Project Background

Energetic development in Macedonia imposes significant influence on the national economic growth, the protection of the environment as well as the living conditions of the entire populace. The use of fossil fuels, above all in energetic and transportation, causes even greater pollution of the atmosphere with the greenhouse gases. On the other hand, for many households in Macedonia, the monthly expenses for energy pose the highest strand on their family budgets following food, and this due to the lack of information on how to save on energy. The municipalities can no longer rely on the government’s ministries to pay for the local expenses so now they are facing a new and expensive responsibility of taking good care of how they use electricity. Macedonia is limited in commercial energetic resources and is therefore inevitable that in future it will have to depend more and more on imported energy. Precautions for energetic efficiency could result in lowering pollution of the environment, extending use of national resources of energy and prolonging the need for investing in a new infrastructure (using fossil fuels). Our current experiences gained through the realization of various projects on energy efficiency (e.g. isolation of constructions with silicon tapes, replacement of current with energy-efficient light bulbs, etc.) and on promotion of renewable sources of energy (e.g. setting of solar systems, production of solar collectors on a do-it-yourself bases, etc.) have been promising and lead us to consider the possibility of extending and expanding these activities.

Project partners:

1. Municipality of Jegunovce
2. Municipality of Shuto orizari
3. Norges Naturvernfrbund
4. Nansen dialogue center