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Skopje,
June 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. VISION, MISSION AND DEVELOPMENT ...........................................................1
2. OBJECTIVES..........................................................................................................1
3. ORGANIZATIONAL SET UP AND ACTIVITIES ....................................................1
4. AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR ....................................1
5. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR..........................................................................1
6. ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR...................................................................................1
7. CULTURAL HERITAGE ...........................................................................................1
8. PUBLICATIONS DEVELOPED AND / OR SUPPORTED BY CEPROSARD..........1
9. CONSULTANCY RELATED ACTIVITIES...............................................................1
10. NETWORKING OF CEPROSARD ..........................................................................1
11. ACTIVITIES OF CEPROSARD IN 2011..................................................................1
12. PARTICIPATION ON INTERNATIONAL SIMPOSIA, CONFERENCES AND
WORKSHOPS................................................................................................................1
13. SUSTAINABILITY OF CEPROSARD.....................................................................1
14. CEPROSARD IN THE PUBLIC ...............................................................................1
15. PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH ORGANZIATIONS .......................1
16. FINANCIAL REPORTS ...........................................................................................1
17. AUDITOR’S OPINION ON “AGROENERGY“ PROJECT.........................................1
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The Association “Center for Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Rural
Development” from Skopje, is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan association. It is
established by free association of its members in order to facilitate mutual cooperation and
implementation of common interests in the area of sustainable development, agriculture, local
development, utilization of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, environmental protection,
cultural heritage conservation, as well as in order to promote cooperation with other similar
organizations and associations from Macedonia and abroad.
Vision
The vision of CeProSARD are rural and urban areas, developed in a sustainable manner with
absolute concern for the environment, efficient use of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency
and cultural heritage protection, which will contribute to a better social environment for future
generations.
Mission
The mission of CeProSARD is the introduction and promotion of sustainable development.
Through research and application of best practices, we strive towards provision of better living
conditions in rural and urban areas.
Development
The Association works and acts in order to cover the whole territory of Republic of Macedonia, at
the same time, establishing close cooperation with national and international organizations, until
eventually a network of organizations and promotional stations is formed for the benefit of using
sustainable practices. The Association establishes close cooperation with local and central
government, lobbying for promotion and achievement of its mission.
1. VISION, MISSION AND DEVELOPMENT
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The citizens’ association CeProSARD strives towards achieving the following goals:
Improvement of local and regional development in all regions of Republic of
Macedonia;
Promotion and introduction of sustainable practices in the development of rural
areas and in the development of agriculture and food production in Republic of
Macedonia;
Promoting possibilities for using renewable energy sources and energy efficiency
improvements wherever possible;
Environmental protection in accordance with sustainable development principles;
Activities in the area of adaptaion to and mitigation of climate change, with focus
on agriculture as production branch susceptible to their impact;
Cultural heritage conservation;
Economic strengthening of women, mainly in rural areas.
2. OBJECTIVES
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The Association “Center for Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Rural
Development” (CeProSARD) from Skopje, acts through the following bodies:
3.1. Assembly
3.2. Executive Board
3.3. Advisory Body
3.4. Supervisory Board
3.5. Executive Director
Assembly
The Assembly consists of twenty one members. The members may act as active, associate and
honorary members.
Executive Board
The Executive Board, as an executive body consisting of active association members, consists of
the following members:
Svetlana Petrovska, MSc, area of expertise: environment protection;
Snezana Janevska, mechanical engineer;
Liljana Buchkovska, economist.
Advisory Body
The Advisory Body consists of elected experts from relevant areas, providing expert assistance for
the current operation of the Association. In 2011, in accordance with the proposal of the Executive
Board, the Advisory Body worked with the same members.
3. ORGANIZATIONAL SET UP AND ACTIVITIES
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Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board, as a body within the Assembly, consists of three active members:
Gabriela Micevska, agricultural engineer;
Liljana Tanevska, MSc, area of expertise: local development;
State Nolev, economist.
