Albania: ENV.net team in Albania (Co-PLAN) together with POLIS University students, for the second year joint the initiative of “Let’s Clean up Europe Day†through supporting joint activity with local units, communities and public schools in the area of Puka, dldp (Decentralization and Local Development Program) program, and local NGOs (Agro Puka and Women Organization in Puka) introducing the community waste composting “Let’s Compost Together for a Healthier Environment†. The event took place in one of the public high school of the city “Sabah Sinaniâ€, where a group of pupils and teachers were engaged during two days the event took place (
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On 7th of May, Co-PLAN (as part of the Environment Climate Forum under ECRAN project) participated at the 2nd Preparatory Meeting for the Environment and Climate Forum in Albania, organized at the Premises of the Ministry of Environment. The focus of the meeting was dedicated to “EU enlargement and country progress: Drivers and Barriers†and to the progress Albania is doing, in the field of approximation of environmental legislation (
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The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: ENV.net team in Macedonia held three meetings with Mr. Ylber Mirta, Head of the Water Sector in MoEPP in order to define the scope and method of cooperation with the Department in connection to the progress of harmonization of the domestic legal framework with the EU one in the area Water, and its implementation. A document that provides a detailed overview of the degree of transposition of EU directives has been produced. In addition, we held a meeting with representatives of the Centre for Climate Change Macedonia, in order to explore possibilities for cooperation with ENV.net and to exchange of information related to the topic Climate Change.
Representatives of ENV.net team from Macedonia participated in the second National preparatory meeting organized by ECRAN. The purpose of the meeting was to provide space for discussion between authorities, decision makers and representatives of civil society, then to discuss progress in negotiations to identify key challenges and discuss opportunities for national dialogue in the country, and the future prospects in the EU enlargement, and to provide input to the agenda for the annual meeting in Brussels between the Forum and the European Commission.
Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99: ‘Let’s clean Kosovo’ initiative in cooperation with Association of Journalists of Kosovo organized a two day training on “Importance of media reports for environmentâ€. There were 30 participants from Kosovo media representatives, Association board members, members of the team ‘Let’s clean Kosovo’ team members as well as UNKT representatives. During the training, it was agreed to form an online platform dedicated only to news about environment. This important training was supported by ATRC, the ENV.net partner in Kosovo, and Touristic Organization Ulqin (
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ATRC has also been invited to an event organised by the EU Office in Kosovo to contribute in view of the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Process Dialogues (SAPDs) on Transport, Environment, Energy and Regional Development related issues.
Serbia: ENV.net team in Serbia has worked to organise The Eleventh Regional Conference â€
Environment to Europe†EnE15 – ENV.net, which will be held on June 5th 2015 in Belgrade. The thematic area for 2015 is the Horizontal Legislation.
The Conference is an opportunity for institutions, organizations and experts to present their research and exchange viewpoints regarding methods, standards and tools toward EU environmental values and challenges on the road to EU. For more information, click
here.