Second forum session within the Regional Community Forums for 2020

As part of the second forum session, an e-questionnaire was completed in order to prioritize project concepts as proposed solutions emerged from the participants in the first forum session, and developed by experts in cooperation with the Centre for Development of SEPR. The questionnaires were completed by a total of 62 participants, representatives of the municipalities, public administration from the region, business sector, pensioners, unemployed persons, etc., of which 26 (41.9%) are women and 36 (58.1%) are men .

After the analyzes and the summarized data, the concepts for project proposals were ranked in the following order:

-Enrichment of the tourist offer in the South-East planning region

-Construction of an access road to the regional station for stray dogs

-Construction of a local road on the route v. Pogulevo – v. Damjan

Within the Second Forum Session on 15.12.2020, an online presentation of the voting results was held, as well as the analytical study of the five proposed concepts and where given the recommendations for their improvement. Furthermore, these results will be presented to the Council for Development of the South-East Region, which will take them into account when determining the final list of priority projects.

The forum cycle of 2019 ended with the presentation of the results of the project “Agrometeorological stations for protection of agricultural crops and the environment”

The Centre for development of the South-East planning region on 23.09.2020 in Hotel Sirius in Strumica, following the protocols and recommendations of the Government for protection against Covid-19, organized the Fourth and last forum session of the Regional Community Forums cycle from 2019 within of the project “Sustainable and inclusive balanced regional development”.

On the fourth forum session the results of the project “Agrometeorological stations for protection of crops and the environment” were presented. This project was voted first on the list of priority projects in a participatory and transparent manner by the citizens of the South-East planning region at the Regional Forum Sessions 2019 which were organized under the Grant Scheme for investment projects 2019 funded by the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

The participants of this session had the opportunity to be informed about the course and process of realization of the selected project, the results achieved with the project and the recommendations sent by the forum for improving life in the wider community and the region.

The project “Agrometeorological stations for protection of agricultural crops and the environment” has been named one of the most innovative projects resulting from Regional Forum Sessions in 2019, and the success of this project is also evidenced by the fact that in 2020 two more Regional Centers will implement the same project in two other planning regions in the Republic of North Macedonia.

Regarding the other project proposals that emerged from the Regional Forums from 2019, Ms. Zhulieta Gjurkova, Manager of the CDSEPR, emphasized that they are of great importance for the Centre because they come from the citizens of the region and in the future efforts will be made for them to be funded.

All the necessary information that is measured and processed through the stations can be obtained at the website www.agrojug.mk as well as on the mobile application “Meteobot” where all 23 Agrometeorological stations in the region are mapped.