24 October 2017
24.10.2017- The Chief Executive Officer of the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Ilir Morina, received today the representative of the Austrian Environment Agency, Ms. Traute Kothere, with whom he discussed the implementation of the program “Capacity Building of Western Balkan countries for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change,” as well as the possibilities of cooperation in other projects between the two agencies. Ms. Kothere is staying in Kosovo, as part of the activity for strengthening the capacities of KEEA for greenhouse gas inventory.
Kosovo, specifically the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, is a beneficiary of the program “Capacity Building of Western Balkan Countries for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation,” which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of Austria, and implemented by the Austrian Environment Agency.
Within the framework of this program, which started in September and will last until March 2018, trainings, workshops, and meetings are planned for representatives of the Balkan countries, mainly from the respective countries' Environmental Agencies, for the preparation of the greenhouse gas inventory, the review of the inventory and reports on greenhouse gases, and on issues related to adaptation to climate change.
Kosovo, from this program, besides the joint meetings for all Balkan countries, will also benefit through specific trainings that will be carried out in Kosovo for relevant actors related to the inventory of greenhouse women and for adaptation to climate change.