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Collective action - common gain
This brochure presents
both the scope and the results of Norwegian environmental assistance
in Eastern Europe from 1993 to 2000. Pollution knows no
boundaries. In particular, the state of the environment in our
neighbouring countries in Eastern European has a significant impact
on the environment in Norway. Under the motto "Helping people
to help themselves", Norway launched an extensive development
assistance programme including protection of the environment.
The
aim of this co-operation was to solve existing environmental
problems and to prevent future environmental problems caused by
economic growth in Eastern Europe. Norway gave financial and
technical support to the public authorities, the business community
and the industry in our partner countries in order to enable them to
deal with their environmental problems themselves. The projects also
focused on the importance of managing our common environmental
heritage by preserving the cultural landscape and biological
diversity.
We
hope that "Collective action - common gain" will
provide you with an insight in both the scope and results of the
many and diverse co-operation projects with our Eastern European
neighbours.The brochure is also available in Norwegian.
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