USAID Municipal Climate Change Strategies Project (MCCSP) Implemented by: Milieukontakt Macedonia Final Program Performance Report Cooperative Agreement #: AID-165-A-1 2-00008 Submitted to: Jennifer Connolly, Agreement Officer’s Representative, (DEC) Development experience clearinghouse Bureau for management/Office of chief information officer/Knowledge Management Divisions (M/CIO/KM) USAID agency for International Development 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W Washington D.C. 20523 Skopje, Macedonia May 25, 2017 Submitted by: Igor Slavkoski, MCCSP Chief of Party Milieukontakt Macedonia 1 COMPENDIUM THE USAID MUNICIPAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES PROJECT Project Report Prepared by: Milieukontakt Macedonia Authors: Maja Markovska; Igor Slavkoski; Blagica Andreeva; Stole Georgiev; Denis Zernovski; Radmila Slavkova 2 Contents I. List of Abbreviations ..................................... 6 II. Executive Summary ...................................... 7 Green Agenda ........................................................................................................ 9 Three international Green Agenda Conferences ............................................................ 9 Capacity Building ..................................................................................................... 9 Visibility .................................................................................................................. 11 III. Introduction ............................................... 12 IV. About Milieukontakt Macedonia .................... 12 V. Description of the project ............................. 13 VI. Project Partners and main stakeholders ........... 14 Municipalities ......................................................................................................... 14 CSO partners ......................................................................................................... 14 VII. Project Management ................................... 15 Project setup ........................................................................................................... 15 Implementation and management .............................................................................. 15 VIII. Green Agenda Methodology – Component 1 ... 17 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 17 The Methodology .................................................................................................... 17 Implementation ...................................................................................................... 20 Selection of municipalities and local partners .............................................................. 20 First meeting with selected organizations .................................................................... 22 Organizing meetings with the candidates for Mayors in Municipalities. ........................... 22 Municipal Climate Profiles and Green House Gasses (GHG) Inventories ....................................................................................................... 22 The first stakeholder meetings .................................................................................... 23 The GA process implementation .................................................................................... 25 Second stakeholder meeting ......................................................................................... 26 3 Preparation of Reports on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on Climate Change Strategies .............................................................. 27 Municipal Climate Change Strategy documents – Adopted by municipal councils ................................................................................................... 27 Establishment of a local monitoring mechanism ................................................................ 28 National Strategy Meeting ....................................................................................... 28 National strategy meetings of the Environmental CSOs – 2012 ......................................................................................................................... 28 National strategy meetings of the Environmental CSOs – 2013 ......................................................................................................................... 29 National strategy meetings of the Environmental CSOs – 2014 ......................................................................................................................... 29 National strategy meetings of the Environmental CSOs – 2015 ......................................................................................................................... 30 National strategy meetings of the Environmental CSOs – 2016 .......................................................................................................................... 31 First International Green Agenda Conference - promotion of the strategies ........................................................................................................... 31 SECOND International Green Agenda Conference 2015 – Experience exchange symposium .................................................................................. 32 Development of Manual –The Green Agenda Methodology as a tool for development of Municipal Climate Change Strategies ........................................................................................... 36 IX. Capacity Building - Component ................... 37 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 37 Implementation ....................................................................................................... 37 Project year 1 .......................................................................................................... 37 Train the trainers ......................................................................................................... 37 Needs assessment in each municipality .......................................................................... 38 Project year 2 ........................................................................................................ 40 Project year 3 ......................................................................................................... 43 Project year 4 ......................................................................................................... 47 Achievements: ........................................................................................................ 48 X. Pilot Projects and Urgent actions – Component 3 ............................................................ 49 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 49 Urgent Actions ............................................................................................................ 49 First Priority of the Strategies (Pilot Projects) ..................................................................... 52 Implementation of Urgent Actions and Pilot Projects ...................................................... 53 Municipality of Tearce ................................................................................................. 54 Municipality of Pehcevo ............................................................................................... 56 Municipality of Krivogashtani ........................................................................................ 59 Municipality of Bogdanci ............................................................................................. 62 Municipality of Vinica .................................................................................................. 64 Municipality of Bogovinje ............................................................................................. 68 Municipality of Studenichani ......................................................................................... 70 Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostushe ........................................................................... 72 Municipality of Prilep ................................................................................................... 74 Municipality of Delchevo .............................................................................................. 76 Achievements ......................................................................................................... 77 Municipality of Tearce ................................................................................................. 77 Municipality of Pehchevo ............................................................................................. 78 Municipality of Krivogashtani ........................................................................................ 78 Municipality of Bogdanci ............................................................................................. 79 Municipality of Vinica .................................................................................................. 79 Municipality of Bogovinje ............................................................................................. 80 Municipality of Studenichani ......................................................................................... 80 Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostushe ...........................................................................