5-presentation-skadar-shkodra-lake-project_novak-cajedenovic 5-Presentation Skadar-Shkodra Lake Project_Novak Cajedenovic

1. LAKE SKADAR-SHKODRA
INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM
MANAGEMENT PROJECT
Authors:
Novak Cadjenovic
novak.cadjenovic@mrt.gov.me
Montenegro Project Coordinator
Agim Shimaj
a_shimaj@yahoo.com
Albania Project Coordinator

2. GEF ID#:2133, GEF Agency Project ID# P084605, Project
Status: Active

3. Situation before LSIEMP
• Water quality is generally good
• Some localized pollution “hotspots”.
• Decline in some fish species, particularly migratory species.
• Illegal activities (fishing, hunting, logging,construction ) mainly on
the Albanian side
• Un treated wastewater in Albania and Montenegro
• Differences between both countries
• In Montenegro
• National Park and Ramsar site
• Administration of the park and management plan in place
• In Albania
• Managed Nature Reserve and Ramsar site
• Administration of the Protected Area and management plasn
missing

4. Transboundary cooperation before
LSIEMP
• No legal agreement for lake protection and management
• No joint institutional structures (Lake Commission and
WGs)
• No joint lake management strategy
• No joint database
• No joint predictive hydrological model
• No joint monitoring program
• No joint fisht stock assessment
• No joint public awareness campaigns

5. LSIEMP Objectives
• Global Development Objective: to maintain and enhance the long-
term value and environmental services of Lake Skadar-Shkoder and its
natural resources.
• Project Development Objective: to help establish and strengthen
institutional mechanisms for transboundary cooperation, to improve
sustainable management of Lake Skadar-Shkoder.

6. • Component 1 Capacity Building for Improved Understanding
and Joint Management of the Lake
Objectives
• Establishment of Joint Structures
• Preparation of Joint documents
• Component 2: Promoting Sustainable Use of the Lake
Objectives
• Reduction of illegal fishermen
• Marketing lake Skadar-Shkodra as a crossborder tourist
destination
• Component 3: Catalyze Pollution Reduction Investments
Objectives
• investments to stimulate pollution reduction activities to the
lake waters
• educate and encourage people to replicate demonstration
projects
LSIEMP Components

7. LSIEMP Achievements 1
• A Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis has been conducted and a Joint
Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for Lake Skadar-Shkoder has been
prepared and endorsed by Albanian and Montenegrin Ministries of
Environment.
• A Bilateral Agreement for the Protection and Sustainable
Development of Skadar-Shkodra Lake was endorsed by respective
Albanian and Montenegrin Ministries of Environment.
• A high-level Skadar-Shkodra Lake Commission (SLC), its Secretariat
and 4 joint Working Groups (WG) has been established and
operational.
• The mandate of SLC is to monitor implementation of strategic documents
drawn by the two parties for the conservation and management of the Lake;
• The mandate of the WGs is to facilitate discussions on specific issues and to
steer joint program implementation. It has been agreed that these joint
structures will remain sustainable beyond the project closure.

8. • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation
in the field of environmental protection and sustainable
management of natural resources, including functioning of
cross border structures such as the SLC and WGs. is signed
between Al and Mn Ministries of Environment.
• An Administration of the Managed Nature Reserve in
Albania s is established and a Management Plan for the
Nature Reserve is under preparation.
• Development of the Study on waste inventory, site
investigation, option analyses and feasibility study for the
KAP (Aluminum plant Podgorica) hazardous waste
containment is currently ongoing
LSIEMP Achievements 2

9. LSIEMP Achievements 3
• Final hydrological model completed; its outreach and
dissemination is under way.
• Preparation of Management plan for Lake Managed Nature
Reserve in Albania and Development of Lake-wide
Management Strategy, including Fishery Management Plans
is ongoing.
• Public awareness campaign to increase local understanding
and engagement in sustainable tourism and natural resource
management is ongoing
• Latest analysis conducted for 72 water samples indicate that
the quality of the Shkodra lake water is good according to the
European Community Standards.

10. LSIEMP Achievements 4
• Preparation of a joint database for
Lake Skadar-Shkodra is ongoing
• Joint fish stock assessment is
ongoing
• Refurbishment of cultural heritage
sites are in process etc

11. Stress Reduction Results
• Improvement of lakeside vegetation, willow and sage through
community based management will start soon;
• Refurbishment of a stream in the mountainous area to avoid
erosion and pollution of the lake waters especially in a spawning
area will start soon in line with the developed environmental and
social impact assessment;
• Reforestation of 18.5ha with 45,000 seedlings of pine trees in an
erosion prone mountainous area immediately on the lakeshores
in Albanian side of the lake is completed to avoid run off as well

12. • Targeted tourism infrastructure to start soon in Albania and
Montenegro
• Number of illegal fishermen has decreased from 44% to
38%;
• Protection of spawning areas during spawning time was
conducted and this resulted in a considerable decrease of
fishing during this period
• Design for Construction of the Vranjina Waste Water
Treatment Plant has been prepared and construction works
planned to start early Spring 2012.
Results in Stress Reduction

13. Conclusions
• 1. Joint bilateral structures (Skadar-Shkodra Lake Commission
(SLC), SLC Secretariat and Working Groups are operational,
sustainable and implementing priority joint activities identified in
SAP
• 2. Solutions for decreasing toxic and non-toxic pollutants
entering into Lake Skadar-Shkoder identified and actions taken to
reduce contamination
• 3. Regulatory capacity, infrastructure and community level
mechanisms and incentives in place to support natural resource
management and sustainable tourism development