Have you heard about monitoring of aquatic ecosystems based on the benthic macroinvertebrate organisms that live in lakes or rivers? I …
2022
In an effort to continue coordinating transboundary conservation, the authorities of the Protected Areas (PA) in the Transboundary Prespa Park (TPP), …
Have you ever heard of the seven principles of Leave No Trace? Maybe yes, maybe not. But what do they mean? …
On the 9th of November 2022, the PONT Executive Director and the Executive Director of Eko-svest ceremonially signed the new Grant …
This week PONT hosted a KfW mission in Galicica National Park, North Macedonia. Janis Müller-Späth of the KfW office in Frankfurt, …
Resen Municipality is responsible for managing two protected areas, the Ezerani Nature Park (NP) and the Lake Prespa Monument of Nature. …
Call for submission of Concept Notes by Non-Governmental Organizations involved in conserving the Korab-Shara/Albanian Alps areas and the ecological corridors connecting …
The region of Ohrid and Prespa has a high concentration of natural values. The protection, conservation and management of these values …
Five years ago, in the early days of PONT and CNVP’s cooperation in the Prespa area, a group of women was …
For the last four years, PONT and Connecting Natural Values and People (CNVP) have successfully cooperated in the areas of Non-Timber …
Over the summer four of PONT’s partners successfully closed their grants and applied for follow-up grants. We are delighted to announce …
Developing educational resources for cave and bat protection in Galicica National Park. “I am really happy that for the first time …
Shebenik National Park is one of the largest parks in Albania, about 34’000 ha, which means it requires a great number …
Implemented by Eko-svest in the period between November 2021 and June 2022 Eko-svest in partnership with Natura MK initiated a project …
The “Bushtrica River” is an important natural ecosystem of the Shebenik National Park. This river has special ecological values, the microclimate …
Living in Pogradec, pampered by Nature, you can become a poet or an environmentalist, or both! Living in Pogradec, gazing at …
We are pleased to announce that the National Agency for Protected Areas (NAPA) and the (RAPA) Kukes, RAPA Shkoder, and RAPA …
At the start of the 2022 summer holiday season, the first Via Ferrata in Galicica National Park was opened. This new …
Estimating the abundance of brown bears in the wild is a daunting task. It’s virtually impossible to directly observe the bears …
We are pleased to announce the successful NGOs in Albania from our first call for grant proposals launched back in March …
“How do we unearth the stories that want to be told? What makes us remember a story? How do we balance …
Reinout Vos, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Albania and his wife visited Shebenik National Park on the 4th of June. The …
Back in March 2022, PONT launched a call for applications for locally based non-Governmental Organisations involved in conserving the Korab-Shara and …
The week of 23rd to the 25th May saw the PONT board visit Albania. We kicked off the visit with an …
Following the expansion of the grant activities to the Korab-Sharra-Albanian Alps areas in Albania and North Macedonia, PONT is exploring the …
The new revenue generation model of the Public Institution Galicica National Park (PIGNP), excluding direct use of natural resources, has paved …
On April 14 2022, PONT joined the journalists’ trip to German Development Cooperation (GDC) projects that contribute to improving people‘s living …
Together with representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, PONT visited the Shar Mountain National Park and Mavrovo National …
With the additional capital contribution donated by the German Government at the end of 2021, the PONT Focus Region has further …
PONT provides much of the financing for the Society for the Protection of Prespa’s (SPP) 5-year strategic framework (2018-2022), a selection …
A public consultation on PONT’s Strategic Framework is taking place in Albania and North Macedonia! Following on from the extensive public …
PONT had the honour to meet Mr. Naser Nuredini, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning (MOEPP) of North Macedonia, during his …
Bridging achievement with lessons learned is a crucial principle of PONT’s success and one that underpins its five-year cross-border work in …
Prespa National Park is a treasure trove of biological diversity. Recent research conducted by the Iliria Association has revealed very valuable …