Launched today, the Act4Drin documentary immerses us in a fact-filled yet emotional travelogue along the Drin River Basin, the connecting body of five Riparian countries. It captures the outstanding wealth of habitats and species and highlights the crucial role of local communities in protecting and conserving this biodiversity hotspot.
This publication showcases the added value and particular strengths that the NGO community brings to environmental governance, such as leadership, creativity, flexibility, entrepreneurship and capacity for vision and long-term thinking.
A first of its kind transboundary Spring School entitled ‘The natural wealth and legacy of the Drin River Basin: from field observations and knowledge to collective actions towards protecting freshwater ecosystems’ brough together some 28 natural sciences students from the Drin Riparian countries in a joint quest for knowledge along the Drin. All Act4Drin Spring School participants committed themselves into becoming the Act4Drin Ambassadors. Immerse yourself in this recent collaborative experience and access all training materials including the inspiring contributions from the brilliant participants of the Act4Drin Spring School!
For the first time ever a multilingual (five languages) publication that highlights the exceptional wealth of freshwater biodiversity of the Drin River Basin has been produced via a collective effort of the region’s civil society.This publication concretely displays the commitment and solidarity of thirteen environmental NGOs of the region to protect and conserve the Drin River Basin.
Within the framework of the Act4Drin, wide-ranging celebrations were organized along the Drin River Basin in 2015 and 2016. These were the 2nd and 3rd editions of an annual initiative dedicated to raising the awareness of local communities and the wider public about the natural wealth and legacy of the Drin River Basin.The Drin Day celebrations brought together hundreds of participants in monitoring & research activities; networking events for NGOs & local communities; school students’ exhibitions; boat trips; cleanup actions; educational activities; interactive games; contests; awareness raising campaign on social media and so much more… Within the Drin Day 2016 the Act4Drin project joined forces with the Drin Project financed by the Global Environment Facility. The initiative was implemented in support and within the framework of the Drin Corda Process under the coordination of MIO-ECSDE and GWP-Med.
Thirteen NGOs from the five Drin riparians joined forces in early 2016 to form the Act4Drin Alliance aiming to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems in the Drin River Basin. The Act4Drin Alliance is a coalition of NGOs aiming to act as a forum for coordinating and strengthening NGO participation in the upcoming policy developments in the region driven by the Drin MoU implementation process, enhancing cooperation and networking among and between regional, national and grassroot NGOs in the Drin Basin working on sustainable water resources management and freshwater biodiversity protection/conservation. The Act4Drin Alliance concretely displays the mutual trust, solidarity and strong commitment built among NGOs in the region towards the protection of the natural wealth and legacy of the Drin River.
The “Echoes from the Drin” short films triplet (Whispers of Water, Reflections of Life, Impressions of Humans) bring forward the core message of the Act4Drin which is all about "Living in harmony with the Drin". The Drin River Basin is full of life, housing an exceptional wealth of biodiversity, providing important habitats for many species of fauna and flora, while delivering a steady stream of benefits to its residents. Whether we consciously realize it or not, freshwater ecosystems together with every bit of biodiversity they support and the ecosystem services they provide, are intimately interwoven with our ‘harmonious’ existence and welfare.
The Act4Drin project brought to the town of Lin, Albania, on the shore of Lake Ohrid, some 28 representatives from 18 environmental NGOs active in the SW Balkans (28-29 April 2015). Everyone engaged in a collective and collaborative learning process on IWRM and freshwater biodiversity conservation in transboundary settings.
Act4Drin ran a one-month long survey targeted to environmental NGOs in the Drin riparian countries. The survey aimed to take stock of NGO capacities in promoting integrated water resources management and freshwater biodiversity conservation in transboundary settings. The key findings of this survey can be of use for future capacity building activities to ensure that they are tailor made to the real needs of the region’s NGOs.
An survey was carried out aiming to shed light on the prevailing public views and perceptions towards freshwater ecosystems in the Drin River Basin. This survey was prepared by MIO-ECSDE and was a pre-assignment of the Act4Drin Spring School 2016. Some twenty six bright natural sciences students from the Drin Riparian countries ran the 2-week survey from 22 April to 6 May 2016, targeting mainly the local communities of the Drin River Basin.
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