06.09.2011.

BELGRADE - USAID's Civil Society Advocacy Initiative (CSAI) today launched a Green Initiative campaign to reform waste management practices and provide long-term improvements to Serbia's waste management system. CSAI will build on its previous environmental activism efforts and work on local, national and regional levels with civil service organizations (CSOs) and government leaders to improve waste management.

Ten CSOs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to formalize their commitment to the effort and to define their roles and responsibilities.  They were addressed by Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic; U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director Susan K. Fritz; CSAI Chief of Party Albert Cevallos; and the Balkan Communities Initiative Fund's Coordinator Vladimir Radojicic.