CEP was recognised by a prominent independent research institute in the field of water management from the Netherlands, Deltares, in partnership with the International Cooperation Agency of the Association of the Netherlands Municipalities, VNG International, and the “Jaroslav Cerni” Water Institute, as an important policy-relevant partner to complete the assignment Local DRR plans and local protection and rescue plans for local self-government
units in Serbia realised with financial support from the EU in the framework of the EU-WB/GFDRR Western Balkans Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Program and managed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. The assignment took place from October 2021 until May 2022. The objectives of the assignment were to assess the current Disaster Risk Assessment, Local Disaster Risk Management Plans and Local Protection and Rescue Plans of the LSGs, with a focus on floods and flood vulnerabilities of LSGs in order to prioritize capacity-building actions in those self-governments, and to prepare recommendations on improving these local plans.

After successful contribution to the assignment above, Deltares engaged the “Jaroslav Cerni” Water Institute and CEP in another assignment within the framework of the EU-WB/GFDRR Western Balkans Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Program, Capacity building to improve the identification, prioritization, and preparation of new flood risk reduction investments in Serbia. The assignment took place from December 2021 until May 2022. The objectives of the assignment were to produce recommendations for identifying priority investments resulting in the draft methodology for prioritising risk reduction measures, develop a catalogue of structural and non-structural interventions, and enhance the capacities of the Republic Water Directorate and Public Water Management Companies to apply the methodology and the catalogue.

Članak Environment Protection: Improving the Disaster Risk Reduction Management with focus on Floods Management se pojavljuje prvo na European Policy Centre.

The overall objective of the consultancy was to identify and analyse the interlinkages between national post-2020 strategies of Western Balkan economies and, based on provided reports from each Western Balkan economy, produce an analytical report, making a cross-reference and extrapolating commonalities among the relevant strategies, as well as among the relevant strategies and SDGs, new EU 2025 agenda and EU 2030 sustainability agenda.

Članak Technical assistance to support the preparation of the post 2020 Regional Strategy – regional overview se pojavljuje prvo na European Policy Centre.

Consequently, TTF grant will allow CEP to enhance the quality of policy research and methodology. In addition, CEP will be given the chance to build a strategic outlook to the organisation’s development, foster managerial skills of staff and invest in the balanced progress of its programme areas. Finally, CEP will have the opportunity to develop communication strategy in order to better promote results of its work to a wide and diverse audience through a wide range of media outlets and tools.

Organizational development grants aim to provide support for improvement in the three specific areas of think tank activities.

1. Quality of research products which focuses on development and choice of various research methods and formats for producing analysis.

2. Communications and advocacy capacity deals with how organizations deliver their findings to the public, who they target as key audiences, and what approaches and tools they use for that purpose.

3. Internal development and governance is concerned with how think tanks function as a non-profit organization and includes staff recruitment and retention and issues of strategic planning, fundraising, and sustainability.

Članak The Open Society Think Tank Fund (TTF) se pojavljuje prvo na European Policy Centre.

This project was financially supported by The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade.European Policy Centre, together with Ecological Center Habitat from Vršac and Serbia on the Move implemented the project “Think-Act-Impact: Ensuring Improved Implementation of EU Directives on Environmental Impact Assessment in Serbia” during the following year. Project comprised a thorough research of problems and challenges in the implementation of environmental impact assessment with focus on local communities in order to provide solutions for overcoming the obstacles. Alongside research, educational-activist component was conducted in selected local communities together with local civil society organisations and citizens.

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Članak Think-Act-Impact: Ensuring Improved Implementation of EU Directives on Environmental Impact Assessment in Serbia se pojavljuje prvo na European Policy Centre.