EVENTS

Event date: Dec 3-4, 2025

Strengthening Eionet Data Flows in the Western Balkans

Eionet supports evidence-based decisions for a cleaner and more resilient environment in Europe.

Event date: Dec 3, 2025

Improving Air Quality Starts at the Local Level

Air Quality workshop in Kosovo* for improvement of domestic heating

Event date: Nov 27, 2025

Technical Workshop on Sewage Sludge Management

Workshop in Sarajevo

Event date: Nov 27, 2025

Strengthening CSO Participation in EIAs

Regional workshop in Tirana focused on enhancing the involvement of civil society organisations in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)

Event date: Nov 20, 2025

Environmental Laboratory Network Event

Combined regional hybrid workshop on environmental laboratory network and LUCAS soil monitoring in WB6 combined with a training on organic pollutants in soil

Event date: Nov 20-24, 2025

PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENED IN BELGRADE

Europe House hosts the Greenest Examples of the Western Balkans Exhibition

Event date: Nov 11-16, 2025

EU4Green Photo Exhibition in Skopje

15 best photo series from EU4Green photo contest

Event date: Oct 30, 2025

Webinar in Circular Economy Finance

The webinar brought together finance sector experts, regional practitioners and public-sector stakeholders who are engaging in circular economy (CE) project development, investment, and implementation in the Western Balkans

Event date: Oct 9-17, 2025

Accreditation of Emissions Trading System Verification

The first in a series of workshops on Accreditation of Emissions Trading System Verification in Tirana, with follow-up online sessions on 9 and 17 October.

Event date: Oct 20-31, 2025

EU4Green Photo Exhibition Opening in Pristina

The Greenest Examples of Western Balkans hosts in Europe House

Event date: Oct 15, 2025

Donor Coordination Meeting on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans

EU4Green engaged stakeholders on improving financial support for regional green transition efforts.

Event date: Oct 6-17, 2025

EU4Green Photo Exhibition Opening in Tirana

The Greenest Examples of Western Balkans hosted by Europe House

Event date: Sep 23-24, 2025

Nature-based Solutions & Sustainable Water Use in Agriculture

The regional conference NbS in Podgorica gathered institutions, experts, and practitioners from across the Western Balkans.

Event date: Sep 23, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025

EU4Green Photo Contest Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opened in Podgorica

The best photographers awarded in Europe House

Event date: Sep 17, 2025

From ETS Monitoring Plan to Emissions Report Workshop

More than 130 participants workshop on (GHG) monitoring and reporting

Event date: Jul 1-2, 2025

Study trip for ERP to Vienna

High-level Montenegrin delegation took part in a study visit to Vienna to explore Austria’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system for packaging waste.

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Strengthening Regional Cooperation on Circular Economy

Experts and stakeholders from North Macedonia and Kosovo* came together for a two-day hybrid workshop focused on advancing the implementation of national Circular Economy (CE) roadmaps.

Event date: May 15, 2025

Sustainable Agriculture & Agri-Environmental Indicators

The regional online workshop on Sustainable Agriculture brought together environmental and agricultural experts and policymakers from across the Western Balkans to explore how we measure sustainability in farming.

Event date: Apr 2-3, 2025

Pilot Training on Green Transition and Circular Economy

As part of the EU4Green project, a pilot training on “Green Transition and Circular Economy” was held in Shkodër

Event date: Mar 25, 2025

Circular Economy Workshop

Regional Workshop in Belgrade about Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Event date: Mar 15, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025

Green Budgeting Workshop

Green Budgeting Workshop in Sarajevo brought together policymakers, experts, and international partners to explore how public finance can drive the green transition in the Western Balkans.

Event date: Feb 26, 2025

Revised Ambient Air Quality Directive webinar

More than 40 participants from the Western Balkans joined the EU4Green webinar on the Revised Ambient Air Quality Directive (EU)

Event date: Feb 19, 2025 - Nov 20, 2025

Green Budgeting Workshop

The Green Budgeting Workshop in Prishtina led by Kerstin Haider from the Austrian Ministry of Finance.

Event date: Feb 11, 2025

Online Workshop on Air Pollution & Ecosystems

Experts, stakeholders, and institutions came together for the Online Workshop organized by EU4Green: Monitoring of Air Pollution Impact on Ecosystems under NECD: GIS-WS.

Event date: Jan 29, 2025

Regional Online Workshop – models for the implementation of the Nitrates Directive

The workshop facilitated discussions on data-driven approaches to tackling nitrate pollution, improving agriculture-water cooperation, and supporting environmental policies in the Western Balkans.

