Name of the organisation: Center for Environment | |||||
Project title: Environmental Legal Clinic: Public participation in environmental decision-making in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sector: 41000, 41081, 92000 | ||||
Location | Cost of the action
(EUR) |
Role: Coordinator,
co-beneficiary, affiliated entity |
Donors to the action (name)1 | Amount contributed (by donor) | Dates
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka | 54,148 | Co-beneficiary | 1) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
2) Ministry of Interior, Czech Republic 3) Gekko Foundation 4) CCFD – Terre Solidaire, 5) Pro Natura (FoE Switzerland)
|
1) 47,074
2) 3,241
3) 899
4) 1,601
5) 1,332 |
1/1/2016 – 31/12/2016 |
Objectives and results of the action | Objective: Strengthen civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina with regard to participation in environmental decision-making and create conditions for solving specific problems by legal means.
Specific objectives: 1. Increasing the potential of citizens to defend their rights in the field of environment; 2. Education of Young Lawyers for Public Support; 3. Enabling a more progressive approach to new legislation. Results: ● An environmental legal clinic created where law students provide consultation to citizens; ● Tutorials established for independent solving of environmental problems aimed at local residents; ● Young lawyers educated in the field of environmental and administrative law and EU legislation; ● Progressive principles promoted for legislative amendments related to openness to environmental information and public participation in decision-making. |