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Overseas Reports【Current Activities of a Former Participant】

Former participants held a workshop
in Kosovo, their home country.

1) Course Leader:Hajime SUETA

2) Former Participant:

Mr. Vehbi DURAKU from Kosovo

July 22, 2015
Training Division

Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association

= We report on activities being run by former participants playing an active rolein their homeland after completing their JICA/KITA training course =This issue of Overseas Reports covers activities being run in their homeland by participants whoattended the training course, “Country Focused Training for Kosovo Capacity Development inWaste Water Treatment Sector”.

Mr. SUETA, the course leader who managed the course,

introduced us their activity situation.

１．Introduction of the participant, who has given the report
Nickname

Vehbi-sanPhotoMr.

Name

CountryPeriod of JICA
Training Course

Vehbi DURAKU

Kosovo2014/10/16 ～2014/11/8

Vehbi-sanAbove is the photo of the closing ceremony of “Country Focused Training forKosovo Capacity Development in Waste Water Treatment Sector” course,November 7th, 20141

2. Message from Mr. SUETA, Course Leader

This is the second time to receive the report on the workshop fromVehbi-san. I would like to express my gratitude to him.
Reading the questions and opinions brought from the participants inthe workshop, I felt the deep interest and concerns for the sewage work,
because their questions and opinions covered the all unavoidable issues
in the process of sewage-work implementation such as designing
sewage plants, removing nitrogen and phosphorus, disposing sludge, replacement of pipe culvert
and setting up sewage charge calculation methods.
I heard that a lot of cities in Kosovo had already carried out the studies on the feasibility ofsewage work based on the work project. In the near future, a sewage plant will start to operate in
Prizren city. Also, another sewage plant will be constructed near the Badovc Lake in the suburbs ofPristina (Capital city of Kosovo) according to the mail of Vehbi-san. I presume that the sewerage
project will be facilitated at a rapid pace in Kosovo from now on. Probably because of thisbackground, the participants to the workshop seemed to be the key members of water-related issues.
I saw their huge enthusiasm to promote the sewerage work all over the country.
In the workshop, they had an active exchange of views over three hours. I am extremely glad toknow that the outcome obtained during the trainings in Japan became a kind of catalyst to activate
their discussion.

Their next training to start in this autumn will be the last one in this consecutive course. I am
planning to refer to the requests from the workshop into the next training as much as possible.
I hope that the trainings in Japan will be useful and fruitful.

3. Letter from Vehbi-san

Dear Sueta,
Let me thank you for your e-mail and kind explanation of the noun SANKANSION.
Here in Kosovo, we have been facing a long winter time and for most of people
it was a bit hard as they had to deal with the flu. Actually the weather is quite
good, the Sun is shining and the temperatures are appropriate to take my daughter for a walk.
2We beg your pardon for late response regarding the workshop that we have organized. Finally,
we have completed a report for the workshop which you can find attached in this e-mail. We
have tried to describe in general the workshop, and we hope that the information on it will be
useful for you.
Also you can find some photos of the seminar in rear format.
Kind regards,
Vehbi Duraku~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~On March the 5th 2015, we have successfully organized a workshop in Pristina (Capital city of Kosovo).
Below are the specifications of the workshop:
Name of the workshop:
Workshop of wastewater treatment – experience from Japan
Hours the workshop did take:Starting time13:00 – Closing time 16:00.
Number of participants attended the workshop:
63
List of institution that took part in the workshop:
 Ministry of Economic Development


Water and Wastewater Regulatory OfficeWater Task Force of the Government of KosovoMembers from each of the 7 Regional Water Companies



Ministry of Environmental and Spatial Planning

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Water and wastewater works association of KosovoYoung water professionals group

Environmental Protection Agency

Hydro meteorological Institute

List of presentation prepared for the seminar:
The person thathas presented

Name of the presentation

Flutura ShalaSpeech
regardingthetraining for wastewater
treatment program inJapan

2

Ramadan Sejdiu

ActualSituation
WastewatersectorKosovo

3

Valdet Syla

Types of WWTP in Japan

4

Agron Dreshaj

MaintenanceNo.

