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Environmental Information System Development – Status Update

REReP 1.8 Wrap-up/Training Workshop June 19-20, 2003 Sofia, Bulgaria. Kosovo/a. Environmental Information System Development – Status Update. Current Status I. Institutional set-up -All institutions re-established --June 1999 Department of Environment – May 2000

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Environmental Information System Development – Status Update

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  1. REReP 1.8 Wrap-up/Training Workshop June 19-20, 2003 Sofia, Bulgaria Kosovo/a Environmental Information System Development – Status Update

  2. Current Status I • Institutional set-up • -All institutions re-established --June 1999 • Department of Environment – May 2000 • Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning – March 2002 • -Establishment of the Environmental Agency still pending • Legal framework • -Basic legal framework endorsed • Environmental Protection Law including information access adopted in April 2003 • - Laws or standards for monitoring and reporting will derive from the EPA • Data collection and management • -No regulation of the monitoring system • -Limited monitoring data exchange, assessment and dissemination • - No systematic, objective data collection

  3. Current Status II • Information dissemination – • - Printed publication : a monthly printed publication with relevant environmental information is planned (three languages) • - First State of Environment Report published on April 2003 • - Pilot local environmental Information Web page (under construction) • Use of environmental reporting in decision making • -High demand for environmental information for these purposes, but low supply

  4. Tangible Developments & Progress • Objectives: Development of the monitoring system in Kosovo/a • - Equipment for water monitoring and training for the KHMI laboratory • Expenditures - Equipment and training: 27.800 Euro

  5. Tangible Developments & Progress • Benefits • -Initiated further development of the environmental information system in Kosovo/a • - ensures the accuracy of water quality measurements, timeliness and cost effectiveness. • -contributing to the reliability and accuracy of the data for the MESP, and for its subsequent dissemination to the general public and media

  6. Future Priorities • Foreseen actions • -Technical infrastructure: monitoring system for water, soil and air pollution; Hardware and Software for data interpretation • -Institutional strengthening: training and expertise in network management, data interpretation and standards • -Legal frameworks: Extension of legal framework including definition of standards • -International cooperation: integration in international reporting regimes

  7. Future Priorities • Available funding • -donor support by the Italian Government for the Kosovo/a Hydro-meteorological Institute laboratory, and by the central governmental budget of Kosovo/a • Required assistance • -financial resources for monitoring, software, capacity & institutional building.

  8. Further Information…. Tomor Qela Address: MESP, Nazim Gafurri Str. 31 Tel: +381(0)38 200 32 120 Fax: +381(0)38 517 802 E-mail:tomori2000@hotmail.cominfo@gismesp.tk And please visit us at the exhibition!

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