The Poland Office of REC has accompanied the formation of the Coalition for Wetland Protection from its creation, assisting in the exchange of information between all interested parties. Since the establishment of the Coalition until the end of May 2000, REC assisted the flow of information within the Coalition, helped in organising meetings and served a main role of being the "contact point" for the organisation.

The Poland Office of REC, located in Warsaw, opened in 1992. It attempts to adjust what REC has to offer to the needs and current situation in our country. Moreover, REC initates programs co-ordinated through the main REC office, as well as developing important country programs. The goal of REC's activies is to support co-operation between various groups interested in environmental protection.

The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is impartial, neutral, non-commercial organisation. Our mission is to aid in solving the problems of environmental protection in Central and Eastern Europe. The Centre fulfills this mission by supporting cooperation amoung non-governmental organisations, governments, businesses and other organisations formally active in environmental protection. This is achieved through encouraging the free exchange of information and promoting public participation in activities concerning environmental protection.

REC's main office is located in Szentendre, Hungary and has country offices in every one of its 15 country-benefituaries, which are: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Hercegowina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.