge. Aurora green experts’ assignment task is to thematically and with expertise prepare, develop and implement the Shared Knowledge Platform towards national stakeholders.

More about the project at: www.speedyipa.eu