16 December 2024. In the third year of implementing our Plant Health Western Balkan project (PHWB), and with the strong commitment of its beneficiaries, the main objective of this project is nearly achieved: improving plant health in the Western Balkans…
The Plant Protection Organizations of the Western Balkans are actively enhancing their preparedness for managing outbreaks of the most harmful pests that could impact their agriculture, forestry, and natural environment. As part of the PHWB project, several contingency plans have…
The International Day of Plant Health, celebrated on May 12th, has been evolved by many plant health institutions into Plant Health Week. The United Nations designated May 12th as the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) to raise global awareness…
Delegates from Western Balkan plant protection services took their active role at the IPPC Regional Workshop for Europe and Central Asia last week in Montenegro. Also the Project expert team participated as observer at workshop, which was held from September…
A two-day regional workshop took place in Belgrade from 12th to 14th July 2023, in response to a request from the Beneficiaries and the project’s Steering Committee’s conclusion on 25th May 2023. The primary objective of this workshop was to…
The European Commission has started a screening of legislation with Albania and North Macedonia of ‘Resources, agriculture and cohesion cluster’. European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) of the European Commission announced a bilateral screening with Albania and North…
During its visit to Belgrade, the Key experts discussed the new phytosanitary law with representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, the team of legal experts and inspectors. A visit to an approved laboratory in Batajnica was organized.
During his mission to Kosovo key experts discussed with stakholders new plant health law and procedure for adoption of the law in the parliament. It was agreed that additional support is required to draft Concept document before drafting the law.…
The PHWB team visited Albania from 26 to 30 June and held talks with representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and the relevant bodies about the new plant health law. During the visit, all participants could hear about the new…
The Project Steering Committee (PSC) met in Neum (BA) on May 25 and critically review the first Interim report (IR01) and the planning of project activities for the next reporting period (May-August 2023).
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