Strategic Environmental Policy Assessment - FYR of Macedonia: A Review of Environmental Priorities for International Cooperation

As a contribution towards the realisation of sustainable development in the FYR of Macedonia this report has been prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country office in the FYR of Macedonia. It presents the results of a Strategic Environmental Policy Assessment (SEPA) carried out in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia during September 2001. The SEPA was conducted by UNEP, in response to UNDP's formal request for a comprehensive review of environmental policy in the country. The SEPA was designed to address the following principal objectives: Identification of national needs in the environment sector with regard to policy development and implementation; and identification of corresponding strategic areas for support by the international community, with particular reference to UNDP.