ECOLINKS: Environmental Partnership Programme

George Guran, REC Romania

ECOLINKS is financed through USAID. USAID contracted the Institute for International Education (IIE) to implement the program within the regions. In his turn IIE subcontracted The Regional and Environmental Center (REC) for the implementation of the program in Central and Eastern Europe countries.

USAID is a governmental agency granting economic and humanitary assistance, supporting the transition process towards market economy. Their web site address is http://www.info.usaid.gov.

IIE is an organization running over 240 training and research programs including over 18.000 participants each year (such as Fulbright). IIE has 5 regional offices and 6 international offices. Their web address is http://www.iie.org

REC is and independent nonprofit non-advocacy international organization established in 1990 with the support of USA, EU and Hungary; REC has local offices in 15 countries. Their web page is http://www.rec.org

The management structure of Ecolinks comprises the Chief of Party, three Regional Program Managers (US, CEE and NIS) and 7 Country Program Officers.

 

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