Water-use permits open for public scrutiny and standardized monitoring for water quality and quantity
This is made possible by the digital platform that supports the Water Ledger - a water management database - and the Methodology for Monitoring of Water, which were developed within the “Clear it Up” campaign, for the needs of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (MoEPP).
Improving qualitative information from inspection services
The Inspection Council will amend the rulebook for preparation of the reports of the inspection services in order to improve qualitative information.
Improvements to the new Water Law would warrant complete water protection
The draft Law on Water opens up greater opportunities for the protection of water resources after the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (MoEPP) involved civil society organizations and experts from the “Clear it Up” Alliance in the earliest stage of drafting the law. However, the "Clear it Up" Alliance believes that the proposed legal amendments are not enough and there are still shortcomings in terms of full regulation of water use and storage.
ICS launches regional project to popularize environmental communication
Environmental communication is essential to understand the complex environmental challenges and to strengthen the role of individuals and organizations in environmental management.
First ICS and IREX Symposium on Media Literacy in Higher Education
The complexity of media literacy and the various approaches in its implementation within the education were the main topics of the two-day international symposium organized by the Institute for Communication Studies (ICS) and IREX "Keeping up the pace: media literacy education in an acceleration age", which took place on 3 and 4 February 2022 as part of the USAID’s Media Literacy Project YouThink. The online event was attended by world-renowned media literacy persons of authority, such as American professors - Renee Hobbs and Paul Mihailidis, but also well-known individuals from Europe and the Western Balkans who empirically confirmed that the systematic
Youth for nature
Can the creativity of our youth change our environment, can the youth be the creators of the world they want to grow in?