29 October 2024
The Deputy Director General of the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Afrim Berisha, welcomed in a meeting the representatives of the ISLANDR project consortium, a project funded by the European Union's Horizon program, which focuses on information-based strategies for land rehabilitation, according to the requirements of the European Green Deal.
The representatives of the ISLANDR project, in which Kosovo is also involved through the organization iRN LLC, informed KAPE about the organizations involved in the project, its objectives, activities, project components, and the guide that will facilitate the information-based decision-making process for land rehabilitation for different levels of land areas and types of pollution.
For AMMK, the component of identifying and assessing soil pollution and the assessment of public health risks from soil pollution was of particular importance, for which bilateral interest in cooperation and coordination of activities was expressed. In the meeting, where the possibilities for cooperation between AMMK and the ISLANDR project in identifying polluted soil areas, collecting information, organizing joint activities for soil rehabilitation, drafting national policies for monitoring and assessing soil pollution, as well as strengthening cooperation with relevant local institutions and those of European Union countries, were discussed and explored in more detail.