Welcome to the NDEP

The NDEP is a result-focused initiative responding to calls from the international community, in particular Russia and Belarus, for concerted action to tackle some of the most pressing environmental problems in the Northern Dimension Area covering the Baltic and Barents Seas region.

Through its pipeline of environmental projects in water and wastewater treatment, management of municipal and agricultural waste, energy efficiency and nuclear safety projects for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management, the NDEP is helping to deliver real benefits to the environment and the people in the whole of the Northern Dimension Area.

The NDEP promotes cooperation between the European Commission, partner governments (Russia, France, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, UK, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Belarus) and international financial institutions (EBRD, NIB, EIB, NEFCO and World Bank) to facilitate optimal financing structures combining loans, grants and local budget funding for implementation of its priority projects.