Prespa Park Coordination Committee Documents

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Strategic Action Plan 2003 - Executive Summary

Activities June 2007 - Nov 2008

Reports from PPCC meetings:

1 meeting ♦ I extraordinary meeting ♦ 2 meeting ♦ 3 meeting ♦ 4 meeting ♦ II extraordinary meeting ♦ 5 meeting ♦ 6 meeting ♦ 7 meeting ♦ 8 meeting ♦ 9 meeting ♦ 10 meeting ♦ 11 meeting draft conclusions ♦ 

History

PPCC meetings and major joint activities 2000-2003:

•    First Working Meeting of the Mayors of the Prespa Park area , held in Liqenas, Albania, on 19 July 2003 (funded by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Click here to download the fire-fighter's meeting report [in English] [in Greek]. Find the press release for the working meeting here.
•    Approval of the PDF B request (Project Development Funding, Block B) by the GEF Secretariat, for initial funding for the development of a full GEF project, on 5th June 2003.
•    Second Extraordinary Meeting of the PPCC, held in Aghios Germanos, Greece, on 29 March 2003 (funded by the Municipality of Prespa ).
•    Fourth Regular Meeting of the PPCC, held in Oteshevo, the FYR of Macedonia, on 7-8 February 2003 (funded by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
•    Third Regular Meeting of the PPCC, held in Korça, Albania, on 17-18 May 2002 (funded by the German Bank KfW).
•    Completion of the Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the sustainable development of the Prespa Park, in May 2002. The SAP aims at a common strategic policy and management axes, and assesses the priorities for specific projects and activities in the region (funded by the Greek Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works).
•    Joint press conference for the celebration of the 2nd Anniversary of the Prespa Park, held in Oteshevo, the FYR of Macedonia, on 2nd February 2002 -World Wetlands Day, (funded by the German Agency (GTZ) ).
•    Second Regular Meeting of the PPCC , held in Psarades, Greece, on 19-20 November 2001 (funded by the Greek Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
•    Endorsement of the Concept Paper (for the development of a multi-annual joint program for the integrated ecosystems and resource management in the Prespa Park area by the Global Environment Facility Secretariat, in November 2001.  
•    First Extraordinary Meeting of the PPCC , held in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 29 June 2001 (funded by the German Bank KfW).
•    First Regular Meeting of the PPCC held in Skopje, the FYR of Macedonia, on 30-31 January 2001 (funded by the Greek Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.). It was decided that the members of the PPCC meet on a regular basis (twice per year), while they may also hold extraordinary meetings in order to deal with urgent and unexpected developments. The meetings rotate among the three countries and are chaired by the government representative, in the PPCC, of the state which is hosting the meeting.
•    International Working meeting on the Establishment of the Prespa Park, held in Tirana, Albania on 16-17 October 2000, under the aegis of the Convention on Wetlands (funded by the Ramsar Bureau). PPCC was established on a interim basis for a period of two years.  On the Fifth Regular Meeting (13-15 November 2003, Lemos, Greece) this status was prolonged indefinitely, until the three Governments define a more permanent structure, form and operation of the Committee.♦