Executive Director
The Executive Director of CeProSARD, Svetlana Petrovska, MSc, together with the executive
office team participated in the implementation of decisions adopted by the Assembly. In order to
establish sustainability in the organization, the Executive Director, in accordance with the decisions
passed by the Executive Board, has formed a team, which continuously works on developing
project documents for applying on international projects.
The team in charge of developing project documents upon calls published by donors consists of:
Liljana Tanevska, MSc,
Gordana Pecelj, MSc and
Dejan Filipovski.
Executive Office
The Executive Team of CeProSARD in 2001, consisted of twelve employees with the
following educational profile: two agricultural engineers, a MSc in local development, mechanical
engineers, an environmental protection engineer, a MSc in environment, an engineer-architect, two
economists and an administrator. Depending on project needs and activities, expert teams and
experts were hired as external associates. In certain periods, students from the Faculty of
Economics and the Faculty of Agriculture and Food volunteered in the Association. The Executive
Team of CeProSARD is divided into the following sectors:
Agriculture and Rural Development Sector:
– Head of Sector: Gabriela Micevska, agricultural engineer;
– Agriculture Unit – Damjan Surlevski, agricultural economist;
– Rural Development Unit.
Local Development Sector:
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– Head of Sector: Liljana Tanevska, MSc., local development;
– Cultural Heritage Unit – Ivana Petkanovska, architect;
– Gender Equality Unit – Liljana Buchkovska, economist.
Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency Sector:
– Head of Sector: Snezana Janevska, mechanical engineer;
– Renewable Energy Sources Unit;
– Energy Efficiency Unit – Dejan Filiposki, energy and environment.
Environmental Protection Sector:
– Head of Sector;
– Environmental Protection Coordinator: Ljupka Gligorova, environmental
engineer.
General Affairs Sector:
– Finance Manager: Gordana Pecelj, MSc, economic sciences;
– Gabriela Barker, public relations;
– Violeta Kocevska –administrator.
CeProSARD in 2011 worked on six projects, with a total budget of 878.049 Euros, or 54.000.000
denars1.
1 Part of this budget is used to cover some of 2012 projects.
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Project partners:
– Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy;
– Ministry of Economy;
– Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning;
– Ministry of Local Self- Government;
– Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food;
– Federation of Farmers of Republic of Macedonia;
– Association of Local Self-Government Units.
Implementation period:
– First phase: 1.12.2008 - 30.11.2009 – research phase;
– Second phase: 1.10.2010 - 1.12.2012 – implementation phase.
Target group: farmers and entrepreneurs throughout the country, institutions, local and national
authorities etc.
Description of activities:
The Project „Promotion of sustainable agricultural practices, energy efficiency and utilization of
renewable energy sources in rural communities in Republic of Macedonia” – Agroenergy, after
finalizing the first phase (researching the availability of renewable energy resources in Republic of
Macedonia suitable for small investments, initiated the second phase, the implementation phase,
based on the results of the first phase. It consists of the following activities:
Giving recommendations for proper RES utilization, through introduction of new modern production
technologies, as well as for energy savings through applying the principles of energy efficiency,
through:
4. AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
Project: “Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Practices, Energy Efficiency and Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources in Rural Communities in Republic of Macedonia“– Agroenergy
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1. Piloting– specific model pilot-units (farms) have been established, where renewable
energy sources were used and measures for improving energy efficiency were taken.
2. Training and promotion – a plan for establishing a training center for practical demonstration of
the utilization of RES and construction of energy efficient buildings in accordance with the best
available techniques has been developed; educational training packages for training different
target groups have been prepared; promotional campaigns and round tables about RES and
EE have been organized.
3. Institutional strengthening – institutions have been supported in the process of developing and
adjusting laws, by-laws, strategies, programs and measures for supporting relevant EU RES
and EE related regulations.
