OUTCOMES OF EU ENLARGEMENT FOR NATURE RESOURCE GOVERNANCE IN THE REGION OF PSKOV: AN ANALYTICAL OVERVIEW OF EU TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS

• Main Authors: SHKARUBA ANTON, LIKHACHEVA OLGA, VASILIEVA TATIANA, KIREYEU VIKTAR
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Псковский государственный университет» 2016
• Subjects: THE REGION OF PSKOV,NATURE RESOURCE GOVERNANCE,INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION,ПСКОВСКАЯ ОБЛАСТЬ,УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ПРИРОДНЫМИ РЕСУРСАМИ,МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ ТЕХНИЧЕСКАЯ ПОМОЩЬ,ТРАНСГРАНИЧНОЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО; North-West Russia
• Online Access: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/outcomes-of-eu-enlargement-for-nature-resource-governance-in-the-region-of-pskov-an-analytical-overview-of-eu-technical-assistance-projects; http://cyberleninka.ru/article_covers/16969096.png

The paper explores the impact of the EU technical assistance on nature resource governance in the Region of Pskov (Pskovskaya Oblast’), a region in North-West Russia bordering Estonia, Latvia and Belarus. Based on the inventory of projects funded by EU institutions or organisations in EU member states since 1991, and on interviews with project participants and/or end-users, we made observations about the nature of funded activities and their post-project sustainability. In particular, we have found that the EU enlargement of 2004 had signifcantly empowered transboundary cooperation of environmental actors in Estonia and Latvia with their Russian counterparts; the most sustainable outputs have been related to the development of physical infrastructure; water management and biodiversity conservation were apparently prioritised over other sectors, while municipal and regional authorities and higher education institutions were the most favoured benefciaries.