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Identification details
Official title of the project	Twinning project ‘Strengthening Administrative Capacities for Protected Areas in Serbia (NATURA 2000)’
Website	http://www.ekoplan.gov.rs/n2ktwinning/?lang=src /
Region/City	Serbia
Sector(s)	Environment
Budget / EC contribution	1,000,000.00 €
Implementation period	01 January 2010 - 01 December 2011
Expected results	National legislation for the development of the NATURA 2000 Network prepared for adoption. Preliminary list for NATURA 2000 areas prepared System for management of NATURA 2000 network drafted and proposed. Institutional capacity at all levels strengthened and cooperation between institutions in charge of planning, control and monitoring nature protection and biodiversity established. Recommendations for Serbian authorities to build up further institutional capacities drafted. Training programme for the key stakeholders in Serbia for NATURA 2000 prepared and delivered. Communication strategy and action plan for NATURA 2000 network on national, regional and local level drafted and implemented.
Beneficiary	Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
Partners	Umweltbundesamt GmbH (Environment Agency Austria) and European Public Law Center, Greece (junior partner)
Contact details	Rainer FREUND Programme Manager Rainer.FREUND@eeas.europa.eu +381 11 3083 200 Bernd Perdacher Resident Twinning Adviser Bernd.Perdacher@ekoplan.gov.rs +381 11 3120718 +381 66 515 3072 Katarina Vuksic RTA assistant Katarina.Vuksic@ekoplan.gov.rs +381 11 3120718 +381 64 3747 657 Jelena Ducic RTA Counterpart Jelena.Ducic@ekoplan.gov.rs +381 11 31 31 569 Radislav Momirov BC Project Leader Radislav.Momirov@ekoplan.gov.rs +381 11 3110463 Thomas Ellmauer MS Project Leader thomas.ellmauer@umweltbundesamt.at +43 0 1313 04/3360 Piji Protopsaltis Junior Project Leader pprotopsal@eplo.eu +30 22920 69811
Summary
Summary of the project (up to 1500 characters)	The Twinning Project „Strengthening Administrative Capacities for Protected Areas in Serbia (NATURA 2000)” is developed in a partnership between the Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning of Serbia and the Environment Agency Austria together with the European Public Law Center from Greece. The project started on January 1st 2010 and will be finalized on December 31st 2011. The Twinning project contributes to the harmonization of the Serbian legislation with the EU nature directives (Birds and Habitats Directive) which will be implemented in national law. Furthermore, a proposal for the establishment of the Natura 2000 network in accordance with EU criteria will be prepared. NATURA 2000 is a different conservation system in comparison to the system of national protected areas in Serbia. Management plans in NATURA 2000 sites will clarify which objectives are important and how they will be achieved. Therefore the development of two pilot management plans for NATURA 2000 areas will show how conservation objectives can be developed and how people who are living and working in these areas can participate on the management process. In order to achieve these objectives a whole series of activities is planned including the analysis and assessment of the status quo, as well as workshops, seminars and trainings. In the course of the project, experts from EU Member States (Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece) collaborate with the representatives of administration and stakeholder groups from Serbia in order to increase the capacity to implement the EU Acquis communitaire in nature protection.
Main goal of the project (up to 800 characters)	The overall objective of the project is to develop a system for nature protection in Serbia in line with the EU environmental acquis. More specifically, to improve protection of endangered species and their habitats in Serbia, to raise knowledge in the preservation of Serbia’s natural heritage and to increase the capacity to implement the legal standards in nature protection.
Specific objectives (up to 800 characters)	Project Purpose is to strengthen the capacities of competent bodies in Serbia for implementation and enforcement of the NATURA 2000 network at central and regional/local levels, by contributing to a) harmonization of the Serbian laws with the EU regulations, b) establishment of the NATURA 2000 network in accordance with EU criteria, c) elaboration and implementation of training programmes systematically dealing with capacity building in the field of development of the NATURA 2000 network in Serbia.