Workshop in Ferizaj on Forest management – Advocacy Training and Resource Center (ATRC) – Kosovo

On October 9, 2014, Advocacy Training and Resource Center (ATRC) in collaboration with the NGO network “AVONET”, within the regional project ENV.Net, organized a regional workshop on the theme “Forest management and measures dealing with the prevention of illegal logging.” Participants in the workshop were officials from the Municipality of Ferizaj, Viti, Kacanike, and Elez[…..]

News from ENV.net subgrantees Turkey

Here are some updates of the ENV.net subgrantees, as their projects approach the end. Within the Legendary Pallid Scoops Owl (Bilecik-Urfa), school presentations are continuing. Upon demand by school principles, 4th and 5th grade students are included in the presentations.  Şanlıurfa Municipality, Birecik Municipality, City Directorate of Food Agriculture and Livestock, Directorate on Conservation of[…..]

EU Progress Report 2014 –Chapter 27 still “remains almost unchanged”!

The EU progress reports for candidate and potential candidate countries were released on 8th of October. ENV.net as a network covering four candidate countries (Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey), one potential candidate country (Kosovo) and two CSOs from EU countries did a quick scan of the environmental situation (Chapter 27) in the respective partner countries.[…..]

ENV.net sub-grantee in Montenegro

Association of Young Ecologists of Niksic implements the third phase of the project “Preserving and increasing the level of protection of water resources in accordance with the standards of sustainable development.” During the third phase of the project we have implemented the action of removing waste and weeds at the location around the estavelle Gornjepoljski[…..]

Forest management and measure taken to prevent illegal logging in Peja Region

Monday, September 29, 2014, the Organization SHIP from Decani Municipality, in the framework of a project funded by the Env. Net, organized inter – municipal workshop on “Forest Management and the measures taken to prevent illegal logging.” Through the workshop is intended that the three municipalities of Peja region: Decani , Istok and Juniku ,[…..]

Culture Comes from Nature

European Mobility Week and the Car Free Day was celebrated in Istanbul on – of September as a collaboration of AFSGD (AFS Volunteers Association), TEMA Foundation and EMBARQ Turkey (Sustainable Transportation and Urban Development Association) under the Env.net project. In the first event (Sep, 21), over 80 people attended a Sustainable Life Seminar at Studio X,[…..]

The third Guerrilla gardening action

The third guerilla action was implemeneted on 29th of september, 2014 on the public space in front of the kindergarten “Detska Radost” Strumica. The action was realized by 12 students from the secondary school “Dimitar Vlahov” and 10 volunteers from EA Planetum. This public area is on a very frquent place and it has 90м2.[…..]

ENV.net participation to ETNAR conference in Banja Luka

From September 11th to 12th, Centre for Environment organised a regional conference in Banja Luka dedicated to natural resources and energy, which brought together leading civil society organizations in the region that deal with these issues.Macedonian ENV. net partner together with representatives of 4 CSOs (two of them are members of Platform Green Macedonia, a part[…..]

ENV.net team at the European Commission FPA Final event

Last week, ENV.net team participated to the final event organised by DG Enlargement for the FPA partners under the programme 132438, Civil Society Facility Framework Partnership Agreements for CSOs in the Western Balkans & Turkey. During the event, the results of the Mid-Term Evalutation were presented by Mr Ian Baker and commented by all FPA[…..]