Local Environmental Action Plan in Republic of Macedonia
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MK9900001 LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF MUNICIPALITIES OF CENTAR, ZRNOVCI, VELES AND GEVGELIH Skopje JUNE 1998 , 30-08 THE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER NEXT PAQE(S) for Central and Eastern Europe left BLANK DISCLAIMER Portions of this document may be illegible in electronic image products. Images are produced from the best available original document. EXECUTIVE SUMMERY PREFACE The report "Local Environmental Action Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in Plan in Republic of Macedonia Executive cooperation with the U S • Agency for summaries of the municipalities of Centar, International development (USA1D) Besides, Zrnovci, Veles and Gevgehja " aims at assessing experiences from the REC report "Developing the progress in adopting comprehensive Local and Regional Environmental Action Plans environmental protection strategies at the local in Central and Eastern Europe Case studies of level. The Article 13 from the Act for protection Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and promotion of environment and nature of and the Slovak Republic " were very useful in Republic of Macedonia states "In order to learning others' strengths and weaknesses The evaluate the status and identify measures to be "Comparative Risk Analysis" methodology is taken, the Government of the Republic of generally based on identifying all environmental Macedonia shall pass the National problems in the community and ranking them Environmental Action Plan of the republic of upon three risk criteria risk over the health of Macedonia" "In compliance with the the population, risk over the health of the National Environmental Action Plan, the environment and nature and risk over the social- municipalities and the city of Skopje shall pass economic quality of life Highly important local action plans regarding environment and during this process is active involvement of nature protection and promotion" citizens in the whole decisionmaking process and achieving consensus amongst different The report, provides descriptions of groups citizens, local government and environmental action plans (LEAPs) of four businesses . municipalities in Macedonia Each executive summary was prepared by the technical committees that worked out on the development The goals of the project resulted with of the documents, and they are presented on a effects of different approach •Building coalition between the Local The whole project was carried out in the Municipality, NGOs, business sector and collaboration with the Ministry for Urban citizens in order jointly to solve local Planning, Construction and Environment of environmental problems, Republic of Macedonia (MUPCE) The REC and MUPCE identified the four different •Identifying and developing four modules : municipalities to developHiffSfSnt module? of of- different LEAPs which will be uSe'd LEAPs with using the same methodology afterwards-by the rest of the local municipalities approach, which can be used as pilot projects in Macedonia, for other, more than hundred municipalities in •Promoting and building capacity for Macedonia These municipalities are Center public participation in decisionmaking process (Skopje) as a typical urban area, Veles' as a regarding the priorities of environmental typical industrial area, Zrnovci as a typical problems that local municipality is facing, agricultural area, and Gevgelija as a transboundary and transit area The •Strengthening the role of the NGOs as a methodology used for developing LEAPs was partner for public and private sector in the based upon the experiences of the Troyan management of financial, human and natural Community Environmental Action Plan in resources in order to ensure sustainable future Bulgaria which was funded by the U S of the municipality, Local Environmental Action Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMERY •Identifying specific strategies for solving very well covered on the national and especially the most crucial environmental problems on the on the local media. In May 1998, all local', regional and national level. municipalities have presented their LEAPs that should be soon adopted by the Councils of the four municipalities Coordinators from REC and the MUPCE were assigned to coordinate out the project In this occasion we want to thanks to all activities in all four municipalities Each participants in this process from the municipality assigned its coordinator, who municipalities, especially the local coordinators, works in the municipality and established an 'NGO volunteers, citizen advisory committees expert team who worked as a technical and technical committees, who actively worked committee in developing the LEAP document out their environmental action long term A manual was developed for all steps to be taken strategies We also give our acknowledgement to implement the development of a LEAP to the Ministry of urban planning, construction document under the methodology "Comparative and environment of Republic of Macedonia and Risk Analysis " On December 22-23 in Skopje their coordinator Dobre Jancev for was organized the training workshop for the collaboration and full support in carrying the representatives of the 4 municipalities, project including the person coordinator of the municipality, chairman of the Council or its We give special thanks to the Royal member, the expert involved in the technical Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade, FR committee, local NGO representatives and the Yugoslavia for funding this project business sectors Launching this project was REC Local Office Macedonia Staff Katanna Stojkovska Biljana Zdravkovslia Local Environmental Action Plan . I -t-- , I -EXECUTIVE SUMMERY OF MUNICIPALITY OF CENTAR INTRODUCTION In the frame of the environmental strategy of the Furthermore, if we also take into account climate Ministry for Urban Planning, Construction and changes in Skopje valley, lot of foggy days in winter, Environment, and in accordance with the Act on winds, bad treatment of the waste and traffic noise, it is protection and promotion of environment and nature, as clear that we are talking about urban area with lot of well as the goal- of the NEAP, Municipality Centar was environmental problems chosen, as one of the four Municipalities to work out pilot Main goal of the LEAP in Municipality Center is project - LEAP •To create environmental action plan, based on a . Municipality Centar is one of the seven consensus between local authorities, citizens and Municipalities in the city Skopje, which occupies central NGOs, which will offer efficient and financial part of the capital of Macedonia approved solutions for the environmental problems Municipality Centar is heterogenic area, regarding In order to accomplish this goal, identification of the urban, communal and environmental aspects It local environmental problems and their analyses has been occupies area of 18km2 According to the 1994 census, performed, regarding their risks and influence on the there are 85 021 inhabitants, and it is typical urban area human health, environmental degradation and quality of with the biggest density of population in Macedonia life in the community, in order to The Municipality is administrative and business - Improve the environmental condition through center of the city, with a large number of cultural, implementation of low budget strategies, which will scientific, educational and medical institutions, as well result with financial savings as Parliament and Government Offices, one stadion, railway station, international buss station and lot of - Promotion and acception of the public opinion households in such a small area and public participation in environmental decision- making process It is natural, to have lot of communal problems on such an urban area. Great number of vehicles, heavy - Strengthening of the local authorities in managing traffic, big number of traffic lights, parking spaces and and implementation of environmental programs, small number of pedestrian zonesare some of the - Strengthening of the community life trough problems, that create frustrations, dissatisfaction and understanding and solving environmental problems numerous public conflicts During the work out of the LEAP methodology of On the other hand, although within the Municipality '"comparative risks analyses" has been used, which takes Center there are only few industrial complexes, the air into account scientific analyses of the environmental data is the most polluted one with the waste gasses mainly on the one hand, and public opinion and public initiatives sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides for running the environmental programs, on the other ANALYSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE MUNICIPALITY CENTAR - SKOPJE 1. AIR POLLUTION Main reasons for air pollution in the Municipality characteristic for Skopje valley (which includes Centar are environmentally negative orografical and Municipality Centar) is occurrence of climate characteristics and emission of harmful matena - temperature inversions (especially in winter), in the air from industrial, energetic and communal emitters, as well as emission of harmful matena from the - high percent of foggy days (63 per year), gasses of the vehicles in the traffic - higher number of cloudy days, Namely, Municipality Centar as a constitutive part - wind regime, which is more inviolable in the of Skopje valley is characterized by environmentally central part, compared with the eastern, open part negative specifications On the basis of the data from of the city RHMI (Republic Hydro-meteorological