EC Ma Ndryshe has published the environmental sector monitoring reports for seven large municipalities: Prizren, Prishtina, Ferizaj, Mitrovica, Pejë, Gjilan and Gjakovë for the year 2021.

The findings of these reports in certain chapters have identified the current deficiencies in the environmental sectors in these municipalities, which require more attention from the responsible authorities.

The methodology followed by EC Ma Ndryshe for the compilation of these reports has taken into consideration 12 legal actions and by-laws that address various aspects of environmental protection.

The findings of these reports reflect the real situation in the environmental sectors, along with the opportunities to raise and improve environmental issues in these municipalities. The lack of the environment sector in the municipality of Gjilan, together with the insufficient human and financial resources that are presented in the monitored municipalities, is also reflected in the current environmental situation.

The level of drafting and implementation of local policies for environmental planning and management remains problematic, due to the fact that there is no real organization in this aspect. The current process of drafting and implementing environmental planning and management documents, projects and measures for environmental protection in the 7 municipalities currently makes it difficult to measure the efficiency of these actions in improving the environmental condition.

The level of inspection as well as the drafting of relevant reports related to the implementation of the legal framework of environmental protection and the implementation of environmental strategies remain unclear due to the non-disclosure of data in this regard, while it has been accepted that in certain indicators there is no monitoring.

In most municipalities, there is still no environmental data management system, due to the lack of technical and human resources for the creation, collection and management of environmental data. But it is worth noting that they have regular annual reports which are updated periodically.

Inter-institutional cooperation in the drafting of public policies is estimated to be insufficient, while cooperation with civil society in the drafting of local policies is mostly assessed as sufficient, while public participation is generally assessed as not good.

As for the environmental permits, the municipalities should increase their care for more efficient reporting of their issuance, since for some of them in this part and for the environmental licenses there is no answer.

At the end of the report, some recommendations are also addressed, such as: examining the possibilities for increasing professional employees and organizing training for these employees in sectors/directorates about the legal framework and about environmental issues, to improve the drafting and implementation of environmental planning and management documents, to update local level plans for environmental management along with their reporting and implementation and to advance cooperation with the central level and NGOs in many aspects of environmental issues. The consideration of these recommendations would lead us to improvements and additions to the environmental planning and management processes, to achieving more sustainable results in the environmental sectors and the protection of natural resources.

Ferizaj:

https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045550_Ferizaj_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3-6z3KJjovinfIZ1RJCFqAbwRdXfG0UcA9g2cdGWXWrRiGb8HG3A-aS4M_aem_AR6SsMwRvP2Mt-CTbX8VsQrBJLm6ZEYQDfNqf270sBA2rzU_CNyDO7mKb1lYfh8ZqBqToJ0SfUQSYguKVuFMW02u

Gjakova:

https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045522_Gjakove_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3A_9ZMjLVeqVGsaunj5h7Ogz34Jo5qrMWJLPzLF9FQ8wQhnXej-gVOkqk_aem_AR6bTdiRlW_BIdxtU4wj2LXEFbNfijutoxKSRO1bXlqJdxYcPqnNaAcvt2-xb3kpoJbYf5wlAemh1P5NNAdnJflX

Gjilan: https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045453_Gjilan_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2RpoS-6R8BDCUgdWvBOjmXNM8LjNygasUdYMloxon7wxou10fQjHGNjbQ_aem_AR6E1HdGl2dopmnnHzJRl_XOwO7LFF9jRCSmir_UKuA0GKHW9YSGKVu8ei6FeifKulgqdalV8DSPI3CecsnriXE_

Mitrovica:

https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045400_Mitrovice_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3-B15JKwhQblzXATAIj0ns5sKtwqUSkkqt-hY81y3KnqByTLaBZ2m8Low_aem_AR6x-GwTJtIFtRkhC5q4EyORW1GEp90rttPvtcS6K9e2WmGyeBCmrlZS87xj_oQ_cyqYNbbv4p6W-3tsYxHHENlC

Peja:

https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045329_Peje_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1b-64XqKOVWw7W-CTPeSU2BiF0a_-XuMjr0FMa648jOAhpWA0hqbwZZbU_aem_AR5F32okfjiPj4Tak86hagSWzhmed74qLODAquMljryBfjWbRcfyt6rOkSAvvB-2mUb6pX6BX1oGXyZ3fa3wc21D

Prishtina:

https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045255_Prishtine_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0IhRbF5MncVm6pR2m2mPEA3FMaETLeMNXAE1vyLb-AIS1dXaj9OZ0A21k_aem_AR7axwN7iFnZgxXEB64eFFu5OS-UwrAfBnW7Nf21mDTY_4j19A9uSmEEjsNiMyja1yh8EyORo8I1PW484I3HRk87

Prizren:

https://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/220805045229_Prizren_compressed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR35VCAd3hnZknRrw4v1NjJ7vzSHzWvrGJiN4zenObcStqCNrYt3Mp1Zdfg_aem_AR5mLKgUhf0snZ0-49jgR1QXQWY0_uE2AHU2VAECzuS-o-RwldtP9a1VduV20KdqaZwcV9KNHa_YqvNTif2Nuq0H