Arduen Karagjozi, Iljon Thanas, Lake Ohrid integrated water resources management and biodiversity, Albania Venice, 16-17 December 2021 Overall responsibility for the views and opinions expressed in the slides is taken by the authors

1. LAKE OHRID INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AGENCY
VENICE 16.12.2021
Mr. Arduen Karagjozi
NATIONAL AGENCY OF PROTECTED AREAS
KORCA REGION
Mr. Iljon Thanas

2. LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
-Law 29/2014 “On adopting 2003 amendments of the UNECE convention for protection of
transboundary waters and lakes”;
- Law 111/2012 “On Integrated water resources management”;
- Law 81/2017 “On protected areas”
- Law 9103, dated 10.7.2003 “On transboundary lakes” with the focus on transboundary
environment protection of lakes including Ohrid;
-Law Nr.9347, dated 24.2.2005 “On ratification of the agreement between Albania and North
Macedonia on protection and sustainable development of Lake Ohrid and its Lake basin”
(Interinstitutional Committee for Management of Lake Basin Ohrid has been reactivated
(last meeting held on 27.11.2020).
- DCM no. 846 dated 4.11.2020 “On adoption of Drin-Buna River Basin Management Plan”
(lake Ohrid is part of the River Basin)
- Order of Minister of Agriculture Nr. 162, datë 12.4.2021on banning fishing activities on
lakes Ohrid, Prespa …. For the reproduction period.

3. LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Declaration for Creation of the Biosphere Reserve 2.10.2012 (signed by the Municipalities
and National Parks)
Nomination approved by UNESCO Advisory
Committee on March 2014 ( sent additional
information by request)
Ohrid-Prespa proclaimed as a TBR (13 in the
World) on MAB Council meeting on June 12, 2014
Information on Proclamation adopted by the
Government on 9.9.2014
Inauguration of the TBR Ohrid-Prespa, October 13,
2014, Korça, Albania
North Macedonian Part
Ohrid lake World
Nature Heritage site
of UNESCO 1979
Albanian Part Ohrid
Lake World Nature
Heritage site of
UNESCO 2019

4. LAKE OHRID WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN (LOWMP)
Memorandum of Understanding (Tirana,25 November 2011) by the Ministers of the water
and environment management competent ministries of the Drin Riparians i.e. Albania, North
Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo and Montenegro. This was the outcome of the Drin Dialogue
coordinated by the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and United
Nations EconomicCommission for Europe (UNECE);
The main objective of the Drin Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is the attainment of
the Shared Vision;
The LOWMP was developed under the GEF supported Project “Enabling transboundary
cooperation and integrated water resources management in the extended Drin River Basin”;
The Project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and
executed by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) through GWP-Mediterranean (GWP-Med)
in cooperation with the UNECE;
The final draft of LOWMP was delivered on 7.2.2020

5. OHRID LAKE CARACTERISTIC

6. HYDROMETEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF LAKE OHRID

7. SOCIO ECONOMIC ACTIVITIE AROUND LAKE OHRID

8. TOURISM STAISTICS ON LAKE OHRID

9. DELINIATION OF LAKE OHRID WATER BODIES

10. MAIN PREASSURES ON LAKE OHRID

11. STATUS OF WATER BODIES ON LAKE OHRID

12. PROGRAM OF MEASURES
• Protected areas measures, focused mainly on restoration and improved management of protected areas drinking
water supply sources) within the LOW;
• Remediation of contaminated industrial sites. ;
• Improve connection of Urban Waste Water to UWWT Plants;
• Improve the solid waste management;
• Flow diversion – hydropower, the measure refers to reducing the highly negative impact from Sateska river on,
through implementation of design and civil works for re-routing the main flow of the river in its original riverbed with
discharge directly into the Black Drin river and additional erosion-control
• ;
• Other anthropogenic pressure management measures, focused on activities for mitigation of the remaining major
anthropogenic pressure – boating. Besides harmonization of boating legislation with the EU standards and
strengthening the capacity of boating administrations, this sub group also includes construction of modern docking
(boat) marinas on both sides of the lake ;

13. NEXT STEPS
Prepare the
SEIA of the
Plan
Adopt the
LOWMP by
National
Water Council
Adopt the
LOWMP by
Council of
Ministers

14. THANK YOU