Event date: Oct 24, 2024

Western Balkans Experts Visit Austria to Enhance Air Quality Monitoring

A delegation of environmental experts from the Western Balkans visited the Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt) as part of the EU4Green project to improve air quality monitoring in the region.

Event date: Mar 22, 2024

DEPOLLUTION OF AIR REGIONAL WORKSHOP

The six economies of the Western Balkans suffer from adverse air quality, especially during winter.

Event date: Nov 19, 2024

Soil monitoring workshop

Regional workshop on Monitoring of diffuse soil pollution, focusing on the opportunities and requirements regarding participation of the WB6 economies in the next LUCAS Soil campaign.

Event date: Oct 15, 2024

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURE (CCAA)

The focus of the regional workshop is a study prepared under the coordination of SWG: climate change adaptation in agriculture - Status and prospects in the Western Balkan countries/territories.

Event date: Oct 7-8, 2024

Workshop on Contaminated Sites Registry: A Step Towards Soil Protection

Regional Workshop “Towards a Register for Contaminated Sites” in Skopje, North Macedonia, on October 7-8, 2024.

Event date: Jun 5-6, 2024

Water Monitoring Workshop

In this two-day awareness raising workshop on water monitoring, establishment and/or improvement of water monitoring that complies with EU legislation will be in focus.

Event date: May 22, 2024

Online Workshop “Agri-Environmental Indicators and Monitoring”

The aim of this Online-Workshop is further improvement of the previously selected Agri-Environmental Indicators (AEIs) core-set and on-top indicators.

Event date: May 16, 2024

URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT DIRECTIVE WORKSHOP

The regional online workshop data management and quality checks required for the implementation of the UWWTD.

Event date: May 16, 2024

HNV farmland Workshop in West Balkan region

The main task of this workshop was to identify the CLC classes that can be considered HNV farmland (fully or in certain conditions), use of additional auxiliary information such as altitude, environmental zone.

Event date: May 14-15, 2024

Agri-Environmental Indicators (AEIs) Workshop for BIH

Following the workshop held for Montenegro, in this workshop, organized for Bosnia and Herzegovina, participants from different governmental organisations from entity and state level, delved into the refinement of Agri-Environmental Indicators (AEIs), building upon a core set previously identified.

Event date: May 13-14, 2024

Circular Economy Workshop for Albania

EU4Green supports the municipalities in Albania to assess the knowledge and gaps they have on this issue and provides its support through training preparations and a collaborative process.

Event date: Mar 26, 2024

On-site expert meeting Skadar lake – Kick-off meeting

Kick-off meeting with all experts ensured shared understanding of the methodology. The meeting was carried out on-site at Skadar lake.

Event date: Mar 25, 2024

Monitoring methodologies – workshop

In line with the EU demands certain monitoring activities from its member states regarding species and habitats of Community interest, biodiversity monitoring is an essential part of nature and biodiversity conservation.

Event date: Mar 19, 2024

Sustainable Agriculture: Agri-Environmental Indicators and Monitoring – online workshop

Further improvement of the previously selected Agri-Environmental Indicators (AEIs) core-set and on-top indicators.

Event date: Mar 7, 2024

NITRATES DIRECTIVE – bilateral workshop

The main objective was to involve a wider circle of stakeholders in the planning and implementation process, with a specific focus on developing a roadmap for the project’s next steps.

Event date: Mar 19, 2024

NITRATES DIRECTIVE – bilateral workshop

The main objective was to involve a wider circle of stakeholders in the planning and implementation process, with a specific focus on developing a roadmap for the project’s next steps.

Event date: Feb 1, 2024

URBAN WASTE WATER – Online conference

EU4Green supports UWWTP data management, transferring Austrian expertise to Western Balkans for enforcing wastewater legislation and ensuring comprehensive electronic data management.

Event date: Mar 5, 2024

Nitrates Directive – bilateral workshop

The main objective was to involve a wider circle of stakeholders in the planning and implementation process, with a specific focus on developing a roadmap for the project's next steps.

Event date: Feb 20, 2024

Nitrates Directive – bilateral workshop

The main objective was to involve a wider circle of stakeholders in the planning and implementation process, with a specific focus on developing a roadmap for the project’s next steps.

Event date: Mar 21, 2024

Nitrates Directive – bilateral workshop

The main objective was to involve a wider circle of stakeholders in the planning and implementation process, with a specific focus on developing a roadmap for the project’s next steps.

Event date: Feb 22, 2024

Nitrates Directive – bilateral workshop

The main objective was to involve a wider circle of stakeholders in the planning and implementation process, with a specific focus on developing a roadmap for the project’s next steps.