Within the “Agroenergy” project, CeProSARD provided assistance to the Directorate for
Hydrological and Meteorological Affairs of Republic of Macedonia for organizing
workshops with the title “Provision of quality in solar collectors and systems”
Upon request of the Energy Agency, in 2011 the drafting of the Rulebook on Energy
Performance of Buildings was initiated. The development of the Rulebook is performed
by a workgroup established upon initiative of the Energy Agency, and in coordination
with CeProSARD Association. This Rulebook is very important by-law which will
contribute to gradually reducing high energy costs in buildings, than to taking into
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consideration the energy factor when constructing new buildings, to introducing green
certificates, and of course, will contribute to achieving the strategic objectives of the
country. Besides the Rulebook, the workgroup will also draft a methodology for its use.
In order to support the work of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water
Economy, CeProSARD Association developed a “Guideline for Foreign Investments in
Republic of Macedonia”.
4. Networking– the established network of entities active in this sector was strengthened and a
cooperation platform was created.
Budget: 1.062.000 Euros
Donor: SIDA
The objective of the Project is to provide conditions for establishing a dialogue between the public
and the private sector through strengthening the capacities of the participants in the value chains
and representatives of governmental institutions, as well as through establishing a system for
regular communication and exchange of opinions on certain topics and documents in the fruits and
vegetables sub-sectors.
Activities:
Identifying the participants in the value chains (producers, processors and traders in fruits and
vegetables);
Including governmental institutions responsible for development and implementation of policies
and strategies related to fresh fruits and vegetables and processed vegetables in the project
activities;
Project: “Strengthening Public-Private Dialogue through
Increased Utilization of Effective Advocacy for Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables and Processed Vegetables Value
Chains“
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Assessing the training needs of employees in the institutions and of the representatives of the
value chains;
Organizing trainings for representatives of value chains and governmental institutions adjusted
to their needs;
Establishing an informative online-tool on the web site of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Water Economy;
Establishing a system for ongoing communication between the value chain participants and
governmental institutions on contemporary topics related to fruit and vegetables production and
processing.
Duration: October 2011 – September 2012
Budget: 40.930 USD
Donor: USAID – AgBiz Program
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In August 2011, eight young people from Macedonia participated on the workshop for
exchange of young people in Latvia, together with their colleagues from Latvia and Serbia. The
objective of the workshop, which was part of EU financed initiative – „Youth in Action“, was to
motivate young people in rural areas to participate in decision making processes and to raise their
awareness regarding sustainable development opportunities. Besides the planned agenda, there
was also time to visit local settlements and to taste local delicacies. Additional objectives of the
Project were to become familiar with young people’s life in rural areas in other countries, to
promote global thinking and to motivate young people to spend their free time in a way on which
they would act more effectively locally.
By using different techniques, the workshop tried to encourage the participants to identify ways to
improve their local environment and to help them share their ideas, as well as to turn them into
practical results. The participants finished a practical task, by building a solar collector of old waste
materials found on the site - from old windows to old refrigerator cooler.
Duration: April – September 2011.
Budget: 20.1542 Euros
Donor: European Union – „Youth in Action“
2 Total budget for Latvia, Serbia and Macedonia
5. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
Project:”Think Global, Act Local – Youth in Action “
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As a non-governmental organization dealing in activities related to renewable energy in agriculture,
local development and environmental protection, CeProSARD works on the legal initiative for
“Agricultural Land Management for Energy Crops and Renewable Energy Production”.
The initiative is directed, above all, towards conservation of agricultural land for food production,
conservation of biodiversity and establishing criteria which would prevent its uncontrolled use for
production of energy crops.
The initiative covers revision of regulations related to energy crops production, establishing links to
parliamentary commissions competent for those issues, as the Commission on Agriculture and the
Commission on Transport and Environment.
The project covers the following activities:
Revision of all laws regulating agricultural land management in Macedonia;
Workshops for informing relevant actors and use of their experience in the area;
Structuring the legislative initiative;
Project: CeProSARD Legal Initiative
“Agricultural Land Management for Energy Crops and
Renewable Energy Production“ as part of the National
Democratic Institute Project: “Support to the Civil Society
Organizations in Legislation Initiatives with the Parliament
of Republic of Macedonia “
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Lobbying through public debates in the Parliament in order to implement legal interventions.
