Background

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Dates: 2001

Partners: Polish Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Canada, Enerplan Consulting

Key Issues: Environmental awareness, capacity building

Funders: CIDA (Public Sector Bridge Program)

Project Description

This project increased the capacity of the officials in the Polish Ministry of the Environment and launched them into a process of “greening government operations”. It involved a study tour to Canada, and workshops and conferences to help establish Environmental Management Systems, which introduced policies and programs that supported sustainable development and developed capabilities to perform sustainability audits.