{"id":3644,"date":"2018-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/drin-6th-stakeholders-conference-ohrid\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:36:22","slug":"drin-6th-stakeholders-conference-ohrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/mediterranean\/news\/drin-6th-stakeholders-conference-ohrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Drin 6th Stakeholders Conference, Ohrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over 120 representatives of ministries, NGOs, academia and water users working to manage the Drin Basin or living in the Drin Basin gathered overlooking Lake Ohrid, UNESCO World Heritage site, to discuss the main problems in the Basin; how these can be addressed using innovative techniques looking into water, energy and food security; and the steps ahead towards solutions.<\/p>\n

The conference marked 10 years of action for the management of the Drin and its sub-basins, Prespa, Ohrid, White and Black Drin and Skadar\/Shkodra.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ms. Petrovska, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning <\/strong>welcomed the work done under the process for the implementation of the Drin Memorandum of Understanding which aims to understand the transboundary problems. She indicated the main critical step for the immediate future was defining environmental objectives and the development of an Action plan with priority measures. She stressed the importance of sharing information and data among riparian countries to enable the decision making process.<\/p>\n

Ms. Gerta Lubonja, Director of the Water Resources Management Agency in Albania <\/strong>indicated the importance of joint action among Drin riparians to protect water resources but also to protect from extreme phenomena linked with water such as droughts and floods.<\/p>\n

Mr. Radosav Rasovic, representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Montenegro,<\/strong> transmitted the satisfaction of the leadership of his Ministry as the Conference is one of the activities to address common concerns and put forward common wishes regarding the management of the Basin.<\/p>\n

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The implementation of this year\u2019s Conference marks the continuation of a tradition in involving stakeholders in the work under the Drin Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that in its Article 5 \u201cImplementation and Monitoring\u201d, indicates \u201c(\u2026) understanding the need for the implementation of the Strategic Shared Vision to reflect the views of the stakeholders the Parties call for an annual meeting of stakeholders from the Drin Riparians<\/i> (\u2026)\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Each year the Conference is used as a forum to present progress in implementing the Drin MoU as well as a forum to discuss significant issues for the Basin. This year the Conference provided a forum for:<\/p>\n