Duration: September 2010 – March 2011, extended until March 2012
Budget: 2.000 Euros 3
Donor: National Democratic Institute
Main objective of the Project is to raise awareness of the population in the most affected areas
regarding measures for mitigation of climate change, their impact and adaptation to climate
change, as well as regarding possibilities for rapid reaction in case of floods.
During the Project, floods have been analyzed from the climate change point of view, that is, as a
climate change consequence. After identifying areas in Macedonia most exposed to floods, the
project activities were focused on educating local population and representatives of the
municipalities concerned. The stakeholders were familiarized with the climate change
consequences that we are facing, measures for adaptation and mitigation of climate change
impact, and manners for dealing with and rapid reaction in case of flooding.
Institutions involved: 3 CeProSARD did not manage this budget.
6. ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR
Project : “Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation Measures in Mostly Affected Areas in
Macedonia “
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Crisis Management Centre;
Directorate of Hydro-Meteorological Affairs;
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning;
Faculty of Forestry – Skopje;
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje;
Municipalities: Petrovec, Zelenikovo, Bosilovo, Strumica.
Duration: March – August 2011
Буџет: 5.600 Euros
Donor: Norway
The main objective of the project is to improve the legal and the institutional framework, which will
contribute to proper management of e-waste in Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and in Bulgaria.
CeProSARD, as part of the national advocacy network for e-waste management, participated in
organizing public events for raising awareness with regard to e-waste. The target groups and end
users are NGOs, companies, governmental institutions, media and citizens. The activities were
directed towards finding solutions for the following problems:
Low capacity of NGOs to manage e-waste;
Citizens and decision makers have low awareness of the consequences of inappropriate
e-waste disposal;
Lack of statistical data with regard to e-waste;
Lack of network structures on national and on regional level directed towards handling e-
waste related problems.
Duration: March – November 2011
Budget: 640 Euros
Project: „Balkan Advocacy Network in E-waste
Management “
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Donor: The Project is financed by EU
The objective of the Project was to make Balkan history from the 14th until the 19th century alive,
and to motivate public discussion on valuable, but often neglected, monuments from this period.
Moreover, the objective was to stimulate the public discourse on Balkan history, to promote the
feeling of common history based on religious and ethnic cohabitation and to contribute for a
promotion and conservation of cultural heritage. In fact, this was a multimedia project based on an
exhibition of 50 specially ordered photographs of Muslim, Christian and Jewish monuments on the
Balkan, taken by 5 award winning photographers from Athens, Belgrade, Prizren, Skopje and
Tirana. The photographs are supplemented with a text written by a team of historians from the
whole Region, with a documentary, educational programs, history walks and photography
competitions intended for school children and for adults.
This motivates cooperation between different cultural organizations in the Balkan and in Europe,
promotes the image of the Balkans in the Region and further in Europe, while the Project is a
contribution to understating the meaning of history and improving access to cultural heritage in the
Balkans.
Target groups were the general public, children younger than 18, civil and educational
organizations, local governments, NGOs and research organizations, central government,
students, young people.
The activities, among other things, were:
Exhibition of photographs in Athens, Prishtina, Skopje, Belgrade, Tirana and Berlin;
Publication in all six languages of the countries partners in the Project;
Web site;
26-minute documentary and an audiovisual video;
7. CULTURAL HERITAGE
Project: “Balkan Tale“
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Reports written by historians from Greece, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia, containing
specific proposals for amending the curriculum in history, especially regarding the Ottoman era;
Educational curricula;
Medium campaign and Project promotion.
Project partners: „Goethe“ Institute, Athens Office – Project leader; CeProSARD (Macedonia); OJQ
Emancipimi Civil Ma Ndryshe (Kosovo); „Remont “ – Independent Artistic Association (Serbia);;
Albanian Monuments Fund (Albania); Non-Profit Foundation „Anemon “ (Greece).
The project activities in our country were additionally supported by the City of Skopje, Museum of
Macedonia, and by other organizations and media partners, in order better to reach the target
group – children and young people under the age of 18.
