Drin Day 2016 celebrations in full swing!

Today, May the 5^th is a day dedicate to the Drin! This is the 3^rd edition of an annual initiative dedicated to raising public awareness of local communities and the wider public about the natural wealth and legacy of the Drin River Basin.

Wide-ranging celebrations are being organized today along the Drin River Basin with a common goal: to promote concrete, comprehensive and continuous actions towards safeguarding the biodiversity of the Drin River Basin and its invaluable ecosystem services. The Drin Day celebrations include: 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…

BIOSFERA, EDEN, GREEN HOME, GRASHNICA, PPNEA, ERA GROUP, MBROJTJA E MJEDISIT are this year’s Drin Day champion NGOs!

Drin Day 2016 is a joint initiative of the Act4Drin project (www.act4drin.net) and the Drin Project (www.drincorda.org) financed by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), respectively. The initiative is implemented in support and within the framework of the Drin Corda Process under the coordination of the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med).