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Inception meeting and workshop – Project „Review and update of the national implementation plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)”

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Project „Review and update of the national implementation plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Montenegro” which is implemented by Center for ecotoxicological research in cooperation with Ministry for sustainable development and tourism and United Nations Environmental Programme, started with inception meeting and workshop held on 26-th and 27-th September.

Main objective of this project is review and update of the national implementation plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Montenegro.

“In order to accomplish main objective of this project, we will gather all available information about current situation regarding management of POPs, as well as information about their impact on environment and human health. This is a complex project and quality cooperation is crucial for the implementation and quality of project results. The result of this workshop should be very concrete – we will determine methodology for work in the future, form working groups and working plan for update of POPs inventory”, said Nada Medenica executive director of CETI.

Pier Carlo Sandei, program manager of project at UNEP office in Vienna, thanked CETI for quick and positive reaction regarding partnership in the project, and Ministry for sustainable development and tourism for their assistance on the project, as well as colleagues from Serbia that came to share their experience in this project.

“Our role here is to help as much as possible and to try to answer to all requests from CETI and Ministry and other working groups in order to make a quality document”, said Sandei.

Ivana Vojinovic, general director of Directorate for environment said that “There are no POPs pesticides in Montenegro because we banned import, production and transit through our country”.

Project will be realized in the next two years.

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CETI co-organized training course Basic Search & Secure

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From September 11 to 16-th, training course Basic Search & Secure Workshop was held in Podgorica, initiated and supported by U.S. Department Of Energy, Office of Radiological Security (Sandia National Laboratories Radiation Protection Department). Center for ecotoxicological research was co-organizer of training and logistical support to colleagues from USA.

Workshop consisted from lectures/discussions and field exercises related to search and detection of radioactive material. Field exercises were organized at CETI.

Participants on training course were from Montenegro and Kosovo. Representatives from Kosovo were from Agency for radiation protection and nuclear security, and from Montenegro participants were from Army of Montenegro, Customs, Border Police, Ministry of sustainable development and tourism, Directorate for inspection and CETI.

At the end of training, after certificate hand out, CETI received equipment for search and identification of radionuclides worth 69.480,00 $. Also agreement was made to organize Advanced Search & Secure Workshop at Kosovo, which would include field work (search, identification…).

Colleagues from USA stated that teams from Montenegro have high level of readiness for operation in these situations.

 

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Final workshop of CAPS 2 project

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The final workshop of the project “CAPS2- Strengthening Centers for Aquaculture production and Safety surveillance in Adriatic Cross-border Countries “(2nd. Ord./0216), co-funded by the European Union under the Cross Border Cooperation Program 2007-2013 IPA Adriatic Cross Border cooperation, took place in hotel Splendid, Becici on 21 June 2016.

Main topic of the workshop was “Safety and surveillance in the aquaculture sector: results and plans”, and goal was to present activities and results of project to all interested participants in Montenegro, and to encourage ideas about future initiatives between all interested sides in this sector.

Significant role in this workshop had Center for ecotoxicological research ahead with director of Laboratory Danijela Sukovic, who presented main activities of the project along with laboratory tests that were undertaken during the project. Based on the testing results there will be classification of the production area in categories in Boka kotorska bay.

Organizer of the workshop was Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Veterinary directorate. Also presentations were held by Specialist veterinary laboratory, Institute for marine biology and Croatian veterinary institute Split.

Producers from aquaculture sector were also present, and they brought up their suggestions and comments aiming to improve their capacities in the future. There is a need to continue dialogue between competent state services and producers with aim to define needs and possibilities for improving safety of aquaculture sector.

 

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Workshop 5-11th September, Great Britain- Dispersant Familiarization Program within the Project “Capacity strenghtening in Montenegro in the event of the sea incidents“ (Project financed by the Kingdom of Norway-Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs )

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As the coordinator of the Project CETI organized this workshop in cooperation with Lamor Corporation, Great Britain, with objective to take the representatives from the regulatory and operational institution within Montenegro and make them familiar with the use of dispersants so they develop expertise to be able to implement the use of Dispersants as a spill response tool in Montenegro.

Participant of the workshop – representatives of CETI, Environment Protection Agency-EPA, Maritime Safety Department, Harbor Masters Office Kotor, Harbor Masters Office Bar, Montenegrin Navy and Ministry of Internal Affairs – Maritime Border Police.

The United Kingdom Government’s primary response strategy in the case or major oil spill is the application of dispersants. The Global Oil Industry base for oil spill response equipment is located in Southampton with its dispersant stockpile and the organizations regulating and advising on the use of dispersants are located in London.

The workshop was held by the Lamor Corporation whose representative has experience in this field and who is accredited by the Nautical Institute on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom to deliver MCA, IMO and DECC Training in all areas of Oil Spill Response. The program consisted of both theoretical and practical elements.

Good practice guidelines for dispersant use were presented by the experts from International Petroleum Industry Environmental and Conservation Association.

Practical experience in Dispersant use in real incidents was presented by the experts from International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation.

Practical day, visit to the Southampton area of the south coast of UK and presentation by experts of Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom was the opportunity for Montenegrin team to see the illustration of the set up and operation of United Kingdom dispersant policy. Visit to and Presentation of Oil Spill Response Limited to see the largest industry Oil Spill Base and the dispersant stockpile, and also to Dasic Limited maker of dispersant to see the manufacturing process of dispersants, was organized.

Participants were introduced with types of Dispersant and Equipment choices and importance and content of Net Environment Benefit Analysis NEBA in the use of dispersants.

The workshop will contribute to better professional and technical capabilities of institutions in Montenegro for intervention in case of pollution by oil derivatives and very much to the strengthening of inter-institutional cooperation.