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The Polish Environmental Partnership
Foundation (PEPF)
began its operations on July 1st 1997 as an independent, not - for
- profit and self - governing foundation based in Kraków.
The PEPF is a successor to a program called the Environmental
Partnership for Central Europe (EPCE) delivered by The German
Marshall Fund of the US from 1992 till 1997
in Poland through an office in Wroclaw.
Currently, the Foundation operates as part of the Environmental
Partnership for Central Europe (EPCE) Consortium, which supports
grassroots environmental action in Central Europe. Sister
Partnership foundations operate within the framework of the
Consortium in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.
As the Environmental Partnership
Foundation in Poland:
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We build partnerships for local
development
Cooperative action involving local communities, companies, local
and national government agencies and universities is essential for
sustainable development and effective environmental protection. We
support initiatives, which promote partnership action as a basis
for local development and environmental sustainability.
We work with local partners to protect
nature at the local level.
We support environmental initiatives, which build effective and
sustainable mechanisms for protecting the natural environment.
We pomote sustainable development as a
practical opportunity for improved quality of life
We support initiatives, which use natural and cultural heritage
conservation as a basis for economic and social development. We
want to be involved at the local community level.
We support local community development by
identifying common values and interests and building on them.
Local activists, community groups, schools or local governments
are all parts of a local community. We support their efforts to
develop and implement sustainable development projects. Public
involvement is for us a fundamental value.
We work with business as an influential
partner in improving quality of life and environmental conditions
at the local level.
Many people find the business world is where they can realize
their dreams and ambitions. In many local situations, business
leaders are also the most active community leaders. We help small
and medium-sized companies integrate a concern for the environment
and local community where they operate into their day-to-day
business activities.
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