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Decision-Making: Coordinating Bodies
In the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Ministries of Development; Construction, Urban Planning and Environment; Finance; Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management; and national and local public enterprises all foster the integration of environment and development in decision making.
Decision-Making: Legislation and Regulations
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Decision-Making: Strategies, Policies and Plans
The National Strategy of Economic Development and the National Ecological Action Plan are currently being prepared to incorporate the principles of sustainable development.
Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
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Programmes and Projects
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Status
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Challenges
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Capacity-building, Education, Training and Awareness-raising
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Information
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Research and Technologies
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Financing
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Cooperation
The country is currently cooperating at the international level with The World Bank, the European Union Program Phare, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and other international agencies.
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This information was provided by the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: 1 April 1997.
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WOMEN
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH
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Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
In the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the most important fora promoting dialogue between youth and government on Agenda 21 issues are: (1) The Council for Raising and Educating the Children of Macedonia; (2) The Pioneer Center "Karpos" in Skopje; (3) The action "I Love Nature - I Love Life;" (4) The Public Technique of Macedonia; and (5) The Forum of Young Ecologists (FOMEK). These groups have an advisory role in the national process of moving towards sustainable development. The Agenda 21 goal of more than 50% of youth, gender balanced, having access to appropriate secondary education or vocational training has already been achieved.
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This information was provided by the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: 1 April 1997.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Decision-Making: Coordinating Bodies
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Decision-Making: Legislation and Regulations
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Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
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Programmes and Projects
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Status
In the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, NGO inputs are very important in terms of Agenda 21 implementation.
Challenges
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Capacity-building, Education, Training and Awareness-raising
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Information
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Research and Technologies
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Cooperation
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This information was provided by the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: 1 April 1997.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Decision-Making: Coordinating Bodies
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Decision-Making: Legislation and Regulations
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Decision-Making: Strategies, Policies and Plans
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Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
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Programmes and Projects
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Status
The Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia supports local agenda 21 initiatives.
Challenges
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Capacity-building, Education, Training and Awareness-raising
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Information
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Research and Technologies
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Financing
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Cooperation
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This information was provided by the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: 1 April 1997.
WORKERS AND TRADE UNIONS
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BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
Decision-Making: Coordinating Bodies
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Decision-Making: Legislation and Regulations
To increase the efficiency of resource use, the National Ministry of Economy has passed a special Act on Using Waste That May Be Used As Secondary Raw Materials. In addition, there are governmental policies which require recycling.
Decision-Making: Strategies, Policies and Plans
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Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
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Programmes and Projects
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Status
Specialized enterprises and public institutions in this area occasionally organize actions for gathering secondary raw materials.
Challenges
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Capacity-building, Education, Training and Awareness-raising
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Information
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Research and Technologies
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Financing
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Cooperation
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This information was provided by the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: 1 April 1997.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNITY
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FARMERS
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Decision-Making: Coordinating Bodies
Ministry
of environment and urban planing and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are responsible
for the activities regarding the sustainable development.
They
coordinate by convening joint meetings on the issues concerned, then inform the
Government Cabinet on certain initiatives and propose appropriate action. The
Cabinet considers these proposals and decides upon them.
Within
the Government, there is a national inter-ministerial body for sustainable
development.
Local governments are responsible for some areas of activities in the field of sustainable development mainly on a local level in the municipalities. However, they are involved in decision making in all areas concerning improvement of the life of local population.
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Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
Mainly government representatives, partly scientist in their respective fields, and local authorities for the information regarding local initiatives and projects, are actively involved in information collection, assessment, management and dissemination, and use of data for decision making.
At
present, the role of private sector in this field is minimised. However, the
Government is committed to realization of certain programs for stimulation of
the private sector participation, particularly in the field of providing
information and partly in decision-making.
Consultations
with major groups in the development of an information system and indicator
programme, are still undergoing, and this exchange of opinions will be crucial
for the future activities of the Government in this field.
The
project for creation of a national information network, supervised by the
Government, is aimed at improving the current design of the national information
network.
Information services regarding the sustainable development at local level are being made available through the Ministry of Local Management (municipalities). Each municipality will be directly connected with the national information network and will have an immediate access to all the necessary information.
With
the project for creation of national information network, a significant increase
of the present network capabilities is planed. This would allow dissemination of
all data regarding the sustainable development activities.