Event date: Jan 31, 2024 - Feb 1, 2024

Air Quality Management – Hybrid workshop

The workshop addressed air quality plans, air quality modelling, domestic heating and agricultural waste burning.

Event date: Feb 7, 2024

High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) Indicator – workshop

The aim of this webinar was to present the current and previous work on the European Environment Agency indicator on HNV-farmland at European level.

Event date: Feb 14, 2024

“Gross Nutrient Balance” AEI – workshop

Presented the methodology and data needed for calculating the EU indicator Gross Nutrient Balance (GNB) for Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) in the national agricultural area.

Event date: Nov 23, 2023

Water monitoring – bilateral workshop

The workshop started the preparation of a monitoring development plan for surface and groundwater monitoring, leading to compliance with the Water Framework Directive.

Event date: Nov 21, 2023

Water Monitoring – Bilateral Workshop

The workshop started the preparation of a monitoring development plan for surface and groundwater monitoring, leading to compliance with the Water Framework Directive.

Event date: Jan 31, 2024 - Feb 1, 2024

DEPOLLUTION OF AIR – REGIONAL WORKSHOP

Regional Hybrid Workshop on Air Quality Management in Sarajevo.

Event date: Nov 9, 2023

OTHERS – workshop

Workshop on finalization of Kosovo Environmental Strategy.

Event date: Nov 6, 2023

DEPOLLUTION OF SOIL – REGIONAL HYBRID WORKSHOP

Workshop presented the capacities and equipment of environmental laboratories and exchanging knowledge about the status of laboratories dealing with organic and inorganic contaminants.

Event date: Oct 17, 2023

DEPOLLUTION OF WATER – WORKSHOP

Focused on surface and groundwater monitoring.

Event date: Oct 19, 2023

Depollution of water – Workshop

Focused on surface and groundwater monitoring

Event date: Nov 14-15, 2023

GDI Training Module II: Deep Dive in Taxonomy

Workshop in Green Debt Instrument training with focus on taxonomies.

Event date: Sep 12, 2023

Depollution water, sustainable agriculture – Regional workshop

Implementation, priorities, challenges and next steps for the implementation of the Nitrates Directive in the Western Balkans in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Event date: Oct 24, 2023

Biodiversity – Regional Webinar

Focused on the implementation of the EU Nature Directives.

Event date: Oct 16, 2023

Depollution Soil – Regional hybrid Workshop

Focused on monitoring of diffuse soil pollution and inventory of contaminated sites in Tirana, Albania.

Event date: Oct 4, 2023

Green Education – Regional workshop

Identification of green key topics for green skills and reskilling in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Event date: Sep 20, 2023

Sustainable Agriculture – Regional workshop

Baseline, challenges and opportunities for agri-environmental indicators & monitoring and sustainable water use & climate change adaptation in Tirana, Albania.

Event date: Aug 23, 2023

Depollution Water – domestic workshop

Monitoring and reporting routines and data management related to Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive in Skopje.

Event date: Nov 30, 2023 - Dec 1, 2023

GDI Training Module III: Roadmap to a Credible and Ambitious Transition

With the goal of capacity building for local authorities, the third and final module of the regional online training was provided by the Climate Bond Initiative.

Event date: Oct 4, 2023

EDUCATION & GREEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

The Regional Workshop brought together key educational stakeholders to identify needs in educational learning and training and specify thematic areas for green skills development and capacity building in the region.

Event date: Oct 10-11, 2023

Workshop: National Reference Laboratory

To support the implementation of National Reference Laboratories (NRL) in the six Western Balkans economies, a two-day regional workshop took place in Podgorica, MNE, on 10 and 11 October 2023.

Event date: Sep 12-13, 2023

Implementation of the Nitrates Directives

The main objectives of the workshop were to develop starting points for a continuous cooperation with the beneficiaries, while helping to set up better networking and communication with Western Balkans.

Event date: Oct 24-27, 2023

GDI Training Module I: GSS+ Bonds Training

With the goal of capacity building for local authorities, regional online training was provided by the Climate Bond Initiative.

Event date: Sep 21, 2023

EU4Green Workshop: Climate Change adaptation in Agriculture

On 21st September 2023, EU4Green organized a regional workshop in Tirana on climate change adaptation in agriculture and strategies promoting sustainable water utilization.

Event date: Sep 20, 2023

WORKSHOP: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURE

On 20th September 2023, EU4Green hosted a workshop dedicated to Agri-Environmental Indicators (AEIs) & Monitoring.