Duration: January 2011 – October 2012
Budget: 26.670 Euros
Donor: European Commission – DG Enlargement
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„Guide for Energy Efficient Construction“ – Management and Industrial Research
„Study on Energy Efficiency and Perspectives for Developing Green Economy in the
Country “ – FES
„Facing Climate Change “ – Norway
„Manuals for Construction of Power Plants for Production of Energy from Renewable
Energy Sources “ – Agroenergy
– „Photovoltaic Power Plants “
– „Hydroelectric Power Plants “
– „Biomass Power Plants“
– „Wind Power Plants“
„Possibilities for Using Solar Energy in Vegetable Processing Sector “ – Agroenergy
Environmental Protection Reports
Investors: Businesses from the Municipality of Sveti NIkole – Bacoc (February 2011);
“Astra“ DOOEL (April 2011); “Aleks“ export – import (May 2011); “Balance Plus“ (May
2011); Municipality of Gazi Baba – “MIkei” DOO (December 2011)
Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment on state urban planning documents on
13 gas stations and service centers on Corridor X, Corridor VII and on other regional
roads in the country
Investor: Spatial Planning Agency of Republic of Macedonia (March 2011)
Environmental Impact Assessment Report on the regional road Mantovo
Investor: Municipality of Shtip (May 2011)
„Environmental Aspects of Your Company – Benefits and Possibilities“
8. PUBLICATIONS DEVELOPED AND / OR SUPPORTED BY CEPROSARD
9. CONSULTANCY RELATED ACTIVITIES
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Investor: Management and Industrial Research Foundation (MIR) (May 2011)
Facilitating a Conference in Cooperation with local governments
Investor: SIPU International Swedish consultancy organization (July 2011)
Environmental Impact Assessment Report on rehabilitation and reconstruction of
eleven existing municipal streets in Municipality of Ghorche Petrov
Investor: Municipality of Gjorche Petrov (August 2011)
„ Environmental Aspects of Your Company – Benefits and Possibilities “
Investor: Management and Industrial Research Foundation (MIR) (May 2011)
„ Environmental Aspects of Your Company – Benefits and Possibilities “
Investor: „Evrocentar“ from Sveti Nikole (December 2011)
Strategy on local economic development of the Municipality of Gjorche Petrov
Investor: Municipality of Gjorche Petrov (December 2011)
Energy Efficiency of the kindergarten „Srnichka“
Investor: UNDP (December 2011)
Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP) for the Municipality of Center
Investor: Municipality of Center (the development is ongoing)
CeProSARD is organizing trainings for taking the expert exam for waste
management and / or handling – CeProSARD holds a certificate for organizing these
trainings, issued by the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning on October 10th,
2011.
The Center for promotion of sustainable agricultural practices and rural development
(CeProSARD) begins to organize trainings for taking the expert exam for waste
management and / or handling. The trainings consist of 50 classes. The candidate who
regularly attends the trainings for taking the expert exam in waste management and / or
handling will be awarded a certificate of attendance to the expert trainings in waste
management and / or handling.
Local and international level networking
10. NETWORKING OF CEPROSARD
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Rural Development Network of Republic of Macedonia
Forum Synergies
ARC 2020
Balkan Network of Eco-Villages
Balkan Advocacy Network for E-Waste Management
Coalition „Natura 2000“
National Network – „Climate Response“
Avalon Network
Coalition – „Ecology a Priority“
The Red Cross of Republic of Macedonia within the project “SEE Forum for adaptation to climate
change” founded the Network of Civil Society Organizations of Macedonia. The Network consists
of members of the civil society in Macedonia, dealing in environmental protection and promotion,
education, development and promotion of democracy, humanitarian aid, social topics and
representatives of businesses and of educational institutions. The Network is a permanent platform
for cooperation between its members, in order to raise awareness regarding climate change and
climate change consequences of the general public and of decision makers.
The Project is financed by the EU and the Red Cross of Austria. The Project implementation period
is 24 months.
