Regional Activities

1. Preparation and execution of needs assessment missions to project countries (Jan-October 2001)

2. Review of existing environmental laws and development of a national strategy for the implementation of the framework environmental laws in the seven project countries (March 2001- June 2002)

3. Development of selected sectoral laws and implementing regulations in seven project countries (Sept. 2001-2003)

4. Training courses in environmental law for judiciary, lawyers, Parliamentarians, civil society, women, environmental inspectors, police and general prosecutors (Sept. 2001-2004)

5. Consensus building workshops of stakeholders like, industrialists, to promote compliance (2002-2004)

6. Preparation and distribution of various studies like Environmental institutions framework review; Environmental policy legislation review background study; Institutional study on environmental management & law background (2001-2003)

7. Publication of country reports, compendium of framework laws, Publication of Compendia: Sectoral laws; Implementing Regulations, Judicial Decisions (National and International), and distribution through a Website (2001-2004)

8. Development of subregional Protocol(s) on Environment (2002-2004)

9. Development and harmonization of subregional laws 2002-2004.

10. Seminars on selected topics in environmental agreements e.g. (drafting national laws to include provisions of MEAs and conventions (2002-2004.

11. Establishment of teaching programs in environmental law in universities comprising curriculum development and teaching and reference materials including IT (2002-2004)

12. Exchange visits among countries and beyond project countries (2002-2004)

13. Backstopping national enforcement capacity building and operations of Environmental Agencies (2002-2004)

14. Revision of the 1968 African Convention (2002-2004)

15. Evaluation Report of the Project (July-Nov. 2004)