The REC complements the core professional competences of other SDICs and focuses to areas where it has extensive expertise:

• providing environmental information (e.g. publications or on-line resources);
  
• empowering others to share environmental info through capacity building events, and
  
• facilitating networking and cooperation through fora and multi-stakeholder consultations.

Building on its extensive experience in organizing professional events and on an extensive cooperation with partner organisations and associated professionals, the REC is well-positioned to organize a series of training and awareness-raising courses for the INSPIRE target groups. (These trainings can be held in any of the REC’s 16 beneficiary countries or in its modern conference facility at the premises of its head office in Szentendre, Hungary.)
In addition to these training courses, the REC can organise consultation workshops among various stakeholders of the INSPIRE target group. In addition to personal outreach, the REC is ready to undertake publication activities for INSPIRE – having a history of printing a large number of books and pamphlets every year.

• The international head office of the Regional Environmental Center (REC).
  
• REC country offices in 16 Central and Eastern European countries.
  
• Freelancing experts in the field of spatial information management.

1. contribute to awareness raising and training
2. be kept informed

Empowering others to share environmental information
In addition to research work and implementing demonstration projects, the “national environmental information systems in South Eastern Europe” project featured a series of training and consultation workshops. The “connecting networks” project attempted to empower others by publishing a resource directory of environmental software as well as hosting a multi-stakeholder consultation and training event.

Facilitating networking and cooperation
By supporting the electronic networking activities of South Eastern European environmental NGOs, the Balkan Bytes project helped cooperation by numerous tools, ranging from technical support through exchange programmes to joint content development. The REC’s series of contact directories (e.g. addresses of environmental experts, journalists, NGOs or information centers) also boost cross-border networking and cooperation.