The two-day workshop titled “Green Justice in Macedonia” was a part of the project “Greening Macedonian Justice”, implemented by the Center for Environmental Democracy – Florozon, in cooperation with the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia and supported by the embassies of the United States and the Kingdom of Norway was held on the 21st and 22nd November in Skopje.
The speakers at the Workshop were:
-Mr. Kiril Ristovski, CED Florozon, Programme Director
-Dr. Csaba Kiss, EMLA Executive Director
-Mr. Ixhet Memeti, Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia
-Mr. Abdilakim Ademi, Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Macedonia
-Mr. Rexhail Ismaili, President of the Commitee for Transport, Communications and the
Environment of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia
-H.E. Kjetil Paulsen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway
The workshop covered the following topics:
-Existing legal procedures, methods and practices for access to environmental justice in the Republic of Macedonia (with an accent on the competences of the Ombudsman)
-EU Acquis, methods and practices – EU Ombudsman
-National Legal Framework for the Environment
-Environmental Legal Framework in Hungary / Green Ombudsman
-Environmental Court Cases in Macedonia
-Environmental Court Cases in Hungary
-Methods and tools for effective lodging of complaints in Hungary
-Ways of Cooperation between the Ombudsman’s Office and the Relevant Institutions and Organ
-Cooperation between the Offices of the Ombudsman and the NGOs/ The Role of the NGOs