Activities

Northern Albania suffers from a lack of environmental specialists, while local civil society organizations lack cooperation. This is affecting that various environmental situations do not receive the proper attention.

In this case the solution may come by a closer cooperation through a platform that aims to increase capacities from a thematic networking of the organizations for: environmental advocacy, legislation, pollution and biodiversity.

The platform was set up by  ENGONA (Environmental NGO Network in Albania) project, which aims the coordination for common environmental causes and mitigating the fragmentation that exists between environmental civil society organizations.

With the thematic network already established and operational, ENGONA held a training meeting with representatives of different organizations operating in Kukës, Dibër and Shkodër districts. The platform offers access and opportunities for communication and consultation, for various issues even after the end of the project.

The participants appreciated the project, stating that such initiatives are a very good starting point to bring together organizations that have environmental protection at the center of their work.

The meeting with the environmental organizations of civil society  took place on July 22, 2022, by the Institute for Public Policy and Good Governance (PPM) in cooperation with the organization EcoAlbania and the ACEG Center (Albanian Center for Environmental Governance).

The ENGONA project is supported by LevizAlbania and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

The environmental organizations that operate in Korça region were introduced to the online platform of the ENGONA project (Environmental NGO Network in Albania/Networking of Environmental Organizations in Albania).

Thus, for common causes such as the preservation of the areas around Ohrid Lake, local civil society organizations are given opportunities for cooperation, consultation, coordination and interaction with other organizations.

The platform set up by ENGONA is already functional and will be active for organizations even after the project is completed.

It aims to mitigate the fragmentation that exists between organizations through their thematic networking for: environmental advocacy, legislation, pollution and biodiversity.

Everything was made known to the local organizations during a workshop with representatives of the four established networks as well as with Prof. Dr. Arben Malaj and MSc. Fjona Kurteshi.

The organizations evaluated the initiative by expressing themselves positively. They emphasized that it was the first time that they could cooperate with other organizations in Albania because until now they had mostly cooperated with organizations that operate outside the borders.

The workshop with civil society organizations was held on June 17, 2022 in Korça by the Institute for Public Policy and Good Governance (IPPM) in cooperation with EcoAlbania organization and the ACEG Center (Albanian Center for Environmental Governance).

The ENGONA project is supported by LevizAlbania and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).