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Country activities of Kosovo (territory currently
under interim UN administration)
- Assessment of gaps and needs with regard to
the practical implementation of the Convention at local level will be
prepared. The draft document and its findings will be discussed
in a roundtable meeting. The draft and a set of recommendations will
be finalized based on the input and comments given by the meeting.
- A Handbook will be prepared with focus on
assisting the representatives of the local authorities regarding development
and application of mechanisms and tools on active and passive information
dissemination and public involvement of the environmental decision making
activities. The draft will be debated during a roundtable meeting
that will serve as ground for collecting feedback from its final beneficiaries
that are the national and local level authorities. Ensuring that civil
society will have a say to reinforce its practical use, NGOs will be
attending as well. The final draft document will be used when designing
the agenda of capacity building workshop and training activities for
local authorities introducing the participants the Handbook, discussing
he issues covered and the examples for practical implementation and
finally to collect the comments before finalization. (The materials
developed under the above activity will also be used.)
- Workshop will be held for the high level decision
makers (Parliamentary commission on environment, Ministry of Environment,
Department of Justice, Office of Good Governance) that
have a major influence while legislative instruments are under preparation
and revision so that harmonization with the Aarhus Convention principles
is being promoted. The workshop will identify and discuss the obstacles
and their possible solutions both for infrastructure and practice needed
for the implementation of the principles of Aarhus Convention. The workshop
will use the materials developed under the assessment of gaps and needs
with regard to the practical implementation of the Convention.
- Training seminar for NGOs that are members
of the Aarhus Coalition forum, with purpose to provide knowledge,
improving skills and share of good practice while cooperating with local
authorities on the access to information, public participation and access
to justice practices given the challenges of diverse initiatives within
the local authorities.
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Products:
Accomodation
of the Aarhus Convention in Kosovo Environmental Legislation (in English)
(PDF
- 280 KB)
Handbook
on the Aarhus Convention (Albanian)
(PDF - 147 KB)
Handbook
on the Aarhus Convention (Serbian)
(PDF - 335 KB)
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