| Project funding | EU |
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| Project website | http://www.uap-ks-mne.org/ |
| Programme website | Montenegro – Kosovo* |
| Contribution to the Programme’s specific objective | Improve the wastewater and solid waste management and sustainable use of resources |
| Project start date | 8-11-2018 |
| Project end date | 8-04-2021 |
| Project total budget | EUR 350.950,37 |
| Project EU funding | EUR 298.307,81 |
| Description | Overall objective: Empower Communities and municipalities to become more engaged in environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and waste management.
Specific objective: Improve the wastewater and solid waste management and sustainable use of resources. The foreseen activities within the project are: |
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| Expected results | R1: Dialogue established and an increased awareness on the risk of illegal waste between residents, official and youth; comprehensive map of illegal landfills that will be cleaned up and monitored, expanded green spaces. R2: Infrastructure improvements at waste transfer stations; improved training and safety precautions for employees, including the sharing of best practice, illegal waste removed. R3: Residents will have increased understanding of the risk of illegal waste, how to participate in local waste collection system, and how to report violators; increase in knowledge of best practices by local authorities and public companies. |
| Expected outputs | • Project headquarter and offices established; • Steering Group created with 6 members (equal representation from KS and MNE); • 2 members of the Project team engaged within SG; • 2 representatives from partner municipalities engaged within SG; • 2 representatives from waste management companies engaged within SG; • Two public meetings for presentation of the project in Gjakova/Djakovica (KS) and Petnjica (MNE) with partners, stakeholders, CSOs, and other groups active in waste management and environmental protection; • 2 kick-off events organized in Gjakova and Petnjica; • 4 Focus Groups meetings organized, at least 20 participants per Focus Group, in total at least 80 of participants in Focus Groups meetings. At least 30% of members of Focus Groups will be women; • 1500 Handbooks produced (500 in Albanian, 500 in Montenegrin and 500 in English); • 1 press conference for presentation of the handbook will be organized; • 2 purchased project vehicle; • 10 illegal landfills identified, mapped, cleaned and disinfected in both municipalities; • 400 of volunteers participated in 10 clean-up actions; • Two maps of the illegal landfills, one for each municipality; • 10 information tables installed; • 10 waste containers placed; • at least 100 planted trees; • 4 educational workshops organized; • 15 participants per workshop, in total 60 participants, at least 30% of participants will be women; • Drafted criteria for contest for clean and green local community within municipality; • Organization of 2 municipal contests for clean and green local community within municipality (1 in Gjakova and 1 in Petnjica); • 200 tree seedlings awarded to winners (100 for Gjakova and 100 for Petnjica); • 2 waste transfer facilities fenced and lighted in existing waste transfer station facility in both municipalities; • 2 purchased and installed set of surveillance cameras; • 1 scale-weighting machine repaired in Gjakova waste transfer station; • 1 scale-weighting machine installed in Petnjica transfer station; • 2 installed multifunctional set of equipment/devices for air quality measurement; • 2 transfer station facilities construction for waste separation; • 2 expanded green areas in and around waste transfer station facilities; • 2 capacity building activities organized in Gjakova and Petnjica municipality; • 5 representatives from waste transfer station personnel in Gjakova municipality participated in training • 5 representatives from waste transfer station personnel in Petnjica municipality participated in training • 35 working clothes provided for personnel for self-health and safety protection in Gjakova and Petnjica municipality; • 2 experience visits with workshops for students, one in each country; • 10 students per experience visit, 20 in total; • 2 joint visits of municipal representatives, public companies and CSO representatives of Gjakova to Petnjica, one in each country; • 10 representatives per joint visit, 20 in total; • 4 round tables regarding topics related to the sustainable waste management (2 in MNE 2 in Kos), 15 participants per round table, in total 30 participants; • 2 awareness raising campaigns through local media and national media in both countries, ; • 2 municipal websites involved; • 4 social media profiles involved; • 1000 brochures (all three languages); • 1000 flayers (all three languages); • 600 sets (t-shirts, caps, backpacks, pens, key-chains), in all three languages, • 2 free call lines, one in each municipality, available for citizens to call • Municipal Environmental Inspection and Waste Management Public Companies to share information • and inform about illegal waste deposits; • 1 project web page an interactive portal “Citizen – Inspector”, (in all three languages), • 1 Final press conference about importance and results of the Project will be organized in the end. |
| Lead partner | Institution name: Municipality of Gjakova/Đakovica Country: Kosovo* Address: Nënë Tereza, nr.469, Gjakova/Đakovica Website: https://eparhija.me/ Legal status: Public |
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| Partner | Institution name: Municipality of Petnjica Country: Montenegro Address: Petnjica nn Website: http://www.petnjica.co.me/ Legal status: Public |
| Partner | Institution name: Let`s do it Peja Country: Kosovo* Address: Nuredin Basha nn, Yout center, Pejë/Peć Website: www.letsdoitpeja.org Legal status: Private |
| Partner | Institution name: Center for Regional Development Country: Montenegro Address: Marsala Tita, Rožaje Website: Legal status: Private |