ENV.net Regional Conference: The environmental challenges, EU enlargement and public participation – the role of media on advocating environmental issues

Struga, 21-22.10.2016 Civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media have a critical role to play in building a culture of good environmental governance and accountability, on national, but also on a wider regional level. By providing accurate, balanced and timely information that is of interest and relevance to the public, both CSOs and the media[…..]

ENV.net Team in TEMA organized internal advocacy training

On 5-6 October, ENV.net Team TEMA organized a training focusing on advocacy for TEMA HQ co-workers The training lasted 2 days and each day targeted a different audience but overall purpose of the 2 day training was to inform TEMA HQ employees about the advocacy activities that the Environmental Policies and International Relations Department has[…..]

13th of October on ENV.net Sponsored Green Wave

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is sponsored by Env.net for the coming month. October 13th was the 21st broadcast of the series. This week on the Green Wave we talked about TEMA Foundation’s education programmes and our guest was Dr. Burcu Güngör Cabbar, TEMA’s Education Department Deputy[…..]

6th of October on ENV.net Sponsored Green Wave

Green Wave, the radio show produced by the Env.net Team in TEMA Foundation is sponsored by Env.net for the coming month. October 6th was the 20th broadcast of the series. This week on the Green Wave we talked about the IUCN Congress and our guest was Dr. Nilüfer Oral, a member of Faculty of Law[…..]

“THE CLIMATE IS NOT WIRED ON A SWITCH,” – PROMOTIONAL EVENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK

On 22.09.2016, at the square “Goce Delchev” in Strumica was organised the final event of the project “Local campaign against climate change” implemented by Planetum,f Strumica, supported within the call of ENV.net Macedonia 2016 sub-granting scheme “Active Citizens for Greener Future ” The event was organised by Planetum, Strumica, in cooperation with the Macedonian ENV.net[…..]

CONFERENCE ON IPA 2 MECHANISM FOR CSOS

On 15-16 September, a two-day Conference on IPA 2 mechanism for CSOs was held in Skopje. The conference was part of the “IPA 2 mechanism for CSOs” project, funded by the European Union within the IPA program for supporting civil society and the media. At the opening session Mr. Nicolas Bartolini, representing the European Union[…..]

MEETING WITH THE NEW MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANNING

On 14.09.2016, the Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, Mr. Bashkim Ameti held a meeting with representatives of civil society organisations that work on environmental issues. The aim of the event was for the new Minister to meet the organisations active in the field of environment and to hear more about their projects and initiatives[…..]

Article 80: An Article which makes up a whole new Act (No. 6745)

On 20 August 2016, the Turkish parliament passed Law No. 6745 which is a “bag law” covering many issues related to investments. Article 80 of the law has raised serious concern among the public and is specifically protested by many environmentalists. This article will potentially lead to exemptions from licences, permissions and appropriations to projects[…..]