About the REC
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is an independent, non-profit, regional organization devoted to the improvement of the environment in Central and Eastern Europe. The REC was established in 1990 by the United States, Hungary and the Commission of the European Communities. Today, eight additional countries support the REC - Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland.
The REC's mission is to assist in solving the environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe by encouraging cooperation among nongovernmental organizations, governments, businesses, and other environmental stakeholders, by supporting the free exchange of information and by promoting public participation in environmental decisionmaking.
Beneficiary countries include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia.
Acknowledgements
The REC gratefully acknowledges the work of the following individuals or organizations involved in the development of this report: Publications Officer - Sylvia Magyar; Editing and Layout - Reuben Stern; Copy editing - Tom Popper; Business Initiatives Project Manager - Pawel Kazmierczyk; and Deputy Director for Programs - Winston Bowman. The editor would also like to thank country coordinators and in-country experts including: GFK and Antonina Stoyanovska in Bulgaria; PULS in Croatia; Gallup International and Simon Popovici in Romania; and Gral Marketing and Jurij Kobal in Slovenia. Very special thanks is given to the REC Local Office staff in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia. And finally, the editor would like to thank those staff members at the REC head office who provided comments and suggestions throughout the project, and the businesses themselves for their participation which has made this report possible.
Copyright notice
The entire contents of this publication are copyright
©1997 The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
No part of this report may be sold in any form or reproduced for sale without prior written permission of the copyright holder.
A report from Business Initiatives:
"The Emerging Environmental Market: A Survey in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia"
September 1997
ISBN: 963 8454 48 2
Published by:
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe,
Ady Endre ut 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Printed in Hungary by ProTertia
This and all REC publications are printed on recycled paper or paper produced
without the use of chlorine or chlorine-based chemicals
REC * PUBLICATIONS * EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET 2 * COPYRIGHT
