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Category: Nature and Environment Protection Policies

One of MES’s most important roles at a national level is the provision of expert support to relevant government institutions through direct involvement during the preparation of or giving advice about various strategic documents and legislation on nature and environment protection. Programme activities include analysing the harmonisation with the EU acquis, strengthening the capacities of different stakeholders, and also providing scientific data and expert support in the implementation of obligations arising from the acquis in the area of nature protection (especially referring to the two most significant EU directives on birds and habitats). Within this programme, MES also took active participation in the revision of the national Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP) and the preparation of the Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). We are also involved in the preparation and adoption of strategic and planning documents from other relevant areas (such as Strategy for Organic Production, and Environmental and Climate Change Strategy), and also offer comments and proposals for amendments to relevant laws and bylaws. MES has participated in the work of the IPARD Monitoring Committee ever since 2011. The programme is also closely related the MES’s remaining programmes.

  • Enhancing connectivity at the Balkan Green Belt

    Enhancing connectivity at the Balkan Green Belt

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    Duration: 2021–2023

    Financed by: EuroNatur (Germany)

    Partners: Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA)

    Goal of the project: Improving the spatial planning procedures and the harmonisation with EU legislation as well as the incorporation of Green Infrastructure into spatial planning legislation

    Contact: Aleksandar Stojanov, stojanov@mes.org.mk; Rebeka Veljanovska, veljanovska@mes.org.mk

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  • Workshops on the process related to the disposal of the deposited lindane from the OHIS plant in Skopje

    Workshops on the process related to the disposal of the deposited lindane from the OHIS plant in Skopje

    On 22 and 28 March in Skopje, two workshops were held in order to raise public awareness about the importance of removing the lindane from the small landfill in the OHIS plant, organized by the Macedonian Ecological Society and in coordination with the Office for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) as part of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MoEPP).

    The purpose of the workshops was to inform all stakeholders and the public about the next steps regarding the procedure for the disposal of the deposited lindane within the plant. It was also one of the objectives to define competencies and joint coordination and communication among stakeholders regarding this long process. According to the Planning Office (MoEPP), the tender documentation for the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning will be finalized by the end of April, announcing an international tender for the selection of a company and technology for disposal of the deposited lindane by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) the small dump in the circle of OHIS. It is expected that by autumn it will be known which firm would be involved in the process of landfill removal.

    According to the Office for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), in the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (MEPP), by the end of April the tender documentation will be finalized, after which an international tender for the selection of a company and technology for the disposal of the deposited lindane from the small landfill in the circle of OHIS will be announced. This Autumn is expected to be known and which firm would be involved in the process of landfill removal.

    Raising the public awareness of the Skopje population about the significance and impact of the lindane on human health and the state of the environment is one of the activities that is being implemented within the framework of the multi-annual project Removal of technical and economic barriers to initiating the clean-up activities for alpha-HCH, beta-HCH and lindane contaminated sites at OHIS financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented through UNIDO. The main goal of this long-term project is to carry out the removal of the deposited lindane from one of the two existing landfills located in the OHIS plant in the next period.

    The Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) is the carrier of public awareness activities, in coordination with POPs Office within MoEPP.

  • Awareness raising activities regarding lindane removal from OHIS

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1559824964975{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Time frame: November 2018 – April 2019

    Funding: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

    Beneficiary: POPs Office, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Republic of Macedonia

    Project goal: By including experts in public relations and awareness raising, public healthcare, environmental protection, as well as other NGOs with relevant expertise to the topic, MES within this project endeavors to share the information to all stakeholders regarding lindane removal from OHIS in the most transparent and most appropriate manner.

    Contact person: Svetlana Pejovic arsovska@mes.org.mk

    Activities: Survey, visits to selected schools in the vicinity of OHIS, two awareness-raising workshops, public hearings and other public events.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider style=”shadow_line” margin_bottom=”30″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ size=”30″ force_font_size=”true” size_smallscreen=”30″ size_tablet=”25″ size_phone=”22″ font_family=”none”]MES News[/mk_fancy_title][mk_blog style=”thumbnail” grid_image_height=”300″ cat=”21, 372″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

    Revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529406206774{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Time frame: 2013–2015

    Funding: GEF, implemented through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Vienna Office and the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, in cooperation with national experts and organisations

    Project goal: Assisting the Republic of Macedonia in the process of revising the 2004 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan with the aim to harmonise it with the Global Biodiversity Strategy and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and also to prepare the Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. In that regard, MES has provided expert support for the project implementation.

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