2003
November: In the frame of the project
Grafting Our Future Onto the Old Roots, on
September 8, 2003, from 11-14, some of the traditional varieties of fruits
and products made of them from the village of Zavoj - Ohrid area, were presented
on the plateau of the trade center "Letnica".
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November: The Swiss State Secretariat For
Economic Affairs in co-operation with Republic of Macedonia, Ministry of
Environment and Physical Planning, Republic of Albania, Ministry of Environment,
and the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works of the
Hellenic Republic, on November 3-4, in Hotel Granit, in Ohrid, organized
the
International Lake Ohrid Conference. At the plenary session of the conference
Mr. Avramoski presented the paper:
Cooperation in Transboundary Environmental Management in
the Region of Lake Ohrid and Prespa Lakes. The paper contains and overview
of the main developments, achievements and lessons learned in transboundary
cooperation in the region since 1995 with a special focus on the Lake Ohrid
Conservation Project.
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October: In the frame of the project
Establishing Financial Mechanisms For Conserving Biodiversity
In The Balkan Region: Sustainable Development Through Eco Tourism And
Environmental Education In Protected Areas, ALLCOOP in cooperation
with the elementary school "Vanco Nikoleski" from Leskoec, organized
a field testing of selected Environmental Education Products developed
by ALLCOOP and other partner NGOs of the project from Albania, Bulgaria
and Serbia. More than 80 students from the 3rd and 4th grade of this school
and 4 teachers/instructors, at the recreational center at Screbatno, used
15 different environmental education packages, containing mostly plays
and games, to learn more about and understand of the natural values of
the Petrino Mountain and the neighbouring Galicica National Park.
September - October: In the frame of the project:
GRAFTING OUR FUTURE ONTO THE OLD ROOTS: Community-based in-situ
conservation of traditional fruit tree varieties and the associated traditional
agricultural landscape in the Region of Ohrid and the Prespa Lakes (Albania,
Greece, and Macedonia), the activities in September and October were
mainly focused on restoration of an old orchard of traditional fruit tree
varieties (in Leskoec, Prespa), and establishment of new orchards of traditional
fruit tree varieties (Zavoj, Leskoec, Ohrid) that were identified in the
previous period of implementation of the project.
2002
November 2002:
In the frame of the project
Save Cherava River:
Development of Cherava River Catchment Management Plan (
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November in Pogradec, Albania, the
Core Group of the Cherava River Basin
Council (CRBC) hold its first meeting. The meeting was organized and
coveyed by the expert teams of
ALLCOOP and
Tourism and Envrionment.
The main issues discussed at the meeting included the composition and organisational
structure of the CRBC as well as the possible short-term projects to be implemented
immediately after its establishment scheduled for the beginning of 2003. At
the meeting the members of the Core Group greed to jointly prepare a project
proposal for promotion of the transboundary cooperation in the Cherava River
catchment area. In addition they agreed to prepare a project proposal for
a community-based action in the field of environment to include short-term
measures to be implemented independently by the local communities in the catchment
in Albania and Macedonia. The initial ideas of the members of the CRBC, both
from Albania and Macedonia focused on cleaning of the solid waste from the
Cherava River bed and restauration of the forest strips along the river banks.
The project proposals, with a help from the experts at
ALLCOOP and
Tourism and Envrionment will be eventually amended and submitted
to the potential donors for financing.
In the frame of the project
Save Cherava River:
Development of Cherava River Catchment Management Plan (
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2nd November a two-day field trip in the Cherava River catchment area was
organized for a group consisted of twelve members, including experts from
Albania, Estonia, Macedonia and the Central European university in Budapest,
Hungary, the Mayor of the Cherava Commune in Albania, the Presidentof the
Council of the Village of Stropcka as well as the experts from
ALLCOOP
and
Tourism and Envrionment. The group visited several places in the
Cherava River Catchment to gain closer insight in the environmental problems
in the catchment and had disscussions with the official representatives of
the local communities and the people of several settlements (Darthdas, Stropcka,
Cerava, Ljumas, Peshkopia, Ljubanishta).
In the frame of the project
Save Cherava River: Development of Cherava
River Catchment Management Plan (
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and regional authorities as well as the teams of experts from
ALLCOOP
and
Tourism and Envrionment hold the first working meetingon October
19th, in Hotel
Chingo, Ohrid. A the meeting the participants established
the Core Group of the Cherava River Basin Council and agreed on the final
objectives and activities of the project.
August 2002:
The Open Society Institute awarded an international
project entitled
Save Transboundary Cherava River: Development of Cherava
River Basin Management Plan to be implemented by a consortium of four
NGOs: ALLCOOP, Albania; ALLCOOP, Macedonia; CTC, Estonia; and Tourism and
Environment, Albania. The total budget of the project is app. 14,000 USD
and will be implemented in two phases, starting from September 2002 through
September 2003.
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The Regional Environmental Center for Central
and Eastern Europe (REC) will finance a project aiming at promotion of ecotourism
in protected areas in Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania. The project
Establishing Financial Mechanisms For Conserving Biodiversity In The Balkan
Region: Sustainable Development Through Eco Tourism And Environmental Education
In Protected Areas will focus on the following protected area in the Balkans:
Galicica National Park, Macedonia; Prespa National Park, Albania; Rila National
Park, Bulgaria; Stara Planina Nature Park, Serbia (FR Yugoslavia). Children
of the Earth, from Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria is the lead NGO and, besides ALLCOOP,
there are 5 more NGO partners in this project. The total budget of the project
is 38,388 USD, 34,854 USD of which are provided from REC. The project starts
this September and will end in September 2003.
