Sustainable agriculture for sustainable Balkans

Project title: Sustainable agriculture for sustainable Balkans: Strengthening advocacy capacities of CSOs and developing policies in the Western Balkans

Duration: January 2016 – December 2019

Overview and objectives: The regional project “Sustainable agriculture for sustainable Balkans: Strengthening advocacy capacities of CSOs and developing policies in the Western Balkans” is aimed at strengthening the capacities of civil society organizations for public advocacy and developing regional policies in the field of sustainable agriculture, protection of biodiversity and animal welfare in the area of the Western Balkans.

This was achieved through:

Strengthening civil society organizations for advocacy through a special Grant & Training Programme aimed at delivering training for civil society organizations in the field of organizational development and advocacy, providing coaching support to organizations in order to develop advocacy projects in the field of sustainable agriculture and financing the best projects.
Regional report on biodiversity protection in agricultural landscape in the Western Balkans is the good foundation on which to build national programs for identification and monitoring of high nature value agricultural landscapes. The report is written by Regional working platform for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes. The Platform gathers experts, representatives of organizations of civil society and public institutions, supported by The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.
Informing and involving the public by organizing training for media representatives and developing educational materials on the socio-economic benefits of sustainable agriculture, protection of biodiversity and animal welfare

Activities:

2016:
1. Presentation of the Regional Project «SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE BALKANS» in Brussels
2. Call for Trainer & Consultant
3. CALL FOR GRANTING, COACHING AND TRAINING for strengthening advocacy capacities of CSOs for sustainable agriculture in the Western Balkans
4. Results of the Call to participate in the Grant and Training Programme
2017:
1. Regional conference for the media in the Western Balkans
2018:
1. Monitoring visits at the 3 Albanian NGOs, beneficiaries of sub-granting
2. Sustainable Agriculture for Sustainable Balkans 5th Coordinating Meeting
2019:
1. First Regional Working Platform meeting and coordination meeting in Nish 11-14 Jun 2019
2. Second Regional Working Platform, 17-19 September, Belgrade
3. Call to participate: The first regional conference on biodiversity conservation and animal welfare in agricultural landscapes “Sustainable agriculture for sustainable Balkans”
4. First regional conference on biodiversity conservation and animal welfare in agricultural landscapes

Partners: ORCA – Serbia, Institute for Environmental Policy – Albania, FLOROZON – North Macedonia, NGO AKTIV – Kosovo, “Center for Protection and Research of Birds – CZIP” – Montenegro.