C2ENET – Central Europe Environmental Net

5C071

Town of Vsetín
Svárov 1080
75501 Vsetín
Czech republic

Mr. Milan Pucek
Tel.:	+420571491501
Fax:	+421571419957
Email:	milan.pucek@mestovsetin.cz

4 - Environmental protection
4.1 - Environmental protection

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

3rd Call

The question and problem of compliance of local environmental protection measures with EU legislation arise in many small and mid-sized towns and municipalities which have no relevant professional apparatus. The C2ENET project is dedicated to helping municipalities from the New EU Member States manage existing problems concerning environmental issues, taking into account technical, organisational and financial aspects. The main topics dealt with are general issues of sustainable development with a concentration on energy efficiency, waste management and wastewater treatment. An analysis of relevant European laws and a series of pilot projects constitute one part of the activities conducted by the project. The experience and partners’ know-how are made available to partner associations, member towns and municipalities.

In the C2ENET project an analysis of EU legislation, national legislation and an analysis of the organisational, financial and technical impacts of EU legislation on the municipalities is conducted. Pilot projects will be carried out covering different aspects such as the evaluation of European indicators, how to use renewable energy resources (solar technologies, wind, biomass, heat pumps, etc.), water treatment and clean water supplies, and an additional project implemented on the basis of the previous analysis. A further pilot project covers the environmental protection field of intervention. Results of project will be disseminated through three readers, a final guidebook, seminars and conferences. They will be available for the association's boards, in newsletters as well as on the website of the project LOGON. The first reader deals with the working group meeting “Finance and EU funding of municipal waste management projects” and includes an article on the “Approach of City Hall to environment – specific cases from the ecological audit of schools, ecological footprint, environmental profile, European set of indicators and its relationship to the City strategy”. The second reader covers the working group meeting “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources”. It also includes a section on “Effective, high-quality and efficient management of public administration” (with a set of examples). The third reader is dedicated to water management and will also comprise a section on the processes of the Local Agenda 21 and the measurement of living quality in housing projects.

Total budget (EUR):	826.144,00 EUR
ERDF:	540.158,00 EUR

Start:	05/2005
End:	09/2007

• Town of Vsetín, Vsetín, Czech republic
• Union of Towns and Municipalities Czech Republic, Prague, Czech republic
• Austrian Association of Cities and Towns, Vienna, Austria
• Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities, Budapest, Hungary
• Municipality of Szigetszentmiklos Town, Szigetszentmiklos, Hungary
• Reg. Environmen. and Waste Managem. Assoc. of munic. North Pest and Nógrád County, Kerepes, Hungary
• City Hall of Oradea, Oradea, Romania