Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

Figure 11.15. 
Structure 
of the Directorate-
General for the 
Environment of the 
European Commission
EEA’s mandate is: 
 
Œ to help the 
Community and 
member states make 
informed decisions 
about improving 
the environment, 
integrating 
environmental 
considerations into 
economic policies 
and moving towards 
sustainability;
 
Œ to coordinate the 
European environment 
information and 
observation network 
(Eionet).

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11. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: LEGISLATION, POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS
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NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
IRELAND
UNITED KINGDOM
DENMARK
ESTONIA
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
POLAND
GERMANY
FRANCE
SPAIN
ROMANIA
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ITALY
BULGARIA
TURKEY
GREECE
NEDERLANDS
BELGIUM
LUXEMBOURG
SWITZERLAND
AUSTRIA
CZECH 
REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
HUNGARY
MALTA
CYPRUS
Member countries
Cooperating countries
LIECHTENSTEIN
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
SERBIA
FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
MONTENEGRO
The  main  clients  are  the  European  Union  institutions  –  the 
European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council – and 
member countries. In addition to this central group of European 
policy  actors,  EEA  also  serve  other  EU  institutions  such  as  the 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
The business community, academia, non-govern 
mental 
organizations and other parts of civil society are also important users 
of our information. EEA try to achieve two-way communication with 
clients in order to correctly identify their information needs, and 
make sure that the information provided is understood and taken up 
by them.
The  EEA  Information  Centre  gives  individual  responses  to 
external requests for information and is open to the general public 
every working day. The EEA provides assessments and information 
in the form of reports, short briefings and articles, press material 
and online products and services. The material covers the state 
of the environ ment, current trends and pressures, economic and 
social  driving  forces,  policy  effectiveness,  and  identification  of 
future trends, outlooks and problems, using scenarios and other 
techniques.
Summaries of major reports and various articles and press 
releases  are  often  translated  into  the  official  languages  of  EEA 
member countries.