On the 3rd and 4th of December in Skopje, North Macedonia, the Third Interim Meeting of the Regional Expert Advisory Working Group on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture (CCAA) took place. The Group will continue its work as a regional Task Force for CCAA and it gathered to discuss the methodology, and the future national and regional actions focused on tackling issues regarding Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture. As part of the Green Agenda for Western Balkan, SWG facilitated the dialogue between ministries and experts through the established REAWG on CCAA and with the help of partners founded a Task Force which will provide every country in the region with the much-needed scientifical and documented backup for developing national strategic overviews and action plans for climate change adaptation in agriculture.
Governments of the WB6 through the Berlin Process committed themselves on aligning their pathways and their policymaking in accordance with the EU acquis, thus promising on the delivery of the expected reforms among which are the climate change adaptive measures in agriculture production.
This meeting in Skopje accounted more than 30 experts in the scientifical fields of water and soil, livestock and crops, agroeconomics and as well representatives from ministries of Agriculture and Environment and established the most serious group of expertise and knowledge required to offer incentive to key policymakers in the region to develop future strategic documents. Participants presented their views, debated on methodology, highlighted the importance of the government institutions to lead the future actions and agreed on the future steps of engagement.
Also, the meeting provided the opportunity for Mr. Alexandar Erlewein, GIZ, to present the new project on Climate Change Adaptation and Dr. Mareike Söder from Thünen Institute to present the German experience and approach on the topic of CCAA in the Agricultural sector.
