The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
| Country: Kazakhstan | | Type: NGO | | Site: www.cpnis.carec.kz | | Description: The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) was established under the decision of the Fourth Pan-European Conference (1998) in Aarhus, Denmark, on the initiative of the Central Asian states. It is one of the similar centres (RECs) established in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States (Hungary, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova).
In 1999 the governments of the Central Asian countries decided to locate the headquarters of the future CAREC in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and set up its branches in every Republic of the region.
In July, 2000, the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ratified the Agreement on the Working Conditions of the CAREC signed by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the European Commission and the UNDP, which along with the Charter of the Centre serves as the legal framework for operations of the Centre.
The CAREC being a juridical person that implements its activity in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan is an independent, non-profit and non-political international organization.
In 2001 after receiving the grant allocated by the European Commission and the building provided by the Government of Kazakhstan, CAREC started its full-scale operations.
| | Contacts: | | Tel\Fax: +7 (3272) 98-08-75 / 59-88-81 | | Address: 40, Orbita-1, 480043, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan |
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