1ofinof3

Brief explanation of the presentation
Flutura in her speech described the importance ofwastewater treatment, the role of it onenvironmental protection and what were thesubjects that we have learned during our training
in Japan.
Ramadan presented the actual situation ofwastewater in Kosovo and future challenges
based from the Water Strategy Document.
Valdet’s presentation was oriented on describing
the types of WWTP that Japan uses to treatwastewater.
This presentation was mainly focused onwastewater pipes in Japan
Blerim Dyla

Qualitycontrol
Wastewater

6

Lumni Sallahu

Wastewater treatment andsludge
treatment
inKitaminato WWTP

7

Skender
Ramadani

Johkasou system

58910

Lulzim Paçarizi

Agron Tigani

Vehbi DurakuofWastewater treatment in
PrizrenStatus
ofimplementation
Wastewater treatment inPrizrenStatus
ofimplementation
Wastewater
Japantariffs

inwastewater pipes maintenance in Japan.
Blerim was focused on the pollution of Rivers in
Gjakova, whereby he altogether with hiscolleagues has measured the pollution of rivers.
This presentation was focused on wastewater
treatment plants and sludge treatment plants ofKitaminato.
This presentation described the actual situationof river pollution in Gjilan, and suggested to use
the Johkasou system to protect the water
resources from pollution.
This presentation was only for the WWTP ofPrizren in Kosovo.
This presentation was only for the WWTP of Pejain Kosovo.
My presentation was about wastewater tariffs inJapan and also an overview of tariffs in Kosovo.
And some suggestion taken from Japan on thechallenges that we might face regarding the tariff
policy.

List of questions that participants made for the presentations:1. Figene Ahmedi – Professor in the University of Pristina
She made a question regarding the WWTP in Prizren, have they used a centralized option oftreating water, and why have they not included other villages, was that because of the costbeneficiary?
2. Shyqeri Demaku –Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
He made an appeal to all the water and waste water sector that whenever there is a design of aproject for WWTP there should be taken into consideration the design criteria made by theMinistry.
3. Faruk Hajrizi - Director in RWC “Mitrovica”
Why the feasibility studies done in WWTP Prizren, has not proposed to treat the Nitrogen andPhosphorous?
4. Agron Shala – Hydro meteorological instituteHe reacted in the tariff policy that WWRO has regarding the uniformity of tariffs.
5. Muhamet Suliqi – Director of RWC “Hidromorava” – Gjilan
He asked Lumni Sallahu, what the plans of RWC for the sludge are in future.
6. Shyqeri Demaku – Ministry of Environmental and Spatial Planning4

He reminded to all participants regarding the sludge, please refer to the Sludge Instruction that
the Ministry has released recently.

Feedback from the participants for the workshop
In order to know the opinion of the participants towards the workshop, we have prepared a questionnairethat consists of these questions:
1. Was the seminar useful or meaningful to get any hint for future involvement in waste water

treatment sector?
2. Which topic you want to know more for your future use/reference?
3. Your overall estimation about the seminar?
← Excellent
54

32Poor→1

This questionnaire was fulfilled by participants and by us (my colleagues who attended the training inJapan 2014). Below, you will find the summarized the feedbacks of participants and from my colleagues.
1. Was the seminar useful or meaningful to get any hint for future involvement in waste water

treatment sector?
 Yes.
Good presentations and productive ones.



Yes it was, in the contents of tariffs and pipe renewals.



We are satisfied with the seminar and we hope that we can also implement that in Kosovo.

We have been informed with the new techniques on waste water treatment.

The presentations should have been more into detail.



Only few of presentations were clear in the technical aspect.

There have been presentations that have to much importance in environmental protection.

Spectacular presentation materials.

Sounding was weak; it was not possible to hear in the back seats.

From these presentations we have taken very good models on how to treat waste water in thefuture.

Interesting connections of the experience acquired in Japan with actual challenges in Kosovo.

Considering the technology that Japan uses actually in wastewater treatment, it is not being
used in Kosovo. But in the next training we hope to learn about the technologies that could beapplied in Kosovo.

2. Which topic you want to know more for your future use/reference?
Standards of project design for WWTP

Wastewater treatment for 2000 – 3000 population.

How to design the project of WWTP.

Procedures of obtaining a permit for the operation and functioning of WWTP from the relevant
Ministry.
5How are determined BOD5, COD, N, P and SS?

More information about sludge treatment and challenges on what to do with the sludge in future.

Wastewater treatment, sludge treatment and pipe maintenance.

More information about wastewater situation in Kosovo and what type of WWTP are going to bebuilt in Kosovo.





Analysis of treated water, and not treated water.
What technology of wastewater treatment should be chosen according to the place and thequality of wastewater discharged.
The cost of construction, operation and maintenance of WWTP.
How WWTP report for its data to relevant institution.
More specific knowledge for WWTP.
Biological treatment, mainly for trickling filters, as it is foreseen to be visited in the final
training.

What are the most suitable WWTP to be built in Kosovo.

3. Your overall estimation about the seminar?

The average estimation: 4. 14

Photos of Workshop

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