11. ACTIVITIES OF CEPROSARD IN 2011
CeProSARD signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Red Cross of Republic of
Macedonia
A Memorandum of Cooperation has been signed for the implementation of the Project
„Make a Difference“ in Municipality of Konche, for installation of hot water solar systems in
the schools in this Municipality
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The Project for installing solar collectors in the school of “Goce Delchev” in Konche is a donation of
Julijana Dimovska and Georg Woschnagg, and besides the donors in the development and the
implementation of the Project participate CeProSARD, Municipality of Konche, Elementary School
“Goce Delchev” and “Sofkin” DOOEL from Radovish.
The Memorandum was signed during the Fair of Municipalities, held on November 25th and 26th
2011 in Skopje, while the document presents the intention for cooperation and the implementation
of the Project „Make a Difference“ of all five signatories.
The objective of this initiative was to improve the conditions in the elementary schools of
Municipality of Konche, through installing solar collector systems for obtaining sanitary hot water.
Besides the central school in Konche, the project covers additional five elementary schools in the
surrounding villages of this Municipality: Dolni Lipovik, Gorni Lipovik, Rakitec, Dedino and
Gabrevci.
The Project entailed organization of a workshop intended to educate and raise awareness among
school children about renewable energy sources and environment protection. The workshop will
result in implementation of an additional activity proposed by the pupils, and supported by the
educational staff of the school of “Goce Delchev”.
CeProSARD also supports the implementation of initiatives and projects of philanthropic character
related to raising awareness with regard to environmental protection in Republic of Macedonia.
The Memorandum was signed on October 26th 2011, thus taking into consideration the intent of the
partners to establish relations in order to cooperate in different projects. Both parties may develop
common projects in different areas in which they will have mutual interest and at the same time
they will jointly do the following:
The Center for Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Rural Development
(CeProSARD) and the Business – Confederation of Macedonia has signed a Memorandum
of Cooperation
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Participate in joint project development in accordance with determined project
partnership agreements;
Provision of mutual professional support;
Inclusion in the network of partners;
Support the process of establishing cooperation with partners;
Joint participation in the dialogue with social partners;
Participation in the activities of the local economic social councils;
Counseling and education of members and of clients of both organizations.
On November 2011, the CeProSARD team participated in the activity “Tree Day” as part of the
campaign for large scale forestation in Macedonia. The main objective was to replant the
Macedonian forests after the large forest fires that took place in the last two summers, while the
organizers also recognize the environmental benefits of this plan in the context of global warming.
Our CeProSARD “tree planting day” was organized by our colleague Damjan, who lives in
Sopishte, on Vodno Mountain. “Equipped” with tree seedlings, we went to his house and after the
wonderful walk to the spring on the hill top, we decided that it would be better to plant the trees in
Damjan’s garden, where they will be regularly watered and taken care of, and we would be able to
visit them later on and inspect their progress.
„Tree Day“ in Macedonia
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Presentation of a scientific paper prepared by CeProSARD on the International Conference
of Ecosystems in Tirana, Albania
From June 4th to 6th, 2001 in Tirana, Albania, the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment as part of
the University of Agriculture of Albania, organized the International Conference of Ecosystems
(ICE).
Dejan Filipovski, representative of the CeProSARD team together with Marina Petrovska MSc,
Project Assistant in „UniCoop – SIDA founded project“, presented the paper „Climate Change
mitigation through utilization of biomass in the agricultural sector in Republic of Macedonia “.
“Friedrich Ebert Foundation, with an office in Skopje, in cooperation with CeProSARD
on November 16th 2011, organized a workshop titled “Nature Protection and Local
Effects”
The workshop was organized in order to share experience among Macedonian organizations
working in the area of environmental protection and German experts in this area. The workshop
was titled “Nature Protection and Local Effects” and a special emphasis was put on protected
areas and “Natura 2000“ areas. During the presentation, Ljupka Gligorova, environmental
protection coordinator in CeProSARD gave a presentation.
