National Consultation Dialogue Workshop GEF Republic of Macedonia Hotel Holiday Inn, Skopje, 2123 Ju

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National Consultation Dialogue Workshop GEF -
Republic of Macedonia Hotel Holiday Inn,
Skopje, 21-23 June 200522 June 2005

• Presentation of GEF Projects implemented in the
  Republic of Macedonia
• -Experiences acquired and lessons learned-

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• Project No. GF/MCD/02/009
• Enabling activities towards facilitation of early
  action through the Stockholm Convention on
  Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
  implementation

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Basic data on the Project

• Project No. GF/MCD/02/009
• Approved November, 2001
• Financed by Global Environmental Fund (GEF)
• Approved funds 393.000 US
• Executive Institution Ministry of Environment
  and Physical Planning
• Implementing Agency UNIDO, Vienna
• Duration two years

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Project goals

• To establish solid basis for full implementation
  of the Stockholm Convention.
• To strengthen national capacity for POPs
  chemicals management, in general.
• Government recognized the need for the Stockholm
  Convention implementation and facilitated its
  implementation in the Parliament.
• To prepare strategic document National
  Implementation Plan for POPs reduction and
  implementation.

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Project structure

• Establishment of project management mechanism
• Steering Committee for the project
  implementation.
• POPs Office under the MEPP.
• Preparatory activities
• Establishment of working groups for preliminary
  POPs inventories elaboration.
• Training for the members of the working groups
  for preliminary POPs inventories elaboration.
• Definition of preliminary POPs inventories.
• Identification and adoption of national
  priorities in the area of POPs management.
• Preparation of action plans for POPs reduction
  and elimination in the Republic of Macedonia.
• Development and promotion of final version of the
  National Implementation Plan for POPs reduction
  and elimination.

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Achievements

• March, 2004 ratified Stockholm Convention on
  POPs by the Parliament of the Republic of
  Macedonia (Official Gazette of RM, No. 17/2004).
• December 2004 Final version of the National
  Implementation Plan for POPs reduction and
  elimination promoted.
• January 2005 The Government of the Republic of
  Macedonia, by conclusion, adopted the National
  Implementation Plan for POPs reduction and
  elimination and obliged the MEPP to implement
  action plans contained in the document.

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Experience acquired and lessons learned

• Problems solving in accordance with the
  obligations set in the action plans under the
  NIP,
• Adequate approaches to identification of problems
  related to chemicals management,
• Recognition of the need to establish solid and
  sustainable institutional mechanism in the MEPP
  for chemicals management and international
  agreements implementation,
• Experience gathering in the area of
  identification of chemicals presence and release
  (in the case of POPs-chemicals),
• Experience in the development of national
  chemical profile, although related to a group of
  chemicals only,
• Experience acquired in public campaigns running
  towards public awareness rising,
• Organization of thematic workshops with specific
  goals and tasks set,
• Team work and close cooperation with institutions
  involved in chemicals management.
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Implementation of action plans under the NIP

• PDF A Development of project for POPs
  stabilization in landfills and preparation for
  their disposal in the Republic of Macedonia
• Financed by Global Environmental Fund
  (GEF)
• Approved funds 25.000 ??
• Executive institution MEPP
• Implementing agency UNDP
• Goals of the project identification, detailed
  inventory, management in environmentally
  acceptable manner, and, where possible, remedy of
  landfills that contain POPs and other
  organochlorined pesticides.

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Implementation of action plans under the NIP

• PDF A Development of project for POPs
  stabilization in landfills and preparation for
  their disposal in the Republic of Macedonia
• Expected outputs
• 1. Identification of landfills at which waste
  disposed contains POPs and other organochlorined
  pesticides and where uncontrolled waste burning
  takes places,
• 2. Selection of final solution for
• Upgrading of the existing incenerator within
  Drisla landfill,
• Development of educational documentation
  (according to EU standards),
• Stabilization/remedy of existing landfills.

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Implementation of action plans under the NIP

• PDF A Preparation of project Elimination of
  PCBs and PCBs contaminated equipment
• Planned
• To be financed by Global Environmental Fund
  (GEF)
• Required funds 40.000 ??
• Executive institution MEPP
• Implementing agency UNIDO

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Implementation of action plans under the NIP

• PDF A Preparation of project Elimination of
  PCBs and PCBs contaminated equipment
• Goal of the project
• Development of project that will enable
  substitution of PCBs containing or contaminated
  equipment and definition of procedures for
  capacity building in equipment replacement,
  through application of best available techniques,
  training of directly involved professionals and
  assistance to the MEPP in defining mechanism for
  safe handling of PCBs containing or contaminated
  equipment.

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Implementation of action plans under the NIP

• PDF A Preparation of project Elimination of
  PCBs and PCBs contaminated equipment
• Specific activities
• Identification and marking of PCBs containing or
  contaminated equipment, as identified in the
  preliminary inventory,
• Documentation of the equipment establishment of
  conditions for recycling and recovery of PCBs
  containing oils.
• Training of professionals in safe handling and
  management of PCBs containing equipment,
• Overview and updating of legislation related to
  management of PCBs containing equipment in all
  phases of its life cycle,
• Selection of adequate technology for removal of
  PCBs containing equipment,
• Public awareness increase.

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Thank you for your attention

• Emilija Kupeva-Nedelkova, MEPP