26 April 2024
20 participants from Kosovo out of a total of 35 participants from the Western Balkans region who attended the course “EU Environment Academy” have been certified on European integration issues.
The academy was organized by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SwEPA) in cooperation with the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) from Luxembourg, within the framework of the cooperation project with the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency.
The aim of the course was to strengthen the knowledge of potential EU members from the Western Balkans on the EU accession processes and the functioning of being an EU member.
Participants from Kosovo who attended the course were mainly from the environmental sector of central institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, but also from civil society and other organizational structures. They have gained the necessary knowledge about EU enlargement policy and methodology, as well as the approximation strategy, therefore in the future they will be carriers of the European integration process for the environmental sector.
Building capacities to understand the requirements of European integration is very important in the process of implementing these obligations by the Kosovo side, and will serve Kosovo in the European agenda, specifically in fulfilling the obligations from the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU, adapting environmental legislation to EU Directives, as well as meeting EU standards and requirements within the framework of the approximation and integration process.
The Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency is grateful to the Embassy of Sweden in Kosovo, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), for the support they have given to Kosovo through the implementation of this project.