Within the EU environmental acquis, waste is one of the most demanding sectors in terms of the resources – both human and financial – needed for the transposition of the relevant EU legislation, and the implementation of measures designed to achieve the outcomes sought.
EU water protection policies aim to provide a wide range of environmental protection measures. Until the adoption of the Water Framework Directive in 2000 EU policies were generally quite specific in the issues they addressed.
Air pollution is a local, pan-European and hemispheric issue. Air pollutants released in one country may be transported in the atmosphere, contributing to or resulting in poor air quality elsewhere.
Nature in its complexity is addressing the priority issues of nature protection and implementation of Biodiversity Strategy 2020. The EU Biodiversity Strategy aims to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and help stop global biodiversity loss by 2020.
One of the main objectives of the EU strategies is to organise cooperation between countries or territories by mobilising local and regional actors to align policies and funding and to identify common issues, solutions and actions.
Implementation of the activities of Wildlife Trade Sub-Group foreseen under EPPA will contribute to strengthening of regional cooperation for combating illegal logging and related trade.
In 2016 EC launched EU Action Plan to tackle wildlife trafficking within the EU.
The awareness and understanding of EU environmental laws, policies, economic benefits and strategies is crucial to strengthening dialogue and cooperation between the EU and its partners.
The objective of this component is to provide ad hoc independent reviews of selected draft legislation and evaluating the extent to which the acts comply with corresponding EU environmental acquis.
The overall objective of this component is to build and strengthen civil society active in the environment and area in EPPA beneficiary countries through institutional strengthening and information exchange on the EU environmental policy and developments in the enlargement policies.
