On the 10th and 11th of April 2014 in Skopje , at Hotel Arka day workshop was held to present "draft regional plans for waste management in the East and Northeast region ."

This workshop is part of the project:
“Development of the regional plans for waste management and strategic environmental assessment for the eastern and northeastern region “(Europe Aid/130400/D/SER/MK). The project is implemented by Consortium comprised of ENVIROPLAN SA from Greece (leader) and C & E Consulting und Engineering GmbH (partner) - BT Engineering Ltd from the republic of Bulgaria (partner).

The workshop presented the draft RPUO the East and Northeast region, where experts from the consortium exhibited the following main topics:

• Technical issues in SWM
• Environmental and financial issues in SWM
• Presentation RPUO
• Scenarios for SWM
• Presentation of Draft SEA Report

After presenting the draft RPUO for East and Northeast region at the workshop discussion was opened about these issues with participants. Particular note was constructive or clarification from the representative of the Agency for Spatial Planning of the procedures for adoption of RPUO. These discussions will play an important role in the further course of the project, in the stage of finalizing RPUO at the best possible way for the citizens of both regions, in terms of waste management and overall sustainable development.