Dissemination of the Japaneseexperience and practice onenvironmental development and gender
perspective
Gender Perspective in Environmentand Development
Prepared by: Frosina Geceva Kocova, R.Macedonia

Where do I come from?

EuropeArea: 25,713 km²
Population: 2.1 million
peopleCapital: Skopje

R. Macedonia

Location: Southeastern Europe,landlocked between Serbia, Albania,
Greece and Bulgaria

Where do I come from?
Language: Macedonian
Religions: Orthodox 67%, Muslim
31%, Others 2%
National Holiday: September 8
Independence Day(independent country since 1991)
Letter: Cyrillic from IX c. AD (glagolitic)ЈАПОНИЈА,МАКЕДОНИЈА,
КИНА,
НИГЕР

Gender issues•

National Plan for gender equality
adopted in y2006• Gender equality (regulated andguaranteed by the law; 35% of theparliament are women)• Protection and prevention from all typesof discrimination (action plans);• NGO are expected to support theactivities from the national plan forgender equality

Gender issues (challenges)• Women in the rural region• Improve the position of the women from certain
ethnic groups• Increase the involvement of the women in the political,
economic, cultural and social life
• To implement action plansMost serious environmental problem in R.
Macedonia• air pollution provoked with the increased
number of vehicle, usage of old vehicles andindustry• electromagnetic radiation• electric energy consumption• waste disposal• usage of not recyclable materials• water consumption• water pollution with the industrial water,
chemical materials and waste

Environmental development• Adopted National Strategy for the Sustainable development of
the country and• National strategies and policies related with the environment
including different aspects are in phase of preparation

Environmental development(challenges)
Successful implementationof the action plans

NGO “Climate Change” focuses• To organize seminars and training programs focused on theenvironment development according policies and action plans• To raise people’s awareness on the environmental issues so they
can understand their responsibility and so their roles for theenvironmental conservation;• Cleaner production and improvement of the SMEs (Small andmedium enterprises) competitiveness and the creation of eco
companies in Macedonia

Dissemination of the Japanese experienceand practice on environmental
development and gender perspective(Project proposal)

Why?
The level of awarenessabout the importance ofthe environmental
development is not on
the satisfactory level

Purpose of the project!
To disseminate the Japanese experience andpractice of the environmental development,
and gender perspective in the environmental
development

Goal of the project!
To increase the awareness for theenvironmental development

Strategic perspective!
To establish the cooperation between thecitizens, municipality, government,
educational institutions for successful
realization of the proposed action plansProject activities
Generaldata
Target

10 municipalities

Time frame 5 months
BudgetNGONGO
Companies

Citizens

Steps of the projectPreparation for trainings and workshops
Organizing training and workshops with the citizens
Dissemination the experience with the municipality
Support in action plan preparation
Support the establishment of the networking

Government&Municipality

Outcome of the project!
In each municipality to be set up
the action plans for solving theactual problems accordinglyMy expectations are fulfilled• To get more knowledge about the environmental
aspects that can be treated in my country• To learn Japanese experience how to solve theenvironmental problems• To use Japanese experience to disseminate myknowledge especially with the women population