Last update: 30/06/2004

Main Relationships with Foreign National Environmental Bodies

APAT cooperates with several foreign government agencies and bodies which deal with the protection of the environment. A list of these bodies can be found below. They are divided into countries that belong to OECD, Countries with a Transitioning Economy and Developing Countries.

Main Relationships with Environmental Institutions of Industrialised Countries

ADEME – Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Énergie, (French Agency for  Environment and Power Management)

Environment and Food Agency, Iceland(EFA)

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvardsverket), Sweden

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland

Environment Protection Agency (MST), Denmark

Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany

Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency, Austria

Environment Agency (EA) of England and Wales, United Kingdom

AGRSCI – Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, APAT’s partner in the project financed by the  CRAFT programme (5th Framework Programme RDT).

EPA – Environmental Protection Agency, Office of International Activities: Western Europe. This is the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Western European division.

IFEN – Institut Français de l’Environnement, provides statistics for the French Ministry of the Environment.

Main relationships with Environmental Bodies of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS).

CROAZIA - Croatian Environment Agency

CUAEPP - Committee on the Use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes. Created as part of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria it defines and pursues national policies on nuclear safety and is the formal body for managing security and control in the nuclear field. With regards to PHARE, APAT has directly cooperated with the Committee so as to define the licensing procedures for the decommissioning of the older units held in the Kozludy power station. 

UNMIK (United Nations Mission for Interim Administration of Kosovo)Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning - , is the Environment and Town and Country Planning Ministry within the UN Mission for the temporary administration of Kosovo with which some members of ARPA, together with APAT cooperate for the development of local environment monitoring skills, reducing pollution  caused by the residual ash generated by local thermoelectric power stations, and additionally, for an information campaign aimed at reducing energy consumption.

NRA - Ukraine Nuclear Regulatory Authority, with which APAT has underwritten various collaboration agreements.

CESD - Centre for Environmentally Sustainable Development, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

CroCPC - Croatian Cleaner Production Centre, Zagreb, Croazia

Main relationships with Environmental Institutions of  Developing Countries