Transboundary ecosystem management in the Sharr/ŠarPlanina-Korab-Koritnik

Tirana - 12-13 December 2017 - The  Institute  for  Nature  Conservation  in  Albania  organised in Tirana on 12-13 December, 2017, the  workshop “Transboundary  ecosystem  management  in  the  Sharr/Šar  Planina-Korab-Koritnik”.  This  event was supported by the project “Transboundary Ecosystem Services” funded by GIZ/Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe-Biodiversity  (ORF-BD).

The purpose of the workshop  aimed at bringing together the stakeholders from the three countries, to  present and  assess the current situation of transboundary cooperation in the trilateral area, to identify the existing problems as well to share ideas and best practices for improving and strengthening further the cooperation and collaboration amongst them.

The  meeting focused also on the  discussions for  establishing  a  transboundary cooperation mechanism that will pave the way in the future to the creation of a joint management body  for  the  trilateral  area  as  agreed  in  the  Joint Vision  for  Transboundary  Protected Area  of Sharr/Šar  Planina-Korab-Koritnik  signed in 2013 and confirmed by the joint Declaration of the three  ministers  of  Environment  of  the  three  countries  (Albania,  Macedonia  and  Kosovo)  in March 2017.