PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
This project is aimed at the training and environmental awareness-raising of local government officials and company managers to take remediatory steps and prevention at the source in their respective areas of activities. It is hoped that by informating this level of actors, decisions will be taken to integrate environmental considerations at all levels. The number of local bodies expected to benefit from the project is 30 municipalities with populations above 2,000 inhabitants. In the private sphere, the activity will cover 50 small and medium-sized businesses in the metallurgical, car repair, mining and agricultural co-operative sectors. The project aims to create a multidisciplinary team of technical staff who will measure pollutants and be involved in simulations of environmental situations involving different pollutants and levels. The project begins with awareness-raising and training of managers with environmental responsabilities at the local company level. Activities will focus on the emissions of pollutants to air, water, soil and even foodstuffs. The next step involves a case study where production processes are re-oriented. This is followed by implementation of voluntary prevention measures at the source, and dissemination of E.U. environmental legislation amongst local governments and companies.