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Ecoproject
is a non-profit non-governmental organization in environment, energy and sustainable development working from Minsk, Belarus.
It was founded in 2000 by a
group of experienced professionals who work on sustainability issues in partnerships with various stakeholders - local government, businesses,
educational and scientific institutions, community organisations.
The main focus of Ecoproject's work is on the development and
implementation of environment-related and sustainable networking projects
in an international context.
Please explore this site if you want to find out more about our work.
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Project: "Developing multi-stakeholder cooperation in the areas of water, waste and energy efficiency in Belarus"
WECF and Ecoproject are implementing a common project with overall aim to raise awareness amongst NGOs, local authorities and citizens as well as businesses on sustainable development in their communities in Belarus. The duration of the project is 3 years. In the first phase the project will build capacity of different stakeholders. We will promote tools for multi-stakeholder participatory cooperation and partnerships for sustainable development in the areas of water, sanitation, solid waste and energy. In the second phase the project will also initiate participatory processes around the implementation of local demonstration/pilot projects related to the issues of water, sanitation, solid waste and energy. More detailed information about the activities of this project in Russian and English can be found
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Why Is Climate Warming Up?
In our ongoing
effort to raise awareness on global warming and help to change behaviour of various society groups
in Belarus to prevent Climate Change, we have initiated preparation of new educational material
to explain the causes and consequences of Climate Change, and to give simple ideas that each of us
can implement in our daily lives to prevent global warming. The brochure "Why Is Climate Warming Up?"
has been prepared with help of educational experts and has proven to be very useful and effective during the
dissemination lessons and seminars. More information .
Awareness
raising on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
in Belarus
This is our ongoing
effort to raise awareness of various stakeholder groups on the most
viable energy-related solutions for Belarus such as energy efficiency
and the use of local renewable energy sources (e.g. biomass). Together
with knowledgeable and experienced partners from Belarus and the UK,
and with the support from the British Government we are applying efforts
to raise understanding of the renewable energy sources and their use
in Belarus. Seminar-training, roundtable and various educational materials
are planned within this initiative. More information .
Waste
recycling initiative: "Big things start from small ones – Local
Agenda 21 – project in Minsk"
Joint Belarussian-German
project on the topic of separate waste collection and solution of
the problem of solid household waste at the local level in Minsk.
This project has been conducted in 2003-2004 in cooperation with OWI
(Ost West Institut) and with the financial support from GTZ/IBB Small
Grants Programme "Support for Belarus". More information
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"Strengthening
role of local communities for better quality of life" - taking
part in the Social Innovations Competition of the World Bank
"Ecoproject"
became the finalist of the social innovations competition organised
by the World Bank for civil society organisations from Belarus, Moldova
and Ukraine. You can view materials of the presentation .
New: Consultations
on Local Agenda 21 Strategy
We invite all interested
citizens and organisations from Minsk to take part in the consultation
process regarding the concept of Local Agenda 21 Strategy for Pervomaisky
district of Minsk. This document sets up priority areas for action and
can be downloaded in PDF format .
Discussion FORUM on Local Sustainability
We invite all interested organisations from Nottingham to take part in our discussion on sustainability issues at the local level.
You can enter the FORUM .
Seminar-training "Local Agenda 21 and Urban sustainable development: local and international experience"
On November 13th, 2002 on the initiative of Ecoproject together with the Local Administration of Pervomaisky District of Minsk a seminar on exchange
of experiences in Local Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development took place. This event was organised within the framework of the project "Initiating Local Agenda 21 in one of the Minsk Districts / Local Community Awareness Initiative".
Seminar materials can be viewed .
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