News of the Week from TEMA Field 07.04.2014

    The first photograph is from TEMA Iğdır City Volunteer Representatives taken at the saplings plantation event. Second photograph is from TEMA Bilecik City Volunteer Representatives and Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Young TEMA Community, a community which recently joined the TEMA family. The third and the last photograph of the week is from Istanbul.[…..]

News of the Week from TEMA Field 01.04.2014

    The first photograph is from Kartal City Volunteer Representatives This photograph is taken at Medine Tayfur Sökmen Primary School Kartal Soğanlık. This frame is from one of the events which TEMA Foundation’s founder Hayrettin Karaca (kids tell him Soil Grandfather) attend in Kartal. Here we see the love, sincerity and deep smile between[…..]

Serbia ENV.net sub-grants agreements signed

On April 1,2014, in the EASD-ENV.net Serbia premises, sub-grants agreements signed with two CSOs : Protego and Protecta. Procedure of explanation and information on procedures is fulfilled during this meeting.

The construction of new dams is a threat for the rivers

Major energy projects in the Balkans threaten the most valuable wealth in Europe: the rivers. With this message started the press conference of the two relevant international organisations  Euronatur and Riverwatch. From Slovenia to Macedonia construction is planned of more than 570 hydro power plants. “We must oppose this outdated trend. Many of the planned[…..]

“Factories are suffocating us!” Tetovo activists on protest in Skopje

Hundreds of activists from Tetovo protested in Skopje asking the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning not to allow extension of the deadline by which industries in the Tetovo region must put filters and provide environmental permits. “Tetovo still remains the most air polluted city in the country. In the last 5 days citizens from[…..]

Initiative of the citizens of Skopje to save Vodno continues

The civic initiative “To save Vodno” continues by collecting signatures against the mass urbanisation and destruction of the forest (“Skopje lungs”). The public petition began with a march to Vodno. Signatures will be collected on several locations: in City Park, and on the main square (on the street “Macedonia “). The initiative “To Save Vodno”[…..]

The Env.net team is happy to announce the awarded sub-grants in Albania

ENV.net in Albania closed the open call for “Small Scale Environmental Interventions Initiatives” by 24th of February 2014, with 8 applications received within the deadline. During the month of March Co-PLAN, evaluated all 8 proposal through a transparent process, and selected to award 3 proposals as the followings: – Eco Movement Group Albania, located in[…..]

Round table on “The impact of transport on air quality in the municipality of Pristina”

On March 26, 2014, ATRC, in the framework of the regional project Env.Net organized the roundtable “The impact of transport on air quality in the municipality.” In the roundtable participated the representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of European Integration, Municipality of Prishtina, Ombudsman, independent agencies and institutes, and[…..]

EASD written contribution to the 2014 Progress Report

In the context of preparations for the 2014 Progress Report, the Delegation of the European Union in Serbia is currently launching the round of consultations with the civil society. In this respect, they invited NSA to submit a written contribution to the to the 2014 Progress Report  on the economic criteria and/or European standards. EASD – ENV.net Serbia, prepared and sent to EC[…..]

Participation on UNECE consultation related to the 3rd EPR for Serbia

On March 26th, 2014., the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized the meeting with representatives of NGOs from Serbia at the Ministry of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection premises.   NGOs working in environmental-related projects talked with the Environmental Performance Review (EPR) Team of UNECE, and it was a great opportunity to discuss some of[…..]