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The National Council for Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Integrated Coastal Zone Management, headed by H.E. the President of Montenegro, Mr. Filip Vujanović, convened in Podgorica, on 15 June 2016, to review the draft National Strategy for Sustainable Development until 2030. The National Council also discussed issues and actions related to the protection and management of water resources and the coastal zone management in Montenegro.

The GEF Drin Project ‘Enabling Τransboundary Cooperation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the extended Drin River Basin’ organized its 1st capacity building workshop on “Transboundary Water Cooperation and International Water Law” in Athens, on 14-15 June 2016. The workshop was organized back-to-back with the 11th Meeting of the Drin Core Group / 2nd Meeting of the Steering Committee of the GEF Drin Project (13 June) and the 2nd Expert Working Group Meeting (16-17 June), leveraging the presence of their members in Athens.

Journalists in the Drin Basin attended a 2-day training event to develop their capacities in environmental and water reporting, and learn about the 200.000 USD Lake Ohrid Pilot Activity under the GEF Drin Project.

The Lake Ohrid Watershed Management Plan was presented and discussed with representatives from all related authorities of North Macedonia marking another step towards its official adoption.

'Outstanding experience and networking opportunity'. Delegates from Riparians in the Drin Basin visited the Mekong River Commission (MRC) this month to learn about shared water resources management in another transboundary river basin.

The new Wastewater Management Decision Support Tool (WEMDST), a pilot within the GEF Drin Project, will help local planners identify environmentally efficient and cost-efficient solutions.

On 23 - 24 April 2019, technical experts in the Drin Basin participated in a 2-day workshop to review and validate the preliminary Draft of the Strategic Action Programme for the extended Drin Basin.

On 25 March 2021, GWP-Med organised a training on the newly developed Drin Information Management System. It was attended by 17 representatives from related ministries, institutions, local governments, NGOs and international organizations active within the Drin basin.

The 5th Stakeholders Conference in the framework of the Drin Coordinated Action (CORDA) for the implementation of the Drin Memorandum of Understanding for the management of the Drin Basin (Drin MoU) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) supported project “Enabling Transboundary Cooperation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the extended Drin River Basin” (GEF Drin Project) was held on 21-22 November 2017, in Podgorica.