Bioenergy from the Forests – Programs for Rural Development and Bioenergy Acquired
from the Forests – the workshop was held from October 25th until 27th in Punkaharju in
Finland
12. PARTICIPATION ON INTERNATIONAL SIMPOSIA, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
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The Finish rural network in cooperation with the European network for rural development, three
leader action groups and Finish expert organizations in forestry, organized a three day event with
intent to describe, analyze, discuss and introduce issues related to forest bioenergy. What is the
development of forest bioenergy in different rural development programs? What will be the future of
bioenergy acquired from forests in EU?
Gabirela Micevska, head of the Sector for Agriculture and Rural Development, represented
CeProSARD and as a contribution to the workshop gave a presentation titled “Bioenergy from
forests in Macedonia”.
Forum – workshop “Macedonian Tourism – Competitive Industry” and “Capacities and
Resources in Creation of Tourism in Macedonia as a Competitive Industrial Branch” was
held in the Educational Center M6 – Skopje, on October 27th, 2011.
Among other presenters on this event, a presentation was given by Mr. Jean Marie Standaert from
the Dutch Employers Cooperation Program and by Mr. Mile Boshkov, Chairperson of the Business
– Confederation of Macedonia.
Especially interesting was the presentation of Ms. Vanja Stevkovska titled “Training of the young
and women in rural areas with tourist potential for starting small businesses in tourism”, which
underlined the huge interest for this type of tourism, but also presented the lack of more significant
advancement in this specific sector, due to lack of appropriate regulations on rural tourism.
The forum was attended by students from the Faculty of Tourism, representatives of the
businesses and other stakeholders.
The event was also attended by Liljana Buchkovska, gender equality coordinator in CeProSARD –
Skopje.
Round table on the topic of “Solar energy – a Perspective in Macedonia, Reality in
Slovenia” was held on October 13th in the premises of the Skpje Fair.
The intention of this round table was to exchange theoretical and practical experiences regarding
the use, usefulness and the efficiency of solar renewable energy sources.
The event, besides by the Ambassador of Republic of Slovenia, H.E. Alan Brian Bergant, was
attended by representatives of NGOs, companies and institutions from both countries.
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Liljana Tanevska MSc. from CeProSARD gave a presentation, presenting the past activities of the
organization in the research of potentials for using renewable energy sources and energy efficiency
improvements through research and analysis of the economic feasibility of these technologies.
On May 10th and 11th 2011, a two day expert meeting was held on the topic “Introducing
Energy Certificates of Buildings in Republic of Croatia and in the Region, Energy
Reconstruction of Buildings and Contemporary Energy Concepts in Architecture in
Measuring and Verification of Energy Savings in Energy Efficiency Projects”.
The meeting organized by the Energy Institute “Hrvoje Pozhar” consisted of presentations on the
conditions and the trends in the introduction of energy certification of buildings, Croatian
experience, and methods used to calculate energy consumption in Croatia.
Svetlana Petrovska MSc presented the conditions with regard to this issue in Republic of
Macedonia, the adopted legislation and the by-laws for energy efficiency in the construction sector.
During the meeting, the systemic measures in Monte Negro introduced to improve energy
performance of buildings and their certification were presented.
On November 30th 2011 in Hotel Continental in Skopje, a workshop was held titled
“Providing Quality in Solar Collectors and Systems”
Mr. Andro Bachan, guest expert from the Croatian Energy Institute “Hrvoje Pozhar” shared his
experience from Croatia with regard to quality standards of solar collectors and systems. The
event was organized by CeProSARD team in Macedonia.
During 2011, the CeProSARD team prepared and submitted eleven project applications
submitted to nine different donors, out of which three were approved, and six were rejected.
For two projects we were invited to participate in the implementation as project partners.
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The information on CeProSARD was regularly published upon successful implementation of
projects, promotional campaigns, trainings, as well as in order to announce events within
projects implemented by the organization. The information was published in the printed and
electronic media, as well as on the web sites of several national and international
organizations, governmental institutions, local self-governments.
