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The Spatial Plan of the East Planning Region is the second most important strategic document after the Spatial Plan of the Republic of Macedonia. Nature conservation will be one of the main pillars of this Plan, which will lay the foundations for proper land use, landscaping and land management in the region in future.  With the development of this document, the Programme will support and promote the sustainable development concept in the East Planning Region.

With the goal of enhancing the implementation process of the national legislation for nature protection and further harmonization of the national with the EU legislation, the National Strategy for Nature Protection – Draft Version was developed through the Nature Conservation Programme in Macedonia. In addition to the strategy, the Programme will support the implementation of activities from the Strategy for strengthening national capacities and creating conditions for application of ecosystem services.

For the successful implementation of the NCP, as well as for sustainability of the achieved results, an important component is the support to activities for strengthening the capacities of Centre for Development of the East Planning Region (CDEPR) and the municipalities in the region, when it comes to protection of nature and sustainable management of natural resources. So far the NCP has supported innovative and tailor-made tools and formats for studying, as well as transfer of knowledge and experience.

This approach will continue to be applied so that in the future CDERP and the municipalities can be leaders in nature conservation in the region by the independent implementation of projects and activities.