19 September 2013
20.09.2013 - The Chief of the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Dr.sc Ilir Morina, is participating in the 21st meeting of the Network of Heads of European Environmental Agencies, which is being held in Berlin, Germany. The meeting is discussing the main activities of the Network carried out during this year as well as the priorities planned for the next year.
Special emphasis is being placed on the Network's cooperation with the European Commission and the possibilities for cooperation with the European Parliament as well as with other EU institutions. Other topics being discussed at the meeting include the monitoring of genetically modified organisms, the concept of ecosystem services, new environmental policies, and the World Forum on Natural Resources.
During participation in this meeting, the CEO of AMMK took the opportunity to also hold meetings with some of the CEOs of the Agencies from the European Union countries participating in the meeting, where the possibilities of increasing cooperation and benefiting from experience in environmental monitoring, the implementation of environmental legislation, as well as actively following developments and European trends in the environmental sector were discussed.
Otherwise, the Network of Heads of European Environment Agencies, also known as the EPA Network, brings together all the leaders or directors of National Environmental Protection Agencies or similar institutions of European countries. AMMK has been a member of this informal network since 2011.
The next meeting of the Network of Heads of European Environment Agencies, the 22nd in a row, will be held in Austria, while Kosovo will host and organize the 23rd meeting expected to take place in the second half of 2014. As a result of this, according to the rules of the EPA Network, from this meeting onward the chief of the AMMK, for the next two years, will be part of the leading trio of the network of chiefs and directors of European Agencies.