The Association regularly published articles in the monthly review “Moja Zemja” (My Country)
in the area of its activities. Other media which published information on the activities of the
Center are: “Moja Zemja“; “Vreme“; “Vecher“; “Utrinski Vesnik”, “Porta 3“, “Shpic“; “Dnevnik“;
KTV; “Channel 77“; TV “Tera”; “Alsat“; TV “Alfa”, Macedonian Television, Macedonian Radio ,
MIA web site, Ministry of Culture web site; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water
Economy web site; Energy Agency web site; the web site of the National Extension Agency for
Agriculture of Republic of Macedonia; Municipality of Konche web site; the web site daily.mk;
web site time.mk; TV ‘Star” from Shtip; VTV from Valandovo; the web site idividi.com.mk; web
site netpress.mk; web site sky.mk and others.
Also in order to obtain timely and accurate information, the CeProSARD web site
www.ceprosard.org.mk and the Facebook page of CeProSARD
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CeProSARD/303094346376936 were regularly updated.
CeProSARD creates a network of actors in the organization’s areas of activity. These networks
involved governmental institutions, NGOs, cooperatives, private sector representatives and
individuals.
Some of the national and international organizations - associates of CeproSARD donors and
foreign partners, such as: SIDA; World Bank; FAO; GRM; MAASP; SNV; European
Commission – DG Enlargement; National Democratic Institute (NDI); NGOs and foundations,
as: Federation of Farmers of Republic of Macedonia; Balkan Cooperation Center – Skopje;
14. CEPROSARD IN THE PUBLIC
15. PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH ORGANZIATIONS
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ORT – Skopje; „Harvest of knowledge “ – Prilep; CEOR – Strumica; giff4u – Slovenia; CEE –
Bulgaria; ECODIBRA – Albania; Danu philanthrophy SEE – Slovenia etc.
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BALANCE STATEMENT FOR 2011
DESCRIPTION 2011ASSETS FIXED ASSETS Intangible 0Tangible – equipment 5.442.049TOTAL OF FIXED ASSETS 5.442.049CURRENT ASSETSGyro-account 2.122.663Cash in hand 35.787Foreign currency account 2.184.580Reserved current assets and letters of credit 17.926.850TOTAL OF CURRENT ASSETS 22.269.880ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES Receivables based on given advance payments, deposits 12.298.000Other short term receivables 0
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 34.567.880
TOTAL ASSETS 40.009.929
LIABILITIES AND EQUITYBUSINESS ASSETS SOURCES – Business fund 7.418.182TOTAL SOURCES OF BUSINESS ASSETS 7.418.182SHORTTERM LIABILITIES – Suppliers 908.319– State payables 74.824– Short term financial payables 0– Other short-term payables 64.072– Salary payables 148.042TOTAL OF SHORT TERM LIABILITES 1.195.257PASSIVE DEFERERED PAYABLES
– capital surplus transferred for the next year 28.256.794– other passive deferred payables 0TOTAL PASSIVE DEFERRED PAYABLES 28.256.794TREASURY STOCK 3.139.696UNDISTRIBUTED PART OF THE REVENUES 0
TOTAL LIABILITES 40.009.929
16. FINANCIAL REPORTS
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PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT FOR 2011
REVENUES
REVENUES FROM SERVICES 730.112
REVENUES FROM INTERESTS 282.089
REVENUES FROM DONATIONS
– Embassy of Norway in Skopje 345.000
– „Metamorphosis “ / e-waste 39.360
– SIDA, Sweden 37.100.951
– Goethe Institute, Greece 1.100.879
– EU, Latvia – “Youth in Action“ 33.511
TOTAL REVENUES FROM DONATIONS 38.619.701
REVENUES FROM MEMBERSHIP FEES 12.350
EXTRA REVENUES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR 14.676.969
TOTAL OF REVENUES 54.321.221
EXPENDITURES
CeProSARD 4.192.926
Operational expenditures 5.110.060
Expenditures for implementation of project activities 16.668.441
Audit 93.000
TOTAL OF EXPENDITURES 26.064.427DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES 28.256.794
T O T A L 54.321.221
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4 The audit in 2011 was perfomed only for the “Agroenergy“ Project, since the financial operation of CeProSARD is mostly based on the implementation of this Project
17. AUDITOR’S OPINION ON “AGROENERGY“ PROJECT