10 May
REC and MESP: Presentation of Lake Ohrid Protection Plan
On 10 May this year in Ohrid, in the organization of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe and the Unit for implementation of the Lake Ohrid Protection Project within the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, three years’ activities from this project will be presented. A closing manifestation will also be organized, presenting the three years’ report on the project that has been realized in cooperation between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Albania governments, with the financial support from the World Bank.
A visit to the Vevcani springs – a protected natural rarity has also been planned as part of the closing manifestation.
17 May
Regional Project Presentation: “Balkan Net” Presentation
The four NGOs: Arktorus from Thessalonica, Greece, the Journalist Legal Enviro Center ERINA, the Macedonian Ecologists Association and the Macedonian Ecologists Movement, in Skopje, will present the activities that has been realized within the regional NGO network “Balkan Net” for several years, an organization with NGO members from Macedonia, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania.
The aim of this network is to act in coordination and protect the wild world fund and its habitats in the Balkan countries. The presentation will start at 11 o’clock at the Delegates Club in Skopje and the Association for Animals protection “Srna” from Skopje will be their guest and they will present their initiative for adopting a Law for Animals Protection.
May
ERINA: Round Table on Law Initiative
The Journalist Legal Enviro Center ERINA from Skopje organizes the third round table, considering the development of the draft text preparation project for adopting the Law for access to information and public participation in the field of environment. The text preparation is part of the ERINA project financed by the United States Institute for Sustainable Communities, as part of the long-term ERINA campaign for the Arhus Convention implementation in our country (a convention for access to the information, public participation and access to justice in the field of environment, Arhus, 1998).
25 May
Templum and Kontrapunkt: “Tocka” Starting
The publishing house Templum and the civic association Kontrapunkt open the Little Cultural Center “Tocka”(Point) in Skopje. The center will have reading-room and a gallery and it will serve as a place for organizing debates, discussions, round tables and promotions.
The Center’s address is 38 Ilindenska Street, Skopje.
26 May – 9 Junel
Activist’s Cross-border Acting: Women Caravan
The French Organization Transeuropeenes coordinates the caravan of women from the ex-Yugoslav republics and Albania under the motto “Approaching the desire for civilization”, the goal of which is to convey the desire for reconciliation and cooperation. About ten women from Macedonia, active in the social life of the country take part in the caravan and they are organized by the Open Society Institute Macedonia Foundation, which cooperates with Transeuropeenes in this project.
The caravan starts from Vukovar and it will visit the centers of the ten years’ military conflicts in this region, as well as those places that strongly opposed the war and the hatred.
31 May
Global Action: World Anti-smoking Day
This date is celebrated in the world as a day against smoking, which is considered an addiction disease in many countries. On this day, different campaigns and actions are usually started, their goal being the reduction of this harmful habit, especially with the young population.
The World Anti-smoking Day is very often supported by the governments themselves and the big NGOs like Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, etc. Let it be an occasion for initiating such activities in our country, too, in which all the associations working in the field of environment, health, young, human rights, access to justice and all the others can be involved.
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