Status
All the activities regarding the development and use of indicators for sustainable development, collection, standardization and use of data on sustainable development are located in different government ministries or other bodies. However, all information is presented to the Government’s cabinet by those ministries and appropriate decisions are being made in accordance with the presented needs and assessments. The Government is in a process of creation of a national information network to include also data regarding the sustainable development.
Present
information on sustainable development is highly accessible, but not
appropriately used by the commercial and private sector. At this point main
means or channels of information are through printed booklets, brochures,
reports and media presentations.
The development of indicators on sustainable development are at an initial phase. So far, they are utilised mainly by the Statistical unit, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank for some projections, as well as for research and planning.
In near future there will be a central Internet web site for providing national information on sustainable development
The availability and quality of sustainable development information at the national level can be summarized as follows:
Agenda 21 Chapters |
Very good |
Good |
Some good data but many gaps |
Poor |
Remarks |
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| 2. | International cooperation and trade | |||||
| 3. | Combating poverty | X |
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| 4. | Changing consumption patterns | |||||
| 5. | Demographic dynamics and sustainability | X |
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| 6. | Human health | X |
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| 7. | Human settlements | X |
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| 8. | Integrating E & D in decision-making | X |
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| 9. | Protection of the atmosphere | X |
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| 10. | Integrated planning and management of land resources | X |
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| 11. | Combating deforestation | X |
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| 12. | Combating desertification and drought | X |
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| 13. | Sustainable mountain development | X |
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| 14. | Sustainable agriculture and rural development | X |
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| 15. | Conservation of biological diversity | X | ||||
| 16. | Biotechnology | X |
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| 17. | Oceans, seas, coastal areas and their living resources | |||||
| 18. | Freshwater resources | X |
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| 19. | Toxic chemicals | X |
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| 20. | Hazardous wastes | X |
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| 21. | Solid wastes | X |
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| 22. | Radioactive wastes | X |
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| 24. | Women in sustainable development | X |
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| 25. | Children and youth | X |
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| 26. | Indigenous people | |||||
| 27. | Non-governmental organizations | X |
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| 28. | Local authorities | X |
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| 29. | Workers and trade unions | X |
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| 30. | Business and industry | X |
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| 31. | Scientific and technological community | X |
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| 32. | Farmers | X |
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| 33. | Financial resources and mechanisms | X |
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| 34. | Technology, cooperation and capacity-building | X |
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| 35. | Science for sustainable development | X |
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| 36. | Education, public awareness and training | X |
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| 37. | International cooperation for capacity-building | X |
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| 38. | International institutional arrangements | X |
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| 39. | International legal instruments | X |
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| 40. | Information for decision-making | X |
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Challenges
Developing of indicators for sustainable development and its usage by the private sector and particularly by the local authorities, require the most immediate attention in improving the flow and management of information at present. Another area is the information and education on protection of the environment. Significant results have been made in the information availability, but still a lot needs to be done particularly on the local level. To that end, Ministry of Environment has designed adequate projects and programs to be implemented.
Local
authorities, teenagers and elderly all need improved access to environmental
protection information.
Major
challenges are to increase data accessibility and availability. It is important
to provide computer networks for all the potential users of the data, including
ministries, local authorities, NGOs, unions etc. Being at the halfway of
transition of the national economy, it is quite an effort for the Government to
achieve such goal alone.
Capacity-building, Education, Training and Awareness-raising
Measures to promote public use of information on sustainable development include media campaigns, educational seminars etc.
Main activities aimed at capacity-building for improving information collection, assessment, management and dissemination, are aimed at training of experts and technical stuff mainly abroad with more experience in this field, but also trainings organized domestically by our national experts.
Research and Technologies
No information is available.
Financing
There is no precise data on the exact amount of financial resources spent for this purpose or to specify the percentage of the national budget or any other source allocated to this end. However, so far the main source for financing of these activities is the national budget.
The
Government is making efforts to attract private and foreign investments for
financing of the data collection and creation of the national information system
for sustainable development.
Cooperation
The
main field of cooperation on regional and international level in sharing
information is the protection of environment and economic indicators data.
Republic of Macedonia has adhered to and ratified all major international
conventions and on that occasion has informed respective secretariats on its
activities and measures undertaken.
The
Government is making efforts to further cooperation in the transfer of
technology and know-how particularly with the developed countries. Technical
assistance received so far is not sufficient and needs to be increased.
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This information was provided by the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the fifth and ninth sessions of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: April 2001.
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