30 November 2010
30.11.2010 - A delegation from the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, consisting of Ilir Morina, Chief Executive Officer of KEPA, and Rizah Hajdari, Central Contact Point for EEA-EIONET, stayed in Brussels where they represented Kosovo at the conference organized by the European Environment Agency - EEA and the Belgian Environment Agency. The conference was attended by representatives from the 27 EU member states, representatives from the Western Balkan countries, as well as representatives of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Parliament's Environment Committee, and representatives of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union. The main aim of the conference was to improve the joint system for environmental information, promote the report on the state of the environment in Europe for the year 2010, discuss perspectives for environmental reporting, challenges, experiences from individual countries, as well as recommendations.
activities for updating and completing environmental information. The launch and promotion of the report "Europe's Environment 2010 – State and Outlook" was held in the European Parliament. A summary of this report has been translated into all European languages, including Albanian. This conference is of great importance for Kosovo, because practically our country is becoming part of European developments and is following the process of European integration in the field of the environment with the right steps.