31 January 2019
25.01.2019 - These days in Kosovo, a team from the Korean Environment Corporation has stayed for a visit. Apart from the meetings held with representatives of the central institutions of the Government of Kosovo from the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and from the Ministry of Economic Development, they also held a meeting with representatives of the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Ilir Morina, CEO of KEPA, and Afrim Berisha, Head of the Directorate for Environmental Assessment.
The meeting discussed potential opportunities for cooperation between Agencies in areas of common interest. Some of the potential cooperation opportunities identified during the meetings included waste management, environmental information systems, air emissions reduction, rehabilitation of polluted industrial areas, strengthening the system for wastewater treatment, and the preparation of studies and assessments on pollution from asbestos and hazardous waste. The delegation from Korea also visited the sanitation landfill for municipal waste management in Mirash and the Nature Monument of Special Importance 'Gadime Cave'.