AMMK organizes a workshop on the Implementation of the European Union Directive on Access to Environmental Information and the Aarhus Convention in Kosovo
22 February 2013
22/02/2013 - The Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency/AMMK, with support from the European Commission/EC through the TAIEX Instrument (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument), organizes the workshop Implementation of the European Union Directive on Access to Environmental Information and the Aarhus Convention in Kosovo.
The purpose of this workshop is to strengthen the capacities of Kosovo's national environmental institutions to implement the European Union Directive on Access to Environmental Information and the Aarhus Convention, for access to environmental information, public participation in the environmental decision-making process, as well as the right to address the courts for environmental issues.
In this workshop, six experts from different countries of the European Union will present their experience in implementing these two important international environmental acts. The meeting has invited primarily representatives from national environmental institutions whose work is connected to the implementation of the European Union Directive on access to environmental information and the Aarhus Convention, but also representatives from Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations and experts. The workshop will be held on February 25 and 26, 2013, at the Hotel Afa premises in Prishtina.