On 18/04/2016, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr. Christine D. Althauzer and president of the Center for Environmental Democracy FLOROZON, Kiril Ristovski, signed an grant agreement for the project i "Local Action for Global Climate Adaption".
General objective of the project is enabling green development trough transfer of knowledge and public awareness on adverse effects of climate changes on agriculture in the Republic of Macedonia.
Specific objectives are:
- Informing the farming community on the adverse effects of global warming
- Development and transfer of knowledge on key stakeholders in Macedonia
- Promotion of agricultural adaptation measures to climate changes.
The Project shall be realized on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia and aims at raising the awareness on the part of the local authorities, farmers, civic organizations and among the youths pertaining to introducing and implementing adaptation measures for effective coping with climate changes. The Project is grounded on two pillars:
Pillar 1 – Building the capacities of the representatives from the regional centres of the Agency for Promotion and Development of Agriculture
Within this pillar a two-day-workshop shall be organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy and the Ministry of Environment. Approximately 30 representatives from the central authorities, civic organizations, agricultural associations, the academia and media shall be invited to the workshop. The main topics foreseen to be covered and elaborated on in the course of the workshop shall be as follow:
- Climate changes – a challenge and reality with an adverse impact on agriculture
- COP21 – real opportunities VS imposed obligations
- National requirements for adaptation to climate changes
- Techniques and tools for effective adaptation
- Agro-environmental measures – sine-qua-non in the attainment of green development
Pillar 2 – Raising the awareness of the agricultural community in the Republic of Macedonia.
The objective of this pillar is to familiarize the agricultural community with the potential consequences arising from climate changes and affecting agriculture and to underline the need of implementing agro-environmental measures as a tool for adaptation to climate changes. For the purpose of attaining the goal, a ‘Caravan for Fight against Climate Changes’ shall be organized. This Caravan shall tour the overall territory of the Republic of Macedonia in a period of 4 months and shall directly inform the public about the Project objectives and activities. As part of the caravan, promotional stalls will be organized in Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Shtip, Strumica, Bitola, Prilep, Kavadarci and Tetovo. The organization of such stalls will be supported by the local civic associations
German support of 21 255, - Euro is funded by the climate fund of the Federal Foreign Office, which funds projects in the area of climate protection worldwide.