Several other Government ministries and state agencies have some degree of environmental authority. This distribution of environmental responsibilities is a product of frequent institutional restructuring that has delayed policy implementation and often added little discernible benefit. Water policy is a case in point. Responsibility for water is held by four ministries, each of which implement laws relevant to water policy. A clear division of responsibility is needed in order to address the significant challenges of establishing proper wastewater treatment and maintaining adequate water infrastructure.
Similar inefficiencies exist in monitoring.
The integration of related policy areas and functions would streamline decision-making, enhance effectiveness, and maximize the value of scarce resources. In the last several years, FYR of Macedonia has entered a number of significant international, regional and bi-lateral conventions and agreements. FYR of Macedonia has also played a strong role in regional environmental cooperation initiatives. The country's bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with Greece and Albania is improving joint environmental protection efforts. Created in March 2000, RERep is seeking to target funding to priority environmental projects in member states.