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The Local Environmental Action Programme outlines a multi-step process for national governments to set environmental priorities and take appropriate actions to improve environmental conditions in the region. It emphasizes the importance of identifying priority actions based upon environmental threats to human health and the health of local ecosystems, and the need to identify a range of actions for reducing these threats. Further, the Action Programme emphasizes pollution prevention and resource conservation strategies that require modest expenditures while achieving substantial environmental improvements.
LEAPs adopted to the central and Eastern European countries have included the following goals, among others:
- To improve environmental conditions in the community by implementing concrete, cost-effective action strategies;
- To promote public awareness of and responsibility for environmental issues, and to increase public support for action strategies and investments;
- To strengthen the capacity of both local government and NGOs to manage and implement environmental programs, including their ability to obtain financing from national and international institutions and sponsors;
- To promote partnerships between citizens, local government officials, NGO representatives, scientists, and business people, and to learn to work together in solving community problems.
- To identify, assess, and set environmental priorities for action based on community values and scientific data;
- To produce a local EAP that identifies specific actions for solving problems and promoting the vision of the community; and,
- To
fulfill national regulatory requirements to prepare EAPs, as required by national governments in some CEE countries.
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