The kickoff meeting of the Working Group tasked with defining the establishment and operational criteria of the Producer Balancing Body (PBB) took place on Thursday 18th January 2024. Representatives from various producer responsibility organizations (PROs) took part in this important event which marked the first in the series of sessions that will eventually define the…
Following the two-day program in Vienna, the Study Tour continued in Budapest from June 15th. The delegation was hosted by the The Blue Planet Foundation. Budapest program of the study tour primarily focused on waste management technologies related to the EPR system, allowing participants to familiarize themselves with these aspects. First, they visited the waste…
In the approved Workplan of the Twinning Project, the activity ’Study Tour’ was scheduled for June 2023. The purpose of the study tour was, clearly, to focus on the main aspect of the Twinning Project, the EPR system and its operation, and for participants to gain understanding of related waste management technologies, and to lear…
On June 1, 2023, the European Union funded Twinning project aiming to develop waste management in North Macedonia officially launched in Skopje. The full house opening ceremony took place amidst significant professional interest. In her opening speech, Minister of Environment Kaya Sukova emphasized that these programs provide great assistance for North Macedonia’s swift accession to…
According to regulations, the Twinning Project provides a report at the Quarterly Steering Committee Meeting before participants which represent the various stakeholder organizations involved in the project implementation The second SC meeting was held on 31st May, 2023, in Skopje at the MOEPP building. At the meeting led by László Sitányi, the project leader and…
Kickoff event of the EU Twinning Project “Support in the Implementation of the Waste Management Legislation and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme”
In the first phase of the Twinning project, experts study the current Macedonian legislation and practice regarding the EPR system presently operated at the Beneficiary. PROs – Producer Responsibility Organizations – play a key role as main stakeholders, besides the state institution. Therefore the first meetings have been organized on a Ministerial level and with…
The Hungarian and Austriac project members arrived in Skopje on the 31th January, 2023 to participate in the 1st Steering Committee meeting to be held on the 1st February, 2023. The previous day the Project leader Dr László Sitányi, the three component leaders Dr Krisztina Wégner, Enikő Bárdos and Erika Horváth and Tibor Nemcsek (Resident…