John Bonine
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
E-LAW U.S.
1877 Garden Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97403
U.S.A.
Tel: (1-503) 346-327
Fax: (1-503) 346-3985
E-mail: ejohn@igc.apc.org
Jennifer Braswell
Intern, Public Participation Program,
The Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Tel: (36-26) 504-000
Fax: (36-26) 311-294
E-mail: jennie@rec.org
Jiri Dusik
Project Manager
Sofia Initiative: Environment Impact Assessment,
The Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe
Mezi silnicemi 17
31701 Plzen, Czech Republic
Tel: (420-603) 214-487
Fax: (420-19) 724-8023
E-mail: jiri.dusik@telecom.cz
Stephen Stec
Senior Legal Specialist,
The Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Tel: (36-26) 504-000
Fax: (36-26) 311-294
E-mail: sstec@rec.org
Magda Toth Nagy
Project Manager
Public Participation Program,
The Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Tel: (36-26) 504-000
Fax: (36-26) 311-294
E-mail: mtothnagy@rec.org
Jeremy Wates
European Environmental Bureau
Milberg, Coomhola,
Bantry,
County Cork, Ireland
Tel/Fax: (352-27) 51-333
E-mail: jwates@foeeire.iol.ie
John Bonine
Professor of law, University of Oregon School of Law, USA.
Professional activities: An expert in public participation, access to information, and access to justice; author of studies on these topics and works from time to time as an attorney for environmental groups on these issues; has lectured extensively in Eastern Europe on public participation, access to information, and access to justice (standing-to-sue) on environmental matters; worked in the US Government for six years, where he was a high-ranking lawyer in the US Environmental Protection Agency, in charge of a department handling legal advice on regulation of pesticides and air pollution for public health protection; co-founder of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), an international network of lawyers and scientists representing the "public interest" in environmental matters and associated administrative and human rights law topics; currently researching access to justice (standing-to-sue) in 50 countries for academic publication.
Jennifer Braswell
Environmental law student — Vermont Law School; M.A. student of environmental economics — Johns Hopkins University, SAIS; currently working as an intern with the REC's Public Participation and Legal Instruments programs.
Professional Activities: Graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service; served as a Ranger-Naturalist for the U.S. National Park Service in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and as an Environmental Educator at the U.S. National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; acted as project leader for the "Seeds for Progress" public land management project in Telc, Czech Republic and assisted with the development of the grant-giving program of the MacArthur Foundation's office in Moscow, Russia.
Jiri Dusik
Project Manager, Sofia Initiative on Environmental Impact Assessment, REC.
Professional activities: Specialization is public participation in EIA and Land-use Planning; graduated from the Czech Technical University in 1993; established and as its Director, operated the Public Environmental Assessment Center in Plzen — an NGO providing advisory services to NGOs participating in EIA processes; worked as community organizer at the Czech Civic Participation Project of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in 1995-96; working with the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe since 1996.
Stephen Stec
B.A., J.D.
Senior Legal Specialist, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.
Senior Research Associate, Utrecht University, Faculty of Law.
Professional activities: B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1980; J.D., University of Maryland, cum laude, 1986; Clerk to Hon. William H. Adkins II, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1986-87; Private practice, 1987-91; American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative, 1992-96 (founder of Environmental Law Program and director of Environmental Public Advocacy Center Project); professor, Central European University/Open Society Institute programs in Hungary, Ukraine and Belarus; legal advisor to NGO Coalition in negotiation of UN ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters; legal advisor to Duna Kor in Hungary-Slovakia case concerning Danube before International Court of Justice; visiting scholar and occasional lecturer, Utrecht University Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law, 1996-97; project manager for REC project on Bosnia and Herzegovina Environmental Law and Policy.
Publications: Author of several articles, chapters and a book on environmental legal issues in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union; co-author of REC publications on public participation.
Memberships: Public International Law and Policy Group (Washington DC); Environmental Law Network International (Darmstadt); Environmental Management and Law Association (Budapest); European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London); Public Participation Coordinating Committee (1992-95).
Magda Toth Nagy
Economist, Ph.D.
Project Manager, Public Participation Program, REC.
Professional activities: Graduated at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences, worked for the REC since September 1990; participated in several REC projects including the Environmental Legal Task Force providing a framework for impartial assistance, advice in environmental policy and lawmaking between 1991-1993; participated in the UN ECE intergovernmental working group drafting the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in 1997-1998.
Publications: Project Manager and co-author of following REC projects: "Manual Series on Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking in Central and Eastern Europe" (1993-94); "Status Report on Public Participation Practices in Environmental Decisionmaking in Central and Eastern Europe" (1995); "Advising Citizens: Grants for Public Participation Advisory Services" (1995-96); "Beyond Boundaries: The International Dimensions of Public Participation for the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe," (1995-96); "Promote Progress of Public Participation in Central and Eastern Europe" (1997-1998).
Jeremy Wates
Freelance environmental consultant working primarily for NGOs and public interest organizations.
Graduated in Philosophy and Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University, UK, in 1978, awarded MA Honours degree.
Professional activities: On behalf of European Environmental Bureau (EEB), coordinated input from European and North American environmental NGOs into the intergovernmental working group drafting the UN ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1996-98); currently contracted by WHO as Responsible Officer for policy paper on communication, information and participation issues to be adopted at the 3rd European Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (London, June 1999) (1997-99); International Press Officer for Environmental NGO Coalition at Sofia Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (1995); represented EEB on UN ECE Task Force on Environmental Rights and Obligations responsible for drafting the Sofia Guidelines on Information and Participation (1994-95); founder and former coordinator of the Irish environmental organization Earthwatch (Friends of the Earth Ireland) (1980-93).