Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in SEE, in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Agricultural Policy Dialogue Project – Western Balkans (APD) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) – SEDRA II Project is continuing activities in the implementation of the Action plan of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans. As a part of the activities, the First Interim Meeting of the Regional Expert Advisory Working Group on Soil was organized in Bar, Montenegro.
The meeting aims to discuss and present the regional assessment „State of the art of soil management in SEE region”, and the capacity of the Western Balkans for the implementation of the new Soil Strategy for 2030 as well as developing operational plans and actions of REAWG on the Soil. The specific activities regarding the establishment of the Regional soil partnership its role and functions were discussed.
Programme-Meeting on REAWG Soil
Rainer Baritz- Toward a Western Balkans Subregional Partnership
Dragana Vidojevic- State of the art of soil management in Western Balkans
Albania – State of art in soil degradation in Albania
Kosovo – State of art in soil degradation status pressures and trends in Kosovo
Montenegro – Environmental trends in Montenegro
North Macedonia – Approaches in modeling soil organic carbon
Christian Wiese – Regulation and practice of soil protection in Germany
Daniel Muller-Max Hofmann-Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture in the Western Balkans