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Ministry of Environmental Protection, OSCE sign memorandum of understanding
Belgrade,
3 April 2008
Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin and Head of the OSCE Mission in Serbia Hans Ola Urstad signed today in Belgrade a memorandum of understanding on environmental protection.
Hans Ola Urstad, left, and Sasa Dragin
Within the framework of the memorandum the ministry and OSCE will cooperate on a project titled, “Strategic support by the Ministry of Environmental Protection for institutional capacity building”.
The basic aim of the project is that the OSCE, as an organisation with huge experience in other European countries in the area of environmental protection, helps the ministry in designing a legal framework which is in accordance with EU laws in order to accelerate Serbia’s EU integration.
Speaking at a press conference, Dragin said that Serbia has chosen the path to the EU therefore it must adopt a set of laws on environmental protection which are in accordance with EU standards, and which in the long run will not only be of great benefit in the development of environmental protection but will also lead to the initiation of new areas in the economy, such as recycling.
Urstad said that one of the aims of the OSCE Mission is to help Serbia draft a set of laws on environmental protection by providing international expertise which has produced good results in other countries in transition.
He said that the implementation of these laws will be a huge challenge for Serbia and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which will have a key role in the process.
The basic aim of the project is that the OSCE, as an organisation with huge experience in other European countries in the area of environmental protection, helps the ministry in designing a legal framework which is in accordance with EU laws in order to accelerate Serbia’s EU integration.
Speaking at a press conference, Dragin said that Serbia has chosen the path to the EU therefore it must adopt a set of laws on environmental protection which are in accordance with EU standards, and which in the long run will not only be of great benefit in the development of environmental protection but will also lead to the initiation of new areas in the economy, such as recycling.
Urstad said that one of the aims of the OSCE Mission is to help Serbia draft a set of laws on environmental protection by providing international expertise which has produced good results in other countries in transition.
He said that the implementation of these laws will be a huge challenge for Serbia and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which will have a key role in the process.
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