01 April 2016
01.04.2016- The Minister of MMPH, Ferid Agani, together with the CEO of the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. Ilir Morina, and the acting director of the water department, Mr. Rizah Hajdari, are participating in the high-level ministerial meeting on Climate Change and Environment for the Southeast Europe Region, being held in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Among other things, the meeting discussed the environmental situation in the Southeast Europe region, challenges and perspectives, the role of the region's Environmental Agencies in supporting and implementing environmental policies, priorities for regional cooperation on climate change and environment, as well as how to place the environment and climate change among the priorities of regional policies.
At the conclusion of the meeting, it is expected that the ministers of the Southeast European countries will sign a joint declaration on the goals for regional cooperation on climate change and the environment.
In addition to representatives from the environmental institutions of the Balkan countries, representatives from UNEP, the European Environment Agency, the EPA Network, IUCN, and the Regional Environment Center (REC) also participated in the meeting.