Starting activities for prepare of the Local Action Plan for the Environment (LEAP) for the Municipality of Gazi Baba

The team of “EcoMozaic” starts with preparation of a Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP) for the Municipality of Gazi Baba for the period 2013-2017, in accordance with the requirements of national legislation and EU practices. During the preparation of this strategic document will be used the national methodology for the LEAP adopted by the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning and the latest scientific and experiential techniques for preparation of this type of documents and public participation in all phases.

The main goal of the Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP) is to identify the state of the environment in all five areas (urban development and soil, air and noise, water, waste and nature), to initiate the process of public participation, private sector and NGOs in defining the key challenges for the Municipality of Gazi Baba and to give recommendations for all the challenges for environmental management. With the participation of many stakeholders and using criteria for prioritization will be defined high priority issues for which will be prepared an Action Plan containing the measures and actions to address high priority challenges with defined responsibilities and Monitoring Plan for evaluating the success implementation for the period of 4 years.

The Contract for preparation of a Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP) for the Municipality of Gazi Baba20130903_093503 for the period 2013 to 2017 was signed in September 2013 and was held an initial meeting with representatives from the Environmental Department of the Municipality of Gazi Baba on which were discussed the next steps of the preparation of this strategic document.