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The Twinning PDF / 351 KB tool was launched by the European Commission in the course of European Union (EU) enlargement. On account of its great success this tool is now implemented not only in EU accession or candidate countries, it is also being used in some of the EU’s neighbouring countries. The main aim of twinning remains unchanged: in administrative partnership projects of a defined time length, Member States support the administrations of these countries in the implementation of the Acquis communautaire (the body of common rights and obligations of the European Union) to the same standards as Member States, and in the development of modern administrations.
Partnership projects are requested by countries with a demand for twinning partnerships and are awarded in a competitive procedure among the EU Member States. They are carried out by an expert sent by a Member State administration (resident twinning adviser) to reside for an extended period of time in the partner country as well as by adjunct short-term experts. The short-term cooperation aims to establish long-term cooperation between administrations in Member States and partner countries that is intended to last beyond the duration of the project.
Germany is by far the most active EU Member State in environmental matters. Under the aegis of the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Germany was involved in 75 twinning projects in the environmental sector between 1998 and 2006, with a project volume of roughly 70 million euro. It was directly in charge of 64 of those projects.
Twinning projects can only be implemented successfully if the authorities at the federal and Laender level make their staff available to the projects. Up to now, the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) has been involved in 64 projects in 15 countries, either by making expertise and experts available, or through project management.
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Country Project number |
Subject |
UBA expert staff members
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Project management by UBA |
Egypt |
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1 |
EG2007/AA/EN/10 |
Institution building |
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Bulgaria |
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2 |
BG1998/IB/EN/01/02 |
Environmental strategy |
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| 3 | BG1999/IB/EN/01 |
Waste management |
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| 4 | BG1999/IB/EN/02 |
Air quality management |
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| 5 | BG2000/IB/EN/01 |
Chemical safety |
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| 6 | BG2003/IB/EN/02 |
Water pollution prevention |
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| 7 | BG2003/IB/EN/03 |
Air quality management |
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| 8 | BG2004/IB/EN/03 |
Waste management |
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| 9 | BG2007/IB/EN/04 |
Mining waste |
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Croatia |
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| 10 | HR2004/IB/EN/01 |
Water pollution prevention |
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Estonia |
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| 11 | ES1998/IB/EN/01a |
Air quality management |
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| 12 | ES2003/IB/EN/03 |
Fuel quality |
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| 13 | ES2005/IB/EN/01 |
Climate protection |
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| 14 | ES2006/IB/EN/01 |
Hazardous accidents |
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| 15 | ES2006/IB/TWP/ESC/01 |
Sanitary drinking water |
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Latvia |
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| 16 | LI12004/IB/EN/01 |
Ecosystems |
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Lithuania |
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| 17 | LI1998/IB/SPP/01 |
Structural funds |
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| 18 | LI1999/IB/EN/01 |
Air quality management/Water pollution prevention |
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| 19 | LI2003/IB/AG/02 |
Food monitoring |
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Malta |
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| 20 | MT2005/IB/EN/01 |
Waste Management |
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Poland |
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21 |
PL1998/IB/SPP/01 |
Structural funds |
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22 |
PL2000/IB/EN/01 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
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23 |
PL2000/IB/EN/02 |
Air quality management |
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24 |
PL2002/IB/EN/01 |
Water pollution prevention |
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25 |
PL2002/IB/EN/04 |
Waste management |
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26 |
PL2006/IB/EN/01 |
Sanitary drinking water |
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Romania |
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| 27 | RO1998/ |
Waste management |
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| 28 | RO2001/IB/EN/01 |
Waste management |
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| 29 | RO2002/IB/EN/01 |
Chemical safety |
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| 30 | RO2002/IB/EN/02 |
VOC, LCP, Seveso II |
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| 31 | RO2003/IB/EN/01 |
Finance strategies |
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| 32 | RO2004/IB/EN/01 |
Strengthening CLUJ regional environmental administration, focal point: air quality management |
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| 33 | RO2004/IB/EN/04 |
Strengthening CRAIOVA regional environmental administration, focal point: integrated pollution prevention and control |
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| 34 | RO2004/IB/EN/08 |
Strengthening BUCHAREST regional environmental administration, focal point: VOC, noise protection |
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| 35 | RO2004/IB/EN/09 |
Strengthening of national environmental administration |
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| 36 | RO2006/IB/EN/01 |
Strengthening CLUJ regional environmental administration, focal point: air quality management (follow up project) |
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| 37 | RO2006/IB/EN/04 |
Strengthening CRAIOVA regional environmental administration, focal point: integrated pollution prevention and control (follow up project) |
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| 38 | RO2006/IB/EN/07 |
Strengthening GALATI regional environmental administration, focal point: waste management |
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| 39 | RO2006/IB/EN/08 |
Strengthening BUCHAREST regional environmental administration, focal point: noise protection and permission (follow up project) |
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| 40 | RO2006/IB/EN/09 |
Strengthening of national environmental administration (follow up project) |
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Serbia |
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| 41 | SR2005/IB/EN/01 |
Water pollution prevention |
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Slovak Republic |
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| 42 | SK1998/IB/EN/02 |
Waste management |
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Slovenia |
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43 |
SI1998/IB/EN/01 |
Air quality management |
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44 |
SI1998/IB/SPP/01 |
Structural funds |
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45 |
SI2004/IB/EN/01 |
Integrated pollution prevention and control |
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Czech Republic |
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46 |
CZ1998/IB/EN/01 |
Establishment of authority body |
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47 |
CZ2000/IB/EN/01 |
Integrated pollution prevention and control |
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48 |
CZ2000/IB/EN/03 |
Air quality management |
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49 |
CZ2001/IB/EN/01/TL |
Integrated pollution prevention and control |
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50 |
CZ2002/IB/EN/02 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
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51 |
CZ2003/IB/EN/02 |
Environmental Information System |
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52 |
CZ2005/IB/EN/03-TL |
Environmental information system |
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53 |
CZ2006/018-182.07.01.09 |
Environmental information system |
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Turkey |
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| 54 | TR2003/IB/EN/01a |
Air quality management |
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| 55 | TR2003/IB/EN/01b |
Waste management |
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| 56 | TR2004/IB/EN/01 |
Waste management |
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| 57 | TR2004/IB/EN/02 |
Noise protection |
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| 58 | TR2004/IB/EN/03 |
Biocides |
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Hungary |
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| 59 | HU2000/IB/EN/01 |
Air quality management |
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| 60 | HU2000/IB/EN/04 |
Integrated pollution prevention and control |
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| 61 | HU2001/IB/EN/04 |
Integrated pollution prevention and control |
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| 62 | HU2002/IB/EN/01 | Water pollution prevention |
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| 63 | HU2002/IB/EN/02 | Establishment of authority body/Inspectorates |
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| 64 | HU2002/IB/AG/05 | Food safety |
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More information on individual projects is available from the Federal Ministry for Environment/Service or from the Federal